Knitting machines galore since one is never enough, photo tutorials, and knits gone wild

It’s December, the engagement month.

Tell your wool newbie fiance:

“Honey, you know how the recession has you nervous.

Especially all those pink slips at work.

And you spied my stash in the back closet?

Don’t worry.

It’s an investment!

And very frugal.

Think of how much we will save by not buying a wedding dress.

Or a Bride’s Maid dress.

And if by some horrible accident, any of it should stain.

You can always make it better by closing your eyes when I buy replacement skeins.”

If you are in the market for a Passap Duomatic 80, do NOT buy this one:

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Recognize the photo?

I stumbled upon the theft when surfing ebay for knitting machine items. I’ve emailed the seller and politely asked for it to be removed.

Since I’m not holding my breath they’ll cooperate, I’ve got a plan B.
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The Passap Duomatic (pinkie) and Duomatic 80 are almost identical when you need to tear them down, deep clean, and reassemble. The difference is in how their pusher rails are attached.

Here is how it’s done on the Duomatic 80. The pinkie and all other aspects of cleaning Duomatics, including the 80, is covered in my Passap Duomatic Deep Cleaning tutorial Continue reading…

I’ve been cleaning out stuff on Craigslist so we can get at least one car into the garage. A lady emailed me that she wanted to come see our Elmo Workbench and musical tools. She seemed fine - wrote with correctly spelled words and complete sentences.

The spammers and weirdos are usually pretty easy to spot because English isn’t their first language and they use British English rather than American English when responding to US ads combined with really strange sentence construction. But I digress…
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Here are over 100 free knitting machine video links from around the web. Below you will find movies on set up, cast on’s, cast off’s, garter carriage, lace knitting, miscellaneous techniques and equipment and much more.

This list is just the beginning. If you know of a great knitting machine video you’d like to add, please leave a note in the comments.
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It’s starting to get nippy here in the northern states.

Don’t despair, the Machine Knitting Guild of Minnesota has the knitted cover needed to warm that special home appliance.

I’ve read your comments, really I have.

I’ve debated for a long time whether to sell the pattern, given how much effort it will take to set up and process the step by step photos.

The written portion has been done for quite awhile. I’ve even demonstrated the heel flap and turn at my local machine knitting group several years ago. Continue reading…

It’s clips like this that remind me I don’t really have stash issues. And even if I did, I could furnish a bedroom.

Rachel John, Extreme Knitting, 1000 Strand Knit