I managed to get a couple of spare
hours on my machine last week and got my ribber adjusted as per the
instructions I printed out from the website I talked about in my last
post.
It works like a charm now. So easy
when you know how. I can't say enough about that site, it is
wonderful.
Also, I decided to use the thinner yarn
which you have to use two strands of and it knitted up with no
problems so my next project will be using that yarn. Just as well
really as I have 4 huge cones of it! I used both feeders on the yarn
tension unit bringing the yarn together only at the yarn feeder on
the sinker plate attached to the carriage. I used one strand of each
colour so I could identify if there was a problem. The rib mixed the
colours so it looked sort of tweedy but the stocking stitch tended to
come out in patches of either blue or green. Both look nice. I am
not sure why I was having problems with using two strands before,
probably inexperience plus the ribber not working didn't help.
I am eager to explore different ribbing
patterns now. As I was having trouble before with the ribber I just
stuck to 1 x 1 rib. I also have the rib punchcard set so the options
are many.
I am trying to come up with a way of
making something look like fairisle without the floats as the sweater
I knitted for my little grandson looked great but he gets his little
fingers caught on the floats.
I tried doing tuck stitch using two
colours but I didn't much like having to change the yarn colour every
two rows but I persevered. But then I got one of the strands caught
in the back of the carriage and jammed it all up. I am thinking of
trying a yarn that is multi coloured and doing a tuck stitch pattern
to see how that looks. I do like a band of fairisle on the
children's garments.
If I ever do do fairisle again I will
use a pattern that only makes short floats. The other thing I am not
too keen on with fairisle is that it makes the garment thick and I
don't like thick sweaters. That's why I prefer the standard machine
over a chunky because it produces a finer knit. I do like the look
of fairisle though so it's a bit of a dilemma for me.
At the time of writing this we have no
internet so I am doing it in a word document ready to transfer to my
blog when I am able. The problem is I keep on thinking about
different things so the post just gets longer and longer! I
discovered also another victim of the electrical storm that took out
so many of our electronic devices. My printer no longer works.
Argh!!!!! The paper feed keeps jamming up the paper and it keeps
telling me I have the wrong size paper in it.........and I don't,
honestly!
I have a request. Does anyone have a
simple childs tank top, (sweater vest, sleeveless pullover) pattern?
(I think I covered all the names of the item I am looking for). I
want to knit one for my soon to be two year old grandson.
Yeah, internet back on finally........