Archive for August, 2006
SOS! What is Happening Here?
Holes!!!
Does anyone know what is causing these holes to appear? This started happening with the front panel of the skirt and I carefully ripped back and fixed everything for a couple of days. I thought maybe I had just been careless with the garter bar and knitting late at night I hadn’t seen that some [...]
Machine Knitting Seminars
For inspiration and learning, yarn sources and new friends, going to a seminar can’t be beat. But this year my two favorites are having their seminars on the same days.
I am a traveller, if I want to go somewhere I jump into my hybrid car and boogy, usually alone (maybe I am a hermit) [...]
The Garter Bar
In my last post told you about the conundrum over whether to follow the pattern’s instructions or go with what I’ve learned in garment sewing. The pattern’s instructions needed to be altered to fit me. The front doesn’t need usually need darts, just a side seam decrease and the back needs short darts, maybe two [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )It’s A Skirt!
Well, it’s half a skirt, really. Scary, isn’t it?
This is one of two panels. I am at the point where I have to decide if I follow the pattern and make two darts on each side of the center that are one inch deep and 6 inches long, identical for the front and back pieces.
Or [...]
Things Finally Done
Finally! I have been meaning to do these things…
I joined Knitter’s Edge this week and have learned lots already. This is a great site! I highly recommend it to those who are knitting. Since I am not a hand knitter I can’t say anything about the hand knitting side of the site but the machine [...]
Light Box Solution!
I have been frightfully annoyed by my inability to see the stitches in this twisted crepe yarn. This is Silk City’s Wool Crepe Deluxe, the premier suit and dress yarn, a difficult one to knit because it’s so twisted and slubby. It is the type used in the classic St John’s Knits and it holds [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Casting About to Cast On-Fall’s Fabulous Knits or Not?
I seem to be intent on showing you all the silly mistakes one can make! Oh well, maybe this will help someone else to get back into machine knitting.
This Fall’s fashion are knits, knits and more knits in layers! If I were more sure of my skills, I’d abandon my plans to make this simple [...]
A Swatch of Understanding
As I was falling asleep last night I was reading a knitting manual by Mona Early and Mary K. Johnson, published by Easy Knits in 1988.
Page one: “Knitting a Test Square” gave me the info I needed to decipher this swatch done by the last owner of one of my ebay purchases. Finally! This swatch [...]
The Swatch
The afternoon was spent trying to update this blog. I think I picked a bad time to start blogging with the new Beta verison coming out because the latest entry wasn’t showing up and changes to the template are taking forever to show, too.
I also set up the Brother 830. It was totally simple but [...]
The Old Machine Blues
I have used the electronic KnitKing IV to knit a sweater vest so I settled on using the manual Brother 830 to do the new skirt. But, nooooooo can dooooo, I am missing a vital screw!
I am showing you the underside of the Brother 830’s knit carriage with the sinker plate attached. It’s been well [...]
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