One of the most exciting things I have done in the past year was buy a knitting machine. With no prior knowledge of knitting machines, or having ever even seen one.
One of the silliest things I have done in the past year was buy a knitting machine. With no prior knowledge of knitting machines, or ever having seen one.
And expecting to be able to just work it out and go with the flow.
I am not dumb.
Hurrah!
Just in case you were wondering……
I spent the weekend cleaning it, getting to know it, and bonding with it. She was certainly happier after that, but no more eager to give up her secrets than she was before, and I spent a few hours painfully following the instruction book with absolutely no further success. In desperation, and after scouring the MKAV website, and finding a Passap group not too far away from me, I phoned the organiser.
Halleluliah! Like Batman she swung into action (you think I’m kidding), treating my problem like it was an emergency (really), and letting me know that she wouldn’t be able to come to my house for a lesson until the next day – would that be alright. Um, yeah!!!
She looked over my machine, found one part that was broken, assured me it really was a bit stiff and cranky, but would loosen up in time, and that it was completely unconscionable for someone to sell me the machine without even one lesson. She said it was impossible for anyone to be able to take possession of a machine and know what to do with it without ever having seen one.
She gave me advice on yarn and tension, and expectations, and was inspiring, and an excellent teacher, and was, I think, the best money I ever spent on anything. You have no idea how well I slept the night before, knowing that she was coming to my rescue.
I am not dumb (whew). I was beginning to wonder……..
Happy Days – still in progress. Shadows, Highlight, leg definition + a dangling dolly to go in today…..
Nice Bazooka!
Painting is looking fan ‘bloody’ tastic! I was curious how you’d tackle the ground (as I’d find that quite tricky) – though you’ve done a great job!
Great to hear that you’ll get the better of the passap yet! Can’t wait to see what whizzes off those newly cleaned “needles”.
I’ve heard, in hushed tones, that you need to talk quietly to the machines, stroke them every now and then, and tempt them with sweet nothings to make them do your tidings. Good luck
well, i may have found some ’sweet nothings’ to assist you today…
was at a favourite place today and found a suitcase full of machine knitting METALLIC threads.
[and this is a true story].
Great! I’m looking forward to seeing what you create
I spent the day searching online for instructions and playing around with the knitting machine Catherine loaned to me. I finally found someone who has a manual which she is going to scan and email to me, YAY! Then i still need to get it working. Maybe i’ll look for a local group too.
That is fabulous news.
Which bit was broken?
And how fun is it that Nichola has joined in the Machine kniting adventure.