BellaOnline Forums Hobbies and Crafts Knitting I'm using my knitting machine !!!!

I'm pretty excited, I'm using it. I have made so far 10 scarves, ok so it isn't that big of a deal but to me it is. I am thinking of putting up an article about knitting machines because I don't know about the rest of the machines but the passap didn't come with alot of very important instructions. so I had to learn mostly by trial and error. It is fun.

please tell me more about knitting with a knitting machine. i went to an art fair yesterday and saw some lovely ponchos that had been machine knit. and so now my curiosity has been sparked.

tell me more about knitting on a knitting machine...

We have the Ultimate Sweater Machine. It came with a video, and a small instruction booklet.

It's not as easy as they make it look, but once you get the hang of it, it's better. For us, it's one of those things where you have to practice for a while before you get the hang of what the shuttle does. Once we figured out how the stitches were being made, it was easier to control tension and fix mistakes. It drops stitches once in a while, so you have to have a quick eye to catch it.

I thought I'd like it more, but it only does one stitch (stockinette), so it's pretty limited to the type of things it can knit. Also, the largest needle guage is size 10, so bulky yarns are out of the question.

I like using it, but I still do a lot of hand knitting.

I bought my machine (Passap double bed) used and honestly I was very intimidated by it. I sat down read everything and once I got past learning how to cast on and hang the weights, It's pretty easy. I did go this past weekend and buy the ultimate sweater machine but I have not tried it yet. I am making a lace right now that I plan on using for a shawl. Do you need me to go find the urls that explain how to pick a knitting machine ?

I picked mine because I had a 40% off coupon at Joanns...and I just wanted to play with it.

Yipee!

I finally ordered (from ebay) a Ultimate Sweater Machine!

It shipped out today so I should have it by the weekend!

I can hardly wait to use it!

I have been thinking about getting the Ultimate Sweater Machine, too, but I'd be interested in everyone's opinion before I invest.

Here is my honest opinion, I did not like it <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> It was very hard to get the cast on comb to work and I kept on having trouble keeping the bed together. So I never really got to give it a good try. Now I do have a Studio lk150 that I think is similar to the Bond , and I just love it. It is so much easier than the bond machine, it is all in one piece and the cast on comb just hangs.

I was given one of these as a birthday present in August. After struggling and struggling with it for three months, I returned it. I hated it, I hated how difficult it was to get it started- I even bought a stand for it, and I still couldn't get it. I'm not one to give up on things, but I found the machine to be more stress than simply handknitting. Between the dropped stitches, the needles getting caught in the yarn, the time spent setting up to knit-- it wasn't fun for me.

I have thought about some of the other machines, though-- I think a good one requires a susbstantial investment.