The purple 100% wool yarn I dyed at fall Fiber Day is the perfect type of yarn for making something on my newish LK-150 flatbed knitting machine. I aspire to make a sweater for myself, but there is not enough purple yarn for that. The yarn is not ideal for a baby sweater, but makingContinue reading “Another Baby Sweater”
Tag Archives: Machine Knitting
Machine Knitting Rabbit Hole
After weaving towels on my Structo Artcraft table loom, I concluded I did not want to keep it. The vintage loom takes up a lot of room, and anything I could make on it can be made on my floor loom. It was in pretty good shape and functional for its age, but had aContinue reading “Machine Knitting Rabbit Hole”
Another Journey
In the fall of 2018 I bought the entire inventory of a yarn shop that went out of business. You can read about that adventure here. It was a scary decision for me. At the time I did not know exactly what I was going to do with all the yarn and everything else thatContinue reading “Another Journey”
Sock Machine Gnome
Many years ago I saw images of antique circular sock knitting machines. I have always thought they were a cool, interesting part of history. In the last few years I have been knitting socks and learning about sock construction, but it takes me a long time to make one pair. I would like to makeContinue reading “Sock Machine Gnome”
Yarns from the Lake 