Knitmaster PE1 problems

Can anyone help with advice on this? I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong, or if the PE1 is faulty. I’ve followed the instructions in the manual and everything seems to be okay, but when I click the inspection button light off and press = on the controller it doesn’t feed the card through the reader to read it into the controller. The display says okay but there’s nothing read into the controller because the card doesn’t move.
Thanks for any help.

I have had a problem with my PE1 for some time but it turned out to be a problem with my computer.
As the PE 1 is simply a memory you do not need it to knit a pattern from a card. However if you are saving the pattern onto the PE1 for future use then I think you follow the instructions and then remove card so you can knit from PE1. PLease let me know if I am barking up the wrong tree as there sre very few of us Knitmaster/SR knitters left I use the SR 840
ozmartian
2013-01-27 18:30:35
My first reaction was: Change the cell batterie in the PE-1 Memory card.

Reading further down in your question I assume that something is wrong with the EC-1 pattern reader – or maybe not. Have you tried to set up the EC-1 without the PE-1? Is there still a problem? Or does the card feed through the reader? If no: Clean the reader with the blue cleaning sheet. And take a soft dry cottoncloth rinse the magnet on the pointcams and the magnet on the back of the carriage. Hope that can get you further on. By the way what kind of machine do you use?

strikkan
2013-01-10 18:17:34
I have had a problem with my PE1 for some time but it turned out to be a problem with my computer.
As the PE 1 is simply a memory you do not need it to knit a pattern from a card. However if you are saving the pattern onto the PE1 for future use then I think you follow the instructions and then remove card so you can knit from PE1. PLease let me know if I am barking up the wrong tree as there sre very few of us Knitmaster/SR knitters left I use the SR 840
ozmartian
2013-01-27 18:30:35
My first reaction was: Change the cell batterie in the PE-1 Memory card.

Reading further down in your question I assume that something is wrong with the EC-1 pattern reader – or maybe not. Have you tried to set up the EC-1 without the PE-1? Is there still a problem? Or does the card feed through the reader? If no: Clean the reader with the blue cleaning sheet. And take a soft dry cottoncloth rinse the magnet on the pointcams and the magnet on the back of the carriage. Hope that can get you further on. By the way what kind of machine do you use?

strikkan
2013-01-10 18:17:34

Advent Calendar

Dear Ann
Attaching picture of an Advent Calendar knitted by Club Member Audrey Jenkins for our Christmas Competition. The Advent Calendar won 1st prize. The pattern was taken from a December 2001 copy of Machine Knitting News.
Regards
Margaret Smith
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Lots of advice and inspiration

I’ve been to Italy before, but never to Florence and I very much looked forward to my week away. It’s a glorious time of year, but unfortunately the sun had shone from clear blue skies the week before. It drizzled when we arrived, poured down all week and I threw my umbrella in the bin at the airport as it collapsed for the last time. In the anticipated sight-seeing trek to visit the museums and churches, I spotted something amazing. The windows of almost every fashion shop in the city centre were filled with knitwear. If it hadn’t been so wet I could have jotted down hundreds of ideas, all of which had been machine-knitted in the first place. There was layer upon layer of fine knitting teamed with chunky tops and knitted scarves were everywhere. It was truly a machine knitter’s paradise.

When I got back, I looked at a number of boutiques selling knitwear on the Internet and was frankly staggered at the prices some folk are prepared to pay. It made me realise even more the huge potential our machines have to offer. I don’t think I’ve spent so long looking at women’s knitted fashion since I was at college and it might not have attracted my attention so much if the weather had been kinder. Taking shelter from the rain became essential and, after all, there’s a limit to the number of frescos and paintings of the Madonna and Child any one person can take in! All of us stick to the well-trodden path of patterns and styles we know, because they’re familiar old friends that won’t let us down. Nevertheless, it costs nothing to go window shopping and we don’t need to go as far afield as Italy because our own High Streets are filled with knitting. Perhaps the exercise to walk off the seasonal excess may also fill us with lots of fresh ideas for some inspirational knitting?

We probably need to avoid the January sales but, when the windows fill with the new season’s knitting, we can glean lots of ideas. Sally-Ann sets us on the right path each month with her up-to-date trends and colours, so we’ve no excuse. Let the New Year be filled with resolutions that we’ll all make a list of ‘must knits’ for 2013 : and knit them! Now all that remains is to send my very best wishes and sincere hopes for a happy and peaceful New Year, filled with good health and good fortune for us all.

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Bill King – All in one top – December 2011

Dear Sue

Thankyou very much for the explanation on ‘TURN’ in Bill Kings pattern all in one ‘Gold Star’.

I must have had a senior moment. When I read your reply everything was crystal clear. I am going to start on it right now.

Thankyou again.

Janice Hill (Maud)

maud
2013-01-27 18:30:35
Hi

At the bottom of page 54 where it says TO KNIT it explains what a ‘turn’ is. For this pattern after you cast on you knit 70 rows straight for the sleeve. Then comes the turn.

You need to set your carriage to HOLD. Then you bring a group of three needles to Holding Position at the opposite end to the carriage and knit four rows.

When you have the last group of three still in Working Position knit four rows. Then return the group of needles nearest the carriage from Holding Position to Upper Working Position and knit four rows until all needles are back in Working Position. Knit four rows across all needles.

This constitutes one turn and the picture in the middle at the bottom of page 55 shows what it looks like. The diagonal row of holes runs up the middle of the of the turn and you knit four more complete turns.

To finish the piece you knit 70 rows straight for the other half of the sleeve.

You will be knitting one complete sleeve and side of the garment. If you fold this piece in half along the third row of holes you will need to join the two long edges at the top and the two shorter edges for the underarm seam.

When you have knitted two of these shapes they are sewn together at the back seam to make the completed garment.

I hope this has removed some of the mystery and you are successful with your garment.

Kind regards
Sue.

Sue P
2013-01-11 12:06:57
Dear Sue

Thankyou very much for the explanation on ‘TURN’ in Bill Kings pattern all in one ‘Gold Star’.

I must have had a senior moment. When I read your reply everything was crystal clear. I am going to start on it right now.

Thankyou again.

Janice Hill (Maud)

maud
2013-01-27 18:30:35
Hi

At the bottom of page 54 where it says TO KNIT it explains what a ‘turn’ is. For this pattern after you cast on you knit 70 rows straight for the sleeve. Then comes the turn.

You need to set your carriage to HOLD. Then you bring a group of three needles to Holding Position at the opposite end to the carriage and knit four rows.

When you have the last group of three still in Working Position knit four rows. Then return the group of needles nearest the carriage from Holding Position to Upper Working Position and knit four rows until all needles are back in Working Position. Knit four rows across all needles.

This constitutes one turn and the picture in the middle at the bottom of page 55 shows what it looks like. The diagonal row of holes runs up the middle of the of the turn and you knit four more complete turns.

To finish the piece you knit 70 rows straight for the other half of the sleeve.

You will be knitting one complete sleeve and side of the garment. If you fold this piece in half along the third row of holes you will need to join the two long edges at the top and the two shorter edges for the underarm seam.

When you have knitted two of these shapes they are sewn together at the back seam to make the completed garment.

I hope this has removed some of the mystery and you are successful with your garment.

Kind regards
Sue.

Sue P
2013-01-11 12:06:57

Passap Stitch Pattern Software

In PKMJ 39 Alice reviewed ‘KnitPad’, a Windows program written by Doug Webb, which contains all the Passap stitch patterns for both the E6000 and the Deco. The Deco patterns are stored in a section of the program called KnitPick which opens in KnitPad. Although the 3 and 4 colour patterns are in a format which the E6000 can read, it would not be too difficult to re-configure them as a punchcard. I have been looking for templates for the Deco patterns numbered from 21-100 for quite a while, without success, so when I saw this information I thought I’d see if it was still available. The original Website is no longer accessable but a search on Google for ‘doug webb knitpad’ took me to: www.janthevillageweaver.com from where I was able to download the KnitPad program. Not only does this program have all the Passap stitch patterns stored in grid form with the facility to print copies but there is also a section where one can design one’s own stitch patterns and save them. The grid provided has a total size of 179 stitches by 200 rows but for designing 40 stitch punchcards you can place a marker on the 40th column and work within that boundary. I can see this simple program being most useful and thought I would share this information as I’m sure other readers will find it useful too.
Regards
Sue Pritchard

Bookham Knitting Club – change of venue

Bookham Knitting Club will be meeting at a new venue from January 2013. Our new (temporary) home will be the Harrison Room in the Old Barn Hall in Bookham. The room is the small room with kitchen at the back of the building and the parking for this room is at the back. The address is Church Road, Bookham, Surrey KT23 3PQ.
Meetings will continue to be the second Wednesday in the month at 8.00 pm. Details and map are on the website at http://www.bookhamknitclub.org.uk/ There’s a contact form there for anyone who wishes to get in touch and we always welcome new members and general enquiries.

Just to confirm that we have permanently moved to the Old Barn Hall in Bookham now.
Moogie1947
2014-02-26 17:50:50

Singer Model 500 help please

It took us ages to attempt to thread it and now we can’t get it to knit. It will do the first row, then undoes it when we take the carriage back. We’re totally new at this type of knitting and have no idea at all. Youtube failed me as well, so can anyone explain to me, please, how you get the machine to knit? Is there an online help somewhere? I have looked, but can’t find it. Many thanks.

Garter Carriage adaptor not working

Hi
I have two Brother garter carriages (a KG95 and a KG93) and the power adaptor/sensor has stopped working on both of them following yarn tangles. The sensors cut in on both of them to stop the G-Carriage (as it should) but neither will start. I am now looking to buy one or two replacements. Do you know where I might be able to buy one?
Many thanks, Elizabeth

Jacky

Hi
I badly need a new lamp to illuminate my knitting, particularly in the winter months. The lights I have seen are expensive so want to get the right light. Please can anyone advise?
Many thanks.

Hi Jacky
I have had a light for many years which I got form the Daylight Bulb Company and you can find them on the internet. The one I use has magnifying glass with it and is very useful for fine work or tranferring stitches etc. Hope this is of some help to you.
Joy
dingdongdell
2013-05-03 11:10:56

Brother motor drive KE100 not working – help please

Hi
I hope someone can point me in the right direction of what to do or try. I haven’t used my knitting machine (Brother 950i) and motor drive (KE100) for ages so I am very rusty. Thankfully the machines aren’t! and before using the 950i I cleaned, oiled and changed the sponge bar. I was trying a sample yesterday when the carriage jammed and the motor drive safety mechanism kicked in by releasing the carriage from the motor shuttle, as it should. I cleared the problem and tried to reset the motor but it will not move the shuttle. In days gone by when this happened I did not have a problem resetting the shuttle and restarting the motor. The power light is on but nothing happens when I press the foot pedal. I’ve taken the pedal apart and checked visually for loose or burnt out wires and that’s OK. I don’t know if it is the motor sensor, yarn sensor or something else. Can anyone help please?