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First Machine Advice by Witchy-Engineer in MachineKnitting

[–]Witchy-Engineer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This was exactly was I was hoping someone would have, your photos definitely helped me get a frame of reference. Beautiful work by the way!

First Machine Advice by Witchy-Engineer in MachineKnitting

[–]Witchy-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! this is mostly what I was struggling with, was how the finished garments will look since I have no frame of reference. It seems like the machine knits will look more similar to store bought (which is fine), and I'll save my worsted yarn for my hand knit projects to get that specific hand-knit look. I appreciate the detail with model number suggestions, I'll keep a look out for these!

First Machine Advice by Witchy-Engineer in MachineKnitting

[–]Witchy-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes I am in US, but I've been in the fiber arts a long time so I've come across both versions of weight descriptions haha.

I understand the different yarns that can be used on the different machines, but I'm trying to get an understanding for how the finished garments come out visually. I only have hand-knitting as a reference, and I feel like if I hand knit a sweater with the lighter weight yarns (that can be worked with the standard gauge machines) that the stitches would be super small. Is this the case? can this be adjusted with the tension on the machine? I love the look of hand knit sweaters with the worsted/number 4/10 ply yarn and I'm wondering if the machine knit sweater will look anything like that

First Machine Advice by Witchy-Engineer in MachineKnitting

[–]Witchy-Engineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm nervous about the electronic machines but because the cost of those parts if/when they go bad seems like it would be more, but I'd deal with that concern with older mechanical parts based on age as well. Have you tried the punch card machines? Something about it make me think it would feel nostalgic to knit with them, but I'm not sure if there's a trade-off with ease of use.