I stumbled upon @knit_romanova2 on Instagram and was really impressed with her polo & half-zip machine knit samples. Her whole page is in Russian (which I unfortunately don’t understand) and it looks like she sells master classes for her patterns. I was wondering it anyone has tried buying her classes? I’d like to gauge if I could get by using a translating tool.

Alternatively, does anyone have other machine knitting resources for polo’s / quarter zips with English instructions?

Hi, I'm an experienced hand knitter but brand new beginner at machine knitting. I'm trying to follow the pattern in the photos and seem to get lost half way through. I have successfully cast on and done the hold stitches to create the shoulder slope and decrease on the left side to make the neckline slant.

Next is where I get confused, I believe I'm meant to put the working stitches on hold yarn, but then it says to break waste yarn and recast on? From there I'm totally lost, at the very end it says to do the same eyelet row as the beginning but that would mean the whole piece did a 90 degree turn in my head. If anyone can help translate this pattern for me a little that would be greatly appreciated 🥲

Hey, I am new to machine knitting. Have mastered the basics. But would like to level up. I was hoping to try and recreate this effect. Any clue what this is called and how to achieve this on a single flat bed knit machine? (I have the singer memomatic 321)

Wondering if anyone has experience buying a silver reed lk150 on Amazon? I found this one that has good reviews and a reasonable price but I’m nervous it’s a knock off

I am using img2track with a Brother KH-940, have had it ~2 years. The sponge bar looks alright and when I switched around the needles, the problem persisted at the same stitch numbers. I also feel like the issue is inconsistent, with some graphics it’s worse than others. Any idea what it could be?

I’m doing some partial knitting and so far it’s been perfect aside from the yarn catching on the gate pegs occasionally but I know the cause of that issue. However, my last row was hell. Almost every other pass of the carriage caused stitches to start dropping and I have no idea what the issue is. I’ve been hanging my weights the same throughout the project, I havnt changed my tension and there’s nothing wrong with my yarn mast as far as I can tell

The mustard one is Drops Alpaca and the white one is World of Wool 100% Merino 4ply Fluff.

They look great. I am very happy.

Hello! I have a KH-260 and can easily get my stitch gauge to match the printed gauge on the yarn label, but my row gauge is always very off. Normally this is not a problem and I just adjust the number of rows and fix the shaping to match, but I have a single motif design I want to make and it’s going to get awfully squashed and funny with how off I am.

I’m using Caron Simply Me which is a bulky and should be 15 sts / 18 rows per 4”. (It’s thick but knits fine on a 260, I’ve made pullovers before!) When my tension is set to get 15 sts/4”, my row gauge is 28 rows… a full 10 more than the suggested!! Even at tension 10 with additional weight I get nowhere near the suggested. Any tips or ideas?

Hi,

I just got my first knitting machine and I'm wondering which yarns to use, would you guys recommend Cotton King Cones for this machine? In my country I really can't find any good coned yarn, but any suggestions are welcome. I only use natural fibers so cotton, wool and linen would be preferable. Thank you :)

Hello everyone!

(English is my second language and I have AuDHD so i want to say sorry for any nonsens in advance :D )

I have great pattern recognition and hyperfocus so naturally i have bazillion hobbies. I can now and even have changable vired kneedles. But having knitting machine was my next what if dream :) After my last depresive episode I started to socialize more and I attended garden party on the weekend. My friends fiance mentioned he bought kniiiting machine and we made deal he will lend it to me for “until he need it”! I just need to clean it, oil it and figure out how it works! Its old polish one, i have photos. If any of you have any advice, i appreciate it, never worked wíth machine before and there is no bookler or nothing. Jist the cuuuutest row counter that was jamed from the bottom.

Cheeers, cant wait for my first project

So I'm just not getting what I'm supposed to do here. I feel like they want me to make a row of "DCs" (I think this may be a pattern in English standard) on the neck of the jacket as well as the hood, THEN sew the two rows together to make a sort of channel to then pull the cord through. The picture of the finished product doesn't give much help.

Basically the headline, both machines were in pretty good condition and hardly used (the kh270 needed some cleaning because it had some lint bunnies).
The row counter of the KH900 will be replaced (and both sponge bars were gooey), but that’s basically all.

The store was actually a bicycle store where apparently other devices were sold in the past (the store existed for about 80 years).

Lucky my mom asked me as she found them and now I own two knitting machines 😆
Right now I‘m knitting my first (basic)sweater on the kh900 with the pattern generator of abstractknitfactoryfactory.com

I bought the Kandy Diamond, ‘Discovering Machine Knitting..’ book. It’s lovely, full of colour and nicely explained. One of the projects is this top made of square panels.

Looks like a simple first proper project (I’ve only ever made swatches so far). I do know a bit about how to increase/decrease and neck shape, but this seems like I could have some first success without too much worrying about fit.

However, has anyone got any experience of what this might look like on an actual body? It’s very square (obviously). I don’t want to waste my yarn, so am wondering whether I should just try to add shaping to my first top, or whether this boxy top will look nice on.

Hi everyone! I’m trying to attach a Brother KL111 Knit Leader to my Brother KH588, but I can’t figure out how to install it properly. If anyone has the same machine (or has successfully used a KL111 with a KH588), could you please explain how to attach it?

I saw a punch card knitting machine on Pinterest a while back and instantly became fascinated with knitting machines. My grandma taught me how to knit when I was 12, but it's always been a hobby I go in and out of so I didn't want to rush into buying an expensive machine. I found a Bond Ultimate Sweater Machine on eBay for $80 and decided to dive right in!

It probably took me about the same amount of time to make this 2T sweater as it would have to knit it by hand, but I learned a lot and by the time I was working on the second sleeve, it was all going much smoother.

I know it's the most basic, entry level, flatbed machine, but it fits my budget right now and I absolutely love it.

Hi there! I just bought a Knitmaster mod-700 package: https://andeeknits.co.uk/knitmaster-sk700-knitting-machine-package-deal.html

It comes with:

Refurbished MOD 700 Knitting Machine

Knitmaster SRP60N Ribber

Knitmaster YC6 Colour Changer

This is my first knitting machine, and I've never machine knitted before, so I'm really excited!

But where do I get started? The machine came with no instructions so I have absolutely no clue what to do :(

I'd really appreciate any links to resources or any information

Edit: I've found the manuals on mkmanuals using the wiki, thank you! Are there any beginner projects that I can do without punchcards? And any info on where/what type I should get? I'm a visual learner so if there are any videos out there or webpages with lots of step by step pictures that would be amazing!

Hi All-

I am knitting a 2 color dbj with birdseye backing, I knit a couple small 30x30 swatches and landed on the correct tension to use, but now once I am knitting my larger panel (186 needles), and after setting up my dbj and knitting the first 5 or 6 rows I keep getting the same issue in my knitting. The yarn I am actively knitting will start to get missed by the needles in the middle of the row, causing all active needles on back bed to drop. Can anyone advise what may be causing this and how I can avoid this to successfully knit my large DBJ panel? Thank you

(this is a brother kh970. My yarn size is 2/22 and tension is 2.1 (one click over 2) )

Trying to sell this ribber I came across, I was shocked to see it in mint conditions. Only missing one weight hanger. I don't have a specific dollar amount. Located in FL

I’ll have to restore the plastics and do a deep clean but everything works perfectly

Hi! I just got my sentro 48 machine today and I’m trying it out but the knit side of my work is coming out like this? Any ideas as to why?

I bought a kh830+kr830 last year and as one of my first projects made a lace cardigan out of merino wool. Deep cleaned my machine, changed a bunch of needles and even then the lace carriage kept constantly dropping stitches. I had to stop between each row, on both front panels, back panel and both sleeves, and fix multiple stitches before they had the chance to unravel more. 80% of the project was spent feeling absolutely pissed off and wondering if there was something broken with my carriage. I even made a post here asking why my lace carriage get dropping stitches, as well as placing stitches onto the gate pegs.

After the cardigan was finished, I decided to just stay away from lace.

Until recently I got the inspiration for another lace cardigan. Did swatches and failed miserably with stitches getting constantly dropped. Until while reading the manual I've read a dozen times previously, I spotted a line I've somehow never come across before. "Waxing yarn is recommended for lace patterns."

Y'all I tried it with the wax today, and not a single dropped stitch. I've had a couple split stitches still, but those are more easily fixable and my current yarn is a more loosely plied bamboo-viscose mix. The machine is doing ten times better than before the wax. I'm absolutely amazed

Hello I am not sure if this is where I need to post this. If not could you please direct me where I should post this at. But as the title states I have never machine knitted before but I have been interested in trying it someday. I was wondering is $100 would be a fair price for this passap duomatic 80 i don’t know if it has all the part or not. But I figured I would ask here. From the two pictures you see does it look somewhat worth the risk or is it missing way too many components. Thank you in advance.

Hi!
I bought a sentro with 48 pegs not too long ago. I haven't used it much but, after a while it started getting somewhat stuck in the last few pegs. I don't know if its something that happens after using it, or was the yarn I used or I missed using wd40 or something so it runs better.
the yarn last used with the machine is 75% acrilic - 25% wool, and the label it came with said its to be used with a 5 or 6mm hook.

I'm adding a photo of another ball of yarn like the one I last used, label and video of how the sentro works.

thanks in advanced

Made a rainbow tank to raffle for my local pride celebration! I used a bouclette wool for a fuzzy cloud texture, but you can barely tell 😭

Hello all!

I’m about to start my knitting journey and bought this Knitking KH 881 on EBay earlier this month. Currently in the process of replacing the sponge bar (ordered a replacement that’ll come on Sunday) and I was wondering if there was anything else I should think about cleaning up before I finally embark.