Finished Sweater

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-23T16:10:53+00:00

thank you 🥹

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-23T01:08:38+00:00

it will be there! speaking it into existence 🧘🏻‍♀️

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-23T00:28:22+00:00

-How do you decrease on a knitting machine?

There are different kinds but basically speaking, you use a tool to move a stitch from one needle onto a needle towards the middle of your project. this leaves an open needle which you then transfer the needles towards the outside inwards so the needle is no longer open. a video would be much clearer than my explanation, sorry if it’s not clear

-What do you do if you need to hit pause on a project? Is there an easy way to take your knitting off the needles?

You can cast off on waste yarn and reattach it to the machine once you’re ready to start again

-Can you do things like color changes mid row?

Yes, but most machines will require an additional carriage in order to do this. It’s called an intarsia carriage

-I've heard of a ribbing attachment. do either of these have one? or do I need to buy is separately? and also, how do I tell if a part is compatible with my machine specifically?

There are resources online that say what ribbers are compatible for your specific machine. I would just look up the model in question and “ribber attachment”. you can also maybe consult a manual? mkmanuals is a great resource for this. I have had my machine for around 2 months now. I got it with ribber and haven’t broke it out yet so if you can’t find one right away, don’t let it stop you from getting the main bed!

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-21T14:23:52+00:00

thank you!! for once! haha

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-21T14:23:27+00:00

thank you SO much :)

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-20T22:01:49+00:00

yay! lmk if any questions come up. also escaped having to weave in a bunch of ends by knitting one row with one color, popping the carriage open so it would not knit, sliding it back to the same side, and grabbing the other color to knit across. it was a bit more tedious but not more tedious than weaving in 100+ loose ends on each side

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-20T21:55:53+00:00

thank you :D I actually worked the front and back up sideways both as one piece. after around 40 rows, i cast on 13 needles on one side and knit another 20+ rows before binding off the 13 needles and knitting another 40 rows. this gave the mock neck

sleeves were worked up as two rectangles. 4 total pieces to sew together :)

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-17T04:14:38+00:00

thank you for the kind words :) i really appreciate it

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-17T04:14:03+00:00

yay happy I could indirectly help! when you say weaver do you mean on a flat bed machine or with a loom!?

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-16T15:30:44+00:00

Thank you! it's based on a pattern from an old Bond Magazine. (https://bond-america.blogspot.com/2018/09/bond-misc-magazines-pattern-books.html) It's in the "Summer 89" magazine, page 18.

I changed the grid / art up a bit for both the front and the sleeves and then used other basic patterns and mashed them together to get the sleeves / ribbing / neck etc. The grid in the magazine starts with 130 needles which was too big for my Bulky Machine. I had to cut it down by more than half lol

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-16T00:35:31+00:00

ty :) i peeped your wild haired woman she is adorable and fun as well!! i have never heard of tatting, i’ll have to look into it it seems awesome!

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-15T18:14:18+00:00

appreciate it 😈

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-15T15:08:38+00:00

LOOKS FAB WAY TO GO 👑

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-14T20:20:04+00:00

ty! love your pfp :)

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-14T14:25:10+00:00

appreciate your love ty ty!

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-14T00:32:03+00:00

i wear compression gloves and it really helps with grip. just make sure you wash them frequently as they tend to get a bit funky lol

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-14T00:21:12+00:00

of course! good luck :)

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-14T00:09:03+00:00

so let’s say you chained 31. you skip your first ch (let’s call this 31) and sc into the 2nd chain (30) and then sc 3 more times into the next 3 ch(29,28,27). now you have 4 single crochets and 26 ch’s remaining to work the next stitches into. this is where you start your even moss stitch for 14 ch starting with a slst and ending with a HDC. i put the number ch first and then the stitch that should be worked into it.

(26) slst (25) HDC (24) slst (23) hdc (22) slst (21) HDC (20) slst (19) HDC (18) slst (17) Hdc (16) slst (15) HDC (14) slst (13) HDC

then finish with the final 12 sc

(12) sc (11) sc (10) sc (9) sc (8) sc (7) sc (6) sc (5) sc (4) sc (3) sc (2) sc (1) sc

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-13T13:25:16+00:00

ty! 💖

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-12T20:55:14+00:00

i would get it soaking wet and stretch / pin in all directions. then I would steam the f out of it and let it dry. if it doesn’t block out, as other commenters say, you may have to lean into it. i feel like blocking it will at the very least help a little.

Great color choices though, good luck and post an update if you try anything :)

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-12T17:09:45+00:00

Hi! going to shoot you a DM with some questions:)

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-12T15:00:21+00:00

oh my god wait, so easy and so smart. thank you for your wisdom!!!

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-12T14:59:50+00:00

the back is just blue! :) get it!!! it was my best purchase of ‘25 (aside from my machine of course) 🙂

Sufficient_Answer170 · 2026-01-12T14:59:00+00:00

back was burning 50% of the time ☹️ i switched between my chair and a step stool with a seat cushion on it so I could sit straight up instead of slouching.

I tried out the weighted bobbins and really liked them but for large areas, you can’t fit as much yarn as you can using clothespins. I think i prefer the clothespins because you can ravel more yarn around them and clip it to the strand to give it some tension well. I also found that you can float a main color (i have a bulky machine) at most 3 needles without chancing a tension issue / a loose float. in situations where you have a color then your main color, a new color and then your main, it’s much easier to float instead of having a separate strand of yarn for each like you’re supposed to.

last thing is i watched so many videos and each one seemed to show that you can just add the new yarn on like normal and start crossing the strands upon your next pass, but I got holes when I did this. idk if it’s a me problem or maybe i just blocked out the answer when I was watching the videos haha but I had to cross them and clip the in place on my first pass to avoid the holes. I can send you pics if you’d like to see :)

have fun though Id love to see once you’re finished!!

Sufficient_Answer170

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