Look, at some point, you will pull too tight. You’ll try to lift a loop and it will refuse, like a cat being put in a carrier. Don’t yank. Take a breath. Use your needle to gently loosen the loop around the peg. Your loops need to be a little generous, like a loose pair of sweatpants, not skinny jeans on a Saturday night.
If you accidentally pop a loop off the peg and it starts to run? Panic. Just kidding—don’t panic. Just put it back on the peg. You are the boss of this yarn. It’s just fluff with an attitude. You got this.
The Final Curtain: The Last Loop
You’ll get to the very last peg. You’ll have one lonely loop in your hand from the previous peg. Lift the bottom loop over the top on that last peg. One loop left. Take it off the peg. You’ll have a single loop dangling from your working yarn tail. Pull that tail through that last loop and gently tug until a tiny knot forms.
Loom Knit Cast Off: Flat Edges in 4 Easy Steps!
That little knot? That's the applause at the end of the play. You just cast off. Your scarf is no longer a hostage of the loom. It’s a real, live textile object.
