My machine is very old (which I wasn't aware of when I bought it). Lydia contacted me to advise that another lady had donated a machine the same as mine and she felt we could put together a good machine from mine and the donated one - and it wouldn't cost me anything. In addition, I have been donated a monster piece of machine called a ribber ! It's actually the same size as the knitting machine and I have absolutely no idea how it works! I know it's rusty and that I have to bring it home next week as Lydia wants it gone! It's a useful piece of equipment so I will find somewhere to store it for use at a future time.
Today, after several unsuccessful attempts I asked Lydia to watch what I was doing so she could show me what I was doing wrong. She spotted immediately I was putting the needles in the A positiion whereas they should be in B. Once cast on I created the sample piece below. Using a punch card which contained a simple pattern, I also used tuck stitch and slip stitch which gave different effects. When I tried to do the tuck stitch my machine jammed. Lydia suggested we swap the carriage with the spare machine and the tuck stitch worked perfectly so I have discovered the carriage on my machine is faulty. By swapping pieces over, I am learning how to take apart and put together the various pieces of the machines. I learn best by doing, not by watching.
So what could I create with my knitting machine? I have in mind a large piece replicating the waves in the photograph below. The wool that I used was from the charity shop and I fell lucky in that it was a useful colour as shown below.
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| my photograph of the ripples in the sand |
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| The way the stitches fell using the tuck and slip stitch unintentionally formed this wave effect which is similar to my photograph |
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