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Sunday, May 13, 2012

I'm still here!

I haven't posted in three months.....probably because I haven't knitted anything in that time. Spring is a busy time for us here with 20 acres of land, of which we mow about 5, there is lots to keep me busy.

The really hot weather will be here soon so plenty of time for knitting when I am holed up inside with the air conditioning blasting.

I have just ordered some more KR7 patterns on ebay from the UK. The Men's set this time.

Also, there was an LC2 lace carriage on ebay for auction. It was due to end at 8am my time and I was ready to bid at the last minute. Overnight it had doubled in price. With a few minutes to go it was now at $102.50. It looked immaculate but it was missing the weights, lace punchcards, the pins and a manual.

I had the manual as it is in the back of my SK700 manual. I have wide weights, I located the patterns for the cards and I could get the pins from my Hong Kong Store so I was set to bid.

I was going to wait until the very last second and try to be the final bidder. I had $112.75 typed in ready to press the bid button.

But I was gazumped. Someone came in at $152.50 and I wasn't prepared to go higher.

Oh well, there's always another day!

I also found an absolute gem of a site where I found some amazing patterns and manuals.

The best thing was how to adjust my ribber and how it should be. I think mine is set too low but now I know exactly how it should be so I can adjust it. I also found my missing pattern manual for my SK700.

This is the site:

http://www.aboutknittingmachines.com/aboutknittingmachines.html

I will add it to my homepage too.

Now to get back to knitting.

Happy Mother's Day (in N.America) and Have a great Sunday to everyone else.

4 comments:

PhilMay 13, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Nice to see you back Maureen! I must admit I have not blogged much in a while. I got knitting for a designer and hardly had time to knit my own things. It will be nice to get knitting on my new machine. :-)
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puddysmaMay 20, 2012 at 12:10 PM
i do wish we had gotten to the knitting machine. i have been so interested in it...would love to see it in action.
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maureenlthompsonMay 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM
You'll just have to make another visit then lol. I wished we had had more time too.
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puddysmaMay 22, 2012 at 1:49 PM
my sister has already volunteered to watch Mitch again so i can take another trip *S*
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I started this blog in 2011: Ever since my Mum taught me to knit at the age of about six or seven I have made things. Back then it was doll clothes. I was also inspired by Mrs Levitt an elderly lady who had a sewing room in a conservatory type room on the back of her house. I would sit and watch her in awe as she sewed.

When I was a child living in England the school system was such that you started at 5 years, did two years in Infant School, then four years in Primary School then five to seven years in Secondary School, depending on whether you chose to stay on after fifth form to get qualifications to go to University. I can't remember much of the Infant school other than making the standard square doily thingy from fabric that had holes in it so you could embroider patterns into it. A bit like the modern day cross stitch fabric but with bigger holes and spaces to make it easy for small hands to use. I also remember with great joy getting a toy sewing machine one Christmas which sewed only chain stitch but I did make doll clothes on it and that was before I started Primary school. I do have very vivid recollections of Primary school and having sewing and knitting lessons. In Primary school I knitted gloves and made a dress from scratch hand sewing it all.

Secondary school continued on with sewing by which time I had progressed to using full sized sewing machines and was making more intricate skirts and dresses. My parents bought me a proper sewing machine when I was thirteen. I used that same machine right up until I emigrated to Canada at age forty six years.

I have always had a fascination for sewing machines and knitting machines. I bought my first knitting machine at around age twenty one from an ad in a newspaper for twelve pounds. I had absolutely no idea what one was just that I wanted one. I trundled on the bus to the address in the advert and handed over my twelve pounds having absolutely no idea what I had really bought. Fortunately it came with a manual. It was an aged Knitmaster, very basic and I loved it. I wore it out. Next was a Brother push button one which I didn't keep because it was at a time in my life when things were difficult. Later on in my life, around forty, when things were better I bought a brand new Brother punchard machine with a ribber attachment. I loved it and made many things. Life took a different turn, I moved countries twice and along the way, regrettably I sold it.

Now, through the universe's blessing I now have another machine. It is a vintage one because they stopped making them early 90's but works perfectly and I love it. So I decided to make this blog to document my knitting progress and include sewing projects.

In 2013: we embarked on a new hobby, leather-work. My husband got started with it and it drew me in. It is something we can do together. We have a workshop so have plenty of room to work. We added another workbench for me to work on in 2013. We already had one but we were tripping over each other both trying to work at it. We only make things we want to make. It is strictly a hobby. We made some things for our good neighbours who help us out a lot. I am also working on Christmas presents. So this blog now incorporates the leather-work. Knitting and sewing will always be my first love though.

Fast forward to 2023 and now age almost 75 years. I have seven sewing machines, four knitting machines, several ribber attachments and a garter carriage for one of the machines. I am blessed beyond words, but I know that I have more than enough machines to keep me going in my lifetime so I don’t think I will be adding to my collection any time soon……….unless a nice embroidery machine manifests itself very cheaply.

I am a Brit living in the USA, sometimes I spell like a Brit and sometimes like an American. Sometimes I use slang and even make grammatical errors. I blog for the pleasure of it and to record my endeavours in the event that my memory fades, as I am sure it will with more age. I will be able to look back and remind myself of the things I have made along the way. So please forgive my mistakes when reading about my life making things here in the hinterlands and I hope you get as much enjoyment from my blog as I do from reading the blogs I follow.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

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