Author: elyknits
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CONE Yarn Review: Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport
It’s fall, y’all! …well, it is autumn according to the calendar. Sweater weather hasn’t fully arrived yet in Northeast Oklahoma, but I am here for you with a seasonally appropriate review of Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport 100% wool yarn ON CONES! Before we get into my knitting experience, here…
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Discovering Machine Knitting by Kandy Diamond
I love my vintage machine knitting book collection, but new machine knitting books just make my day. They’re proof that machine knitting isn’t dying — it’s still evolving, and dare I say, growing. Discovering Machine Knitting by Kandy Diamond releases in North America on October 10, 2023. It’s more than…
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Choosing Colors
In my last post I showcased a project where I used NINE colors to push my creative boundaries. I ended that post feeling more confident, but when I went to choose colors for my next colorwork project, I found myself even more color-shy than before! Since I’m still not convinced…
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Confronting Color
In case you missed it, I recently reviewed Alison Dupernex’s Creative Machine Knitting. And boy can I say I was excited but also nervous when I noticed she replied to my Instagram post about the review. …I threw all my designs in and my ‘colour madness’ to encourage and inspire…
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Organizing My Studio: The Main Room
We moved to our new place last year, and I have a studio! Yay! It’s a small building around 400 square feet just steps from our garage. It’s been a dream come true having a large, dedicated machine knitting space and not just a small craft room, but it’s a…
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Creative Machine Knitting by Alison Dupernex
Here in the USA, recent Machine Knitting books seem few and far between. That’s not the case across the pond, and I’ve been able to find quite a few wonderful skill and pattern books published within the past five years from the UK. Here’s my review of Creative Machine Knitting:…
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Finding Cone Yarn
Knitting machines can use a range of yarn from all kinds of put-ups like we saw in my last post, but the easiest and best put-up for machine knitting is cone yarn. Cones don’t need extra preparation before use, have more yardage in general, and often feature unique textures or…
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Your YARN is the Problem — Part One: Hand Knitting Yarn Prep
You might have encountered one of these problems before: the yarn stopped flowing through the tension unit and the tension wire bent all the way towards the carriage and needle bed, the carriage jammed, an entire row knitted at a much tighter tension than you wanted, the yarn broke. If you…
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Yarn Plating and the SilverReed LK150
Plating takes yarns that might not be suitable on their own for your machine and makes working with them possible.
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Spring Seminar Coming Soon! April 1, 2023
That’s right! It’s nearly time for our next seminar! Hand and machine knitters, you won’t want to miss this! We’re learning how to design a custom fit knitted sweater! Attendees will learn measurement tips and tricks to accommodate various body type needs and draw a body block schematic based off…
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