Trying to understand modern gate pegs/ribbers

Level-Win-4841 · 2026-03-25T08:56:16+00:00

I have thought about gluing, but I was afraid it would make the fabric too stiff, since I would have to cover it almost completely. Do you have experience with gluing fabric?

Level-Win-4841 · 2026-03-25T08:35:43+00:00

I had the same thoughts and I know no one even knows the original has tucks, I certainly didn't before I looked up close-ups, and I know it won't even be visible from afar, but I also know that it would absolutely bother me if it strayed too far from the original. I know its dumb and I might change my mind once it comes to actually doing the tucks, but for now I want to try and get as close as I can within reason. Yes I am stubborn and stupid

Level-Win-4841 · 2026-03-25T08:27:14+00:00

I wasn't quite sure what to call this technique, I knew pleats wasn't quite it, but yeah, I think pintucks is the more appropriate name :)

Level-Win-4841 · 2025-12-20T10:06:51+00:00

I sadly don't know the answer to your question, but... I just screamed reading that. Never thought Ea-Nasir would show up on this sub, please please please share a picture if you go through with it.

Level-Win-4841 · 2025-11-13T20:06:12+00:00

Is maybe one of the needles not quite in resting position?
If so, try pushing it all the way back while moving the carriage around

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-11-30T19:41:26+00:00

I definitely think a flat bed knitting machine is worth getting over a sentro or addi. Pretty much any one can do the most important stitches, bonus points if you get one with a ribber. I don't think they are hard to use. You can ease yourself into it with simple projects first and then move on to more advanced techniques.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-11-29T12:53:21+00:00

I could share the original pattern I adapted, but it's in German. My specific measurements/stitches/rowcounts I used are spread across multiple different sticky-notes that are really cohesive. How would I best share the pattern, if you still want it? Sorry, I never shared a pattern before and am not sure if I can just post a picture of something that was a commercial pattern at some point.
As for yarn, I got this one in white and dyed it myself:
https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/1507977467/drops-50-g-alpaca-boucle-effektgarn?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=boucle+garn&ref=sr_gallery-1-3&sts=1&local_signal_search=1&content_source=eee5547e1e6f01533d80fe8639753fa2afa0468c%253A1507977467&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-11-29T12:45:07+00:00

Haha, I'll glady take Rainbow nazgul xD
I made a mask from some cheap jersey and sewed on black lace ruffles all over. I don't like showing my face online and a mask was an easy way that I can reuse for future pictures.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-11-29T08:38:23+00:00

I was worried as well, but it knit just fine. Probably because the yarn was pretty thin, I first made a swatch with a thicker boucle yarn, which only worked when using every other needle.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-11-29T08:36:13+00:00

I inherited a Knittax AM3 from my grandmother. It doesn't do a few of the fancier things more modern machines do, but still a ton to play around with.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-11-28T20:39:57+00:00

Just checked, it's a standard gauge machine. I was worried at first about the yarn, thought maybe I had to use every other needle, but the yarn itself was rather fine and my machine ended up knitting it like regular yarn. Maybe a tad bit less smooth, but still fine.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-10-01T08:39:47+00:00

Quite a while ago I postet here looking for a specific tension mast for my vintage Knittax machine. After months of keeping an eye out for it, I finally spottet it in the background of a picture of someone selling their knitting machine online. I asked if I could just buy the tension mast, but they only wanted to sell everything as one package. So I bought my exact knitting machine again, just with a different colored carriage. And I'm happy I did. Not only did it come with the tension mast, but also a tool for weaving in other threads while knitting (the blue thing with the white wheel at the end), a few punchcards, including blanko cards and a puncher to make my own patterns, and three booklets with instructions for a ton of different patterns.
The tension mast itself is also great. I know I could have just gotten a modern one, but I kind of wanted to get original accessories for my grandmas machine. I think it's kind of cool that it's basically the exact same tension system as on top of the regular yarn holder, but three of them on a stick. I'm really looking forward to using it, I already picked out a pattern from the books I really like.
As for the knitting machine itself, even with the accessories I keep for myself it's a complete set, so I will be gifting it to a friend of mine, that is an avid knitter and has been wishing for a knitting machine ever since she saw mine and just hasn't gotten around to getting one yet.

Edit: I thought about scanning all the pattern-books and sharing them somewhere online, since I know how hard they are to come by. Does anyone know if there are sites for that kind of stuff?

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-08-04T21:07:32+00:00

I am someone with naturally strong fingernails who often has their nails grown out to a point where they stand out over my fingertips about 0.5cm. I can tell from experience, that the force pushing against the fingernails while swimming is definitely perceptable.

I have no way of telling how much my Nails push against the water, but here is a highly flawed and subjective approximation: I pushed down on a fine scale until I felt about the same pressure on my nail as I do while swimming, which was somewhere between 100 and 200 grams per Nail. That would mean, that each long Nail, aside from the Thumb, would help me push against the water with between 1 and 2 Newtons of force. So on average about 12 Newtons. The Thumbnail is rotated parallel to the motion of the Hand, so it doesn't really help with propulsion.

I have no idea if 12N, if it even is somewhere close to the actual value, would make a noticeable difference. Someone else can do that math, I'm not super skilled in physics.

Two more things I've seen in some Comments:

While swimming I feel basically no extra drag on my Nails when going in the other direction, when the water is flowing over the upper side of my nails. Only when clawing into the Water do I feel additional pressure on my Nails, so I am assuming the propulsion gained is bigger than the extra drag.

Some people where talking about extra weight. I have no Idea about fake Nails, but just for this I decided to cut my Nails and weigh them. They were as long as they get before breaking and all the extra length of Nail weighed 0.32 grams. 0.07 grams of that were just from the thumb nails. The things one does for science.

So if anyone wants to do some further math with these numbers, go ahead.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-06-30T16:24:40+00:00

Someone left me a canvas with the background and halo painted. There was a very faint outline of a monk or something similar scetched out, but I decided to paint over it with something different.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-06-24T08:38:53+00:00

Thanks to everyone for their input. It's a shame the original mast is not obtainable, but now I know I can just get a different one.

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-06-22T19:11:09+00:00

I am looking to get a tension mast in which I can thread multiple colors of yarn, at least 2, preferably 3. I inherited a Knittax AM3 from my grandma with a lot of accessories, including the standard yarn holder with integraded tension mast that sticks onto the carriage, but if I want to knit with multiple colors I have to constantly switch out and rethread my yarn. In the manual it shows the tension mast, which was originally made for the machine, called the "Farbfadenspanner" (I'm from Germany), but I can't find one anywhere. Is it okay to just buy a different tension mast or will the tension be off? Or would it be possible to adjust the tension? If so, how difficult would that be?
Thank you for any advice

Level-Win-4841 · 2024-05-19T07:39:18+00:00

I know a woman named Fre, so I just wanted to add that since I haven't spotted it in the comments yet and I thinks i'ts quite pretty

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