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Needle knitting alternates between the right side and the wrong side of the pattern facing the knitter. Circular knitting is the exception to this rule, therefore circular knitting patterns can be used just as they are for the round loom. Change nothing!  All other needle  knitting patterns will be converted. Please remember that we are converting for the loom, not the knitting board.  2

In needle knitting, the first row is usually a RS (right side) row, and the second row is the WS (wrong side) row. This leads to converting your patterns in the following manner.
If the first row is a RS row, convert as follows:  Leave all the odd rows as they are.   Change all the even number rows to the opposite stitch.   In other words, if they are knit, change them to purls; if they are purls, change them to knit. 3 If the first row is a WS row, convert as follows:
Change the odd rows.   Leave all even rows as they are. For patterns with charts, use the following instructions:

Flat panel patterns:
Read the chart starting at the bottom right of the first row.   Second row starts at the bottom left.

All odd rows start right to left.  All even rows start left to right.

Circular Knitting Patterns:

Read the chart starting at the bottom right and continue through pattern reading right to left for all rows. 5 To sum up, the first thing you need to do whenever converting a pattern is determine which row is RS and which is WS. Remember in needle knitting, unlike loom knitting, the piece is flipped after each row and the knitter switches back and forth between knitting on the RS and the WS of the piece.

Since loom knitting is always done on the RS of the piece, WS rows in a needle knitting pattern need to be converted. Converted meaning to use the opposite stitch from the way the needle pattern is written.

Usually, the even rows are WS but it is not always the case. When reading a pattern, the first row is usually marked as either RS or WS. So whichever way it is marked, the odd rows will all be one way and the even rows will all be the opposite.

Happy Loom Knitting!

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