A fellow machine knitter recently suggested putting a drop of oil on the thumb screws that are used to attach the sinker plate to the carriage on your knitting machine. It makes it so much easier to fasten and unfasten.
Thanks for the tip, Ann!
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When using Original Pattern drafting, easily re-arrange pieces as you need.
Here’s a tip for knitting with multiple colors of yarn if you don’t have a color changer.
For this button fairisle design, you’d need to change the contrasting color yarn every 16 rows or so. Don’t know about you … but I’m too impatient for that!
Voila! Add a second mast so you can have 4 colors readily available to use.
Geometric color play and unusual construction makes this poncho a winner! Machine knit in panels and use the sew-as-you-go joining method, and you’ll be done in no time!
The dynamic pattern allows you to knit this beautiful poncho on any machine with any yarn. We knit ours in plain stockinette, but it would be great with a textured stitch pattern as well.
Pattern and Project (with video instruction) are free with your subscription to Knit it Now. The project will walk you through knitting your poncho and give you lots of tips for making it special. Also included is a video to help you alter this unusual shape for your size.
Included with the pattern purchase are 2 videos to help you put together this unusual shape.
Color Block Poncho Construction (Free Preview)
Altering the Color Block Poncho
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We get many questions about the “best” machine to buy. Knitters are always looking for the “perfect” yarn.
The response is simple … What is your knitting goal?
If your goal is one or all of these, you need to get focused to achieve your goal.
When you have daily or weekly knitting time, put it to good use by having a plan.
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Fellow machine knitter, Ann-Blair White shared a DIY tip for storing all those bits and pieces that we use every day with our knitting machines.
She cut up tubes from the fabric store (you could use tubes from aluminum foil or pieces of PVC pipe). She also suggested dollar store spice jars… can you think of something else?
A little tape keeps them all together and upright – perfect for storing your tools and making them easily accessible.
Thanks for the tip, Ann-Blair!
Tame that yarn tail when you are casting on or changing colors.
Put a little extra weight on the tail with a clothespin or clip of some sort. Not only will the initial cast on row be neater, the first few stitches of the next few rows will form properly, making seaming easier.
Any clip will work, (binder clips from the office supply will work in a pinch), but I like chip clips that are coated with a rubber type material. They hold the yarn firmly.
Whatever type of clip you use, store it around the base of your mast for easy access.
