ELY Knits

  • Link Collecting

    Hello, all! I hope you’re all well and ready to greet the new year with fulfilling yarny goals and intentions. Here’s where you can help me out– Please send me links to your favorite Machine Knitting resources! Whether it’s a forum, a Discord server, a YouTube channel, a designer’s page,…

  • Twelve Tips for Stitching When Your Hands Hurt

    Twelve Tips for Stitching When Your Hands Hurt

    I have a genetic connective tissue disorder. It’s not going to get better. It will probably get worse. I’m not going to stop what brings me joy, but I do have to listen to my body’s pain and adapt.  Machine knitting allows me to do a lot on bad days,…

  • The Inaugural Oklahoma Yarn Crawl Part Two: The Central and Western Shops

    The Inaugural Oklahoma Yarn Crawl Part Two: The Central and Western Shops

    The 2024 Oklahoma Yarn Crawl recently wrapped, and my gosh was it FUN! If you haven’t checked out Part One of my recap, read it first here. Twelve fiber businesses from across Oklahoma got together to put on the state’s first yarn crawl. Yarn shops, dye works, a working farm,…

  • The Inaugural Oklahoma Yarn Crawl Part One: The Eastern Shops

    The Inaugural Oklahoma Yarn Crawl Part One: The Eastern Shops

    The 2024 Oklahoma Yarn Crawl recently wrapped, and my gosh was it FUN! Twelve fiber businesses from across Oklahoma got together to put on the state’s first yarn crawl. Yarn shops, dye works, a working farm, and a mini fiber mill dot the state map, and fiber lovers made the…

  • Squish It! – Jody Long Delish Yarn Review

    Hello everyone! It’s been a while!  Christmas Covid is the gift that keeps on giving, and recovery has been rough. It’s Fiber Christmas In July time already! I’ve been through a slew of tests with more to come, but I’m finally able to break through the covid brain fog enough…

  • How to Store Your Knitting Machine

    How to Store Your Knitting Machine

    I don’t know many machine knitters who have just one knitting machine. After all, there are three common gauges (4.5mm standard, 6.5mm, mid-gauge, and 9mm bulky) that knit different yarn sizes. It’s wonderful if you’re fortunate enough to have the space to leave all three sizes of machines set up,…

  • The EEW Cone Winder- Unboxing and Initial Thoughts

    The EEW Cone Winder- Unboxing and Initial Thoughts

    If you’re familiar with the Electric Eel Spinning Wheel, you might know that Maurice Ribble of Dreaming Robots, the mind behind the magic, recently released an electric cone winder!  I backed the project on Kickstarter in 2022. I have only backed three or four Kickstarter projects, but I have to…

  • Machine Knitting Techniques: Texture and 3D Effects

    Machine Knitting Techniques: Texture and 3D Effects

    If you have a little bit of Christmas Cash and you feel like investing in yourself for the New Year, pick up the newly-released Texture and 3D Effects Machine Knitting Techniques book. Amber Hards teaches texture and playfulness in her essential addition to the series. “[Hards] encourages you to explore…

  • The Craft Cart

    The Craft Cart

    It’s not technically a knitting machine accessory, but it sure does make life easier! If you don’t use one already, consider getting a craft cart to help organize your machine knitting tools and accessories. I use a three tiered craft cart to keep my weights, carriages, and accessories organized and…

  • Machine Knitting Techniques: Cables

    Machine Knitting Techniques: Cables

    Bill King has me thinking more like a machine knitter.