This is the method for beginners who want to avoid throwing their loom out the window. Start at the first peg on your loom. You’re going to lift the bottom loop over the top loop. Yes, bottom goes over top—like a very polite, tangled high-five.
Use your hook to grab the bottom loop (the one closest to the center of the loom) and gently pull it up and over the top loop. Gently—like you’re lifting a baby bird, not a stuck jar lid. Pop that loop off the peg. Now you have one loop left on that peg.
Move to the next peg. Repeat: bottom loop over top loop, off it goes. But here’s the trick: after you pop the second peg, take the remaining loop from the first peg and move it over to the second peg. Now you have two loops on peg two.
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Yes, you’re basically playing musical chairs with yarn. After moving that loop, you’ll have two loops on peg two. Now lift the bottom loop (the original one) over the top loop again. Poof—you’re back to one loop. Move that single loop to peg three. Repeat this “pop-pop-move” dance all the way around the loom.
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It sounds like a recipe for a yarn explosion, but trust me, it works. By the time you reach the last peg, you’ll have one final loop. Cut your working yarn, leaving a 6-inch tail. Thread that tail through the loop, pull tight, and boom—your project is free. Do a victory wiggle.
