Standard Gauge

Hello Ozmartian
In ‘A Machine Knitter’s Guide’ by Lewis and Weissman there is a section on lace made with transparent thread. In part it reads ‘all sorts of single and double bed tuck patterns are very successful. Meshes made on a 1×1 slip or tuck setting make very stable fabrics. Search through your pattern books and try any single or double bed two-colour pattern that appeals to you.’ There are several photos of knitted samples where nylon has been substituted for one of the coloured yarns and not every needle is in use on the ribber. A colour changer would be useful to change the yarns every 2 to 4 rows. Sorry it has taken so long to reply but I have been re-reading this book and came across this information. I hope it proves to be of some use to you. Kind regards Sue

Hi Ozmatian
I have a Knitmaster 360 and there is a punch lace lever on the machine. It’s very good for knitting silver or gold lace effects on garments using fine thread and the normal 4-ply. Hope this is of some help to you.
Best wishes Joy

Hello Ozmartian
In ‘A Machine Knitter’s Guide’ by Lewis and Weissman there is a section on lace made with transparent thread. In part it reads ‘all sorts of single and double bed tuck patterns are very successful. Meshes made on a 1×1 slip or tuck setting make very stable fabrics. Search through your pattern books and try any single or double bed two-colour pattern that appeals to you.’ There are several photos of knitted samples where nylon has been substituted for one of the coloured yarns and not every needle is in use on the ribber. A colour changer would be useful to change the yarns every 2 to 4 rows. Sorry it has taken so long to reply but I have been re-reading this book and came across this information. I hope it proves to be of some use to you. Kind regards Sue

Hi Ozmatian
I have a Knitmaster 360 and there is a punch lace lever on the machine. It’s very good for knitting silver or gold lace effects on garments using fine thread and the normal 4-ply. Hope this is of some help to you.
Best wishes Joy

Hi Eve

To help out several readers I’ve included a couple of these ‘big’ stockings in the November issue (154).

Best wishes
Anne

Hi Anne
I requested the November Issue to be delivered to me and paid for it via Paypal but have not yet received it. Can yu tell me when you posted it.
Thanks
Eve

Hi Eve

To help out several readers I’ve included a couple of these ‘big’ stockings in the November issue (154).

Best wishes
Anne

Hi Anne
I requested the November Issue to be delivered to me and paid for it via Paypal but have not yet received it. Can yu tell me when you posted it.
Thanks
Eve

Hello G

You need a ribbing attachment in order to do circular knitting.

As you have a Knitmaster machine you need a Knitmaster or Silver ribber and the models that fit your machine are the SRP 20 SRP 50 and SRP 60.

There are several suppliers who advertise in MKM.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards Sue

Hello G

You need a ribbing attachment in order to do circular knitting.

As you have a Knitmaster machine you need a Knitmaster or Silver ribber and the models that fit your machine are the SRP 20 SRP 50 and SRP 60.

There are several suppliers who advertise in MKM.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards Sue

Hello Mary

When substituting yarns it is very important to knit a Tension Swatch in your chosen yarn and in the stitch pattern that you will use for your garment. The measurements you take from this tension swatch will determine the finished size of the garment.

Once knitted roll it up and give it a pull lengthways. Leave it overnight to settle or wash it and allow it to dry. While the tension swatch is ‘resting’ you can draw the pattern on to the Knit Leader sheet.

The sheets are marked out in centimetre squares so draw the shapes onto them using the measurements given in MKM for the size you require.

As a rough guide for the armhole shaping if you need to decrease the width of the garment by 7cm each side draw the curve about 7cm deep. The front and back are usually the same.

The depth of the sleeve head is always given in the patterns and the measurement of the cast off stitches at the top is sometimes given. If there is no measurement given for the stitches to cast off 7 or 8 cm is a reasonable figure. (Halve this figure if you are only drawing one side of the pattern piece.)

Draw this as a straight line on to the Knit Leader sheet then draw an ‘S’ shaped curve from the point at which the decreasing starts to the end of this line. I find it helps to make the start of this curve match the shape of the armhole decreasing. Also don’t make the sleeve too narrow too quickly.

Once the tension swatch is ready measure it carefully in cm across the 40 stitches. Find the appropriate scale from the chart on the Knit Leader plastic tube.

Measure the 60 rows in cm and set the dial on the Knit Leader. You should now be able to knit the garment to the correct size.

Hope this helps with your query.

Kind regards

Sue

Hi Sue

I hope you got my e-mail thanking you for your time in coming back to me and explaining how to use the Knit Leader. I shall try all you suggest. Hopefully I’ll realise how easy this piece of equipment is to use and better still make garments which fit.

Best regards.

Mary

Hello Mary

When substituting yarns it is very important to knit a Tension Swatch in your chosen yarn and in the stitch pattern that you will use for your garment. The measurements you take from this tension swatch will determine the finished size of the garment.

Once knitted roll it up and give it a pull lengthways. Leave it overnight to settle or wash it and allow it to dry. While the tension swatch is ‘resting’ you can draw the pattern on to the Knit Leader sheet.

The sheets are marked out in centimetre squares so draw the shapes onto them using the measurements given in MKM for the size you require.

As a rough guide for the armhole shaping if you need to decrease the width of the garment by 7cm each side draw the curve about 7cm deep. The front and back are usually the same.

The depth of the sleeve head is always given in the patterns and the measurement of the cast off stitches at the top is sometimes given. If there is no measurement given for the stitches to cast off 7 or 8 cm is a reasonable figure. (Halve this figure if you are only drawing one side of the pattern piece.)

Draw this as a straight line on to the Knit Leader sheet then draw an ‘S’ shaped curve from the point at which the decreasing starts to the end of this line. I find it helps to make the start of this curve match the shape of the armhole decreasing. Also don’t make the sleeve too narrow too quickly.

Once the tension swatch is ready measure it carefully in cm across the 40 stitches. Find the appropriate scale from the chart on the Knit Leader plastic tube.

Measure the 60 rows in cm and set the dial on the Knit Leader. You should now be able to knit the garment to the correct size.

Hope this helps with your query.

Kind regards

Sue

Hi Sue

I hope you got my e-mail thanking you for your time in coming back to me and explaining how to use the Knit Leader. I shall try all you suggest. Hopefully I’ll realise how easy this piece of equipment is to use and better still make garments which fit.

Best regards.

Mary

Hi
I’ve run this query though NewBrits on-line club and the consensus is that while the sheets are fine the Brother pencil is different. If you’ve been able to knit the pattern then I don’t see why you can’t download it – but then I don’t have a Brother 950i only a 940.
Ozmartian

Hi
I’ve run this query though NewBrits on-line club and the consensus is that while the sheets are fine the Brother pencil is different. If you’ve been able to knit the pattern then I don’t see why you can’t download it – but then I don’t have a Brother 950i only a 940.
Ozmartian

Hi G

There’s not a problem but just think for a minute about what you’ve asked. ‘After you cast off 5 sts at beg of next 2 rows . . .’

If your carriage is at the right at the start of the armhole shaping you cast off 5 sts and knit the row from right to left (1 row) then cast off 5 sts and knit the row from left to right (1 row). Two rows have been knitted and the carriage is back at the right to start the decreasing.

That’s all there is to it!

Best wishes
Anne

Thanks Anne

Hi G

There’s not a problem but just think for a minute about what you’ve asked. ‘After you cast off 5 sts at beg of next 2 rows . . .’

If your carriage is at the right at the start of the armhole shaping you cast off 5 sts and knit the row from right to left (1 row) then cast off 5 sts and knit the row from left to right (1 row). Two rows have been knitted and the carriage is back at the right to start the decreasing.

That’s all there is to it!

Best wishes
Anne

Thanks Anne

Hi Grammy

Sorry to hear you’re having problems. Needles in UWP (upper working position) are brought forward from WP (working position) so that the open latches are level with the sinker posts. When you knit a pattern in two colours it’s the needles in UWP which knit the second colour.

Needles in HP (holding position) are brought forward as far as possible. To increase several stitches bring forward the required number of needles at the same side as the carriage. Now pull a loop of yarn down under these needles and starting at the needle nearest to the knitting wrap the yarn fairly loosely and evenly round each needle. When you’ve wrapped them all give a tug on the yarn behind the tension unit to prevent a loop forming as you knit the stitches. Knit one row carefully and the new stitches should form properly. If you bring these needles to HP for the next few rows the stitches on them will knit off cleanly. You can then hang a weight under them and continue knitting.

Hope this helps. Sue.

Hi Grammy

Sorry to hear you’re having problems. Needles in UWP (upper working position) are brought forward from WP (working position) so that the open latches are level with the sinker posts. When you knit a pattern in two colours it’s the needles in UWP which knit the second colour.

Needles in HP (holding position) are brought forward as far as possible. To increase several stitches bring forward the required number of needles at the same side as the carriage. Now pull a loop of yarn down under these needles and starting at the needle nearest to the knitting wrap the yarn fairly loosely and evenly round each needle. When you’ve wrapped them all give a tug on the yarn behind the tension unit to prevent a loop forming as you knit the stitches. Knit one row carefully and the new stitches should form properly. If you bring these needles to HP for the next few rows the stitches on them will knit off cleanly. You can then hang a weight under them and continue knitting.

Hope this helps. Sue.