Intrepid Knitting on the High Seas, or, Pointy Things and Tangly Stuff
On Saturday Michael and I went to Public Knitoxication, a knit in public event at a local winery we d gone to this event back in 2018 and had a great time. Michael worked on the second sock of his Ugly Christmas Socks, which is already past the gusset decreases
I was looking at the blue and white hat that I knit when I first got the Vcx/965i, and thought that the pattern would work well on a sweater. So I got out my sweater shape in Designaknit and started to apply the pattern. At first I had it as
It seemed to take forever for the green Extra Lite Bright sweater to dry, and then we had several days without any good sunlight, but I ve finally taken pictures! Here it is laid out on the fancy blocking mat (an old towel) with the leftover yarn just a few grams
Exciting news: I finished knitting my Extra Lite Bright sweater! My version has 3/4 length sleeves, which was a necessity due to running short of the three darker shades of yarn but I think will be just fine considering that I usually push my sleeves up my arms anyway. Here
I had the idea to make a tuck rib hat on the 8-button knitting machine, because what s the fun of having a machine like this unless you re going to knit projects that let you push the buttons? The stitch pattern came from a book for 8-button machines, so I could
I love a neat, clean hat crown. When I knit a hat by hand, I make a series of decreases that form a spiral to round off the top of a hat but with machine knitting, that s not as easy. Decreasing evenly across the needle bed requires manually moving lots
Changing the battery on the KH-940 didn t stop the beeper from sounding off, we haven t been able to figure out what s causing it, and the eKnitter for the 940 still isn t available in the US so I went looking for a new/used electronic knitting machine, and found a KnitKing Compuknit
Continuing with my punchcard experiments this wolf pattern was published in a knitting magazine over 20 years ago. But howling wolves never go out of style, right? I had some leftover green and brown yarn which I used for the hung hem, and experimented with a speckled ground effect that
An update on the Fleeps I was knitting for Mom they are finally finished! Some of the delay was because I had to wait until we were together for her to try them on at critical sizing moments, but admittedly some was just me getting distracted anyway, they re done
Although the punchcard machine feels limited compared to the electronic one, there s actually quite a lot that one can do with a 24-stitch repeat (assuming that your machine is properly selecting stitches, which mine isn t quite, but that s another story). For example, I found the punchcard for these cats on
Why not dive right in to a tuck rib pattern to get better acquainted with the pushbutton machine and its ribber? I chose pattern #251 from this pattern book and cast on a number of stitches that might be large for a swatch but right for a baby-size hat. It
A couple of weeks ago I saw a for-sale ad for a local, very pretty, vintage 8-button knitting machine and ribber. While I tried to tell myself that I didn t need it, I couldn t stop thinking about it. The fact that the electronic machine is out of service (hopefully that s
Welp, the electronic knitting machine (KH940) is still producing a nonstop beep despite the new battery, so it s coming off the work table for further inspection and hopefully repair. Meanwhile, I can set up the punchcard machine (KH890) and keep going! So, regarding my sweater plans As I said in
With the electronic knitting machine out of commission (the new battery will be delivered later this week, and hopefully that completely resolves the problem) I thought that now would be a good time to seam the pieces of my Cloud Sweater together. Why Cloud? Well, it s cloud blue, and it s
I adjusted the decrease rate on the four points of the crown, and tried again. Success! A rounded hat-top, without any weird lumps or points, modeled here on a mannequin head that s slightly too small to fill it out properly. (My own head is just 21.5 around; the mannequin is
If I m going to sell things, I should put tags on the products, right? And if I m going to have product tags, I should have a logo to print on them, right? Thank goodness I have graphic design experience, because now I have versions of a logo in white, blue,
In my last post I said that I d try to make a hat with a full colourwork crown, and so I charted it out and gave it a go. It s a start ;) It does round out better when it s on a larger head than mine. But I called it
I had to buy another ball of light blue yarn so I can finish my tuck stitch sweater, so I figured I should probably buy two just to be sure. And while I was at it, I ordered some other solid colours to play around with stranded colourwork. Here s my
I have this gigantic blue wool sweater. It s made for someone both taller and wider than I am, and makes me feel as if I m a little kid borrowing my big brother s clothes. (It s also a little itchy I mean, rustic but I wouldn t wear it without a
I got knitting related gifts for both WinterHoliday and Birthday first, look at this gorgeous stuff from Stitchin With Yarn! It s five skeins of their Football Season colourway on sock yarn which feels a lot like the same base as Cascade Heritage. I m planning to knit Calluna Pullover with