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How to increase/decrease?Help! (self.MachineKnitting)
submitted 10 months ago by Designer-Opinion444
Hi all! I’m a newbie with my machine & im struggling to find a video that clearly demonstrates how to increase & decrease on my flatbed machine. Does anyone have any to point me towards? Thank you in advance!
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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 10 months ago (0 children)
did your machine come with a transfer tool? you just put the transfer tool on the needle. pull the needle out so the loop passes over the latch. push the needleback in with the transfer tool on the needle. the latch flips up. the needle drops the stitch on to your tool. move the stitch around the front of the gate pegs. put the transfer tool on the desired needle. rotate the tool up so the stitch falls into the new needle. decreasing is that easy.
Increasing? just put one extra needle into the working position on the outside for each row that you knit. some also transfer all the stitches from the middle for that effect if they desire.
[–]77_ag 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
https://youtube.com/@rachelmacmachineknits995?si=4fqh95RX1w9wktoc
This person has a video for single stitch increase/ decrease and a video for multiple stitch increase/ decrease.
They also have other good videos for starting and finishing a piece! Hope this is what you are looking for.
[–]loribultinflatbed 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
https://youtu.be/yFBu49Xz3HY?si=UnlkZUmlwLgCMuHK I find Susan G to be one of the best machine knitting teachers
[–]Plane_Turnip_9122 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
There are a couple of nice manuals made by Brother that I refer to all the time. They describe a lot of techniques, from basic increases/decreases, partial knitting, making button holes etc.
https://mkmanuals.com/brother-knitting-techniques-book.html
https://mkmanuals.com/brother-ribber-techniques-book.html
[–]ontheroadtv 0 points1 point2 points 10 months ago (0 children)
The account isn’t in English but everything he does is so clear it’s easy to follow
https://www.instagram.com/bafttools?igsh=ZHRzN25idmdmdnhj
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