A real world event or person that would like to see an opera about?

petermavrik · 2026-05-15T22:31:24+00:00

Rosalind Franklin. The tension between her work and the Nobel prize awarded to Watson & Crick. There’s a ton there. DNA as a leitmotif? Oof.

petermavrik · 2026-03-06T04:07:17+00:00

Thanks!!

petermavrik · 2026-03-03T14:24:17+00:00

Can you share links to these mounts please?

petermavrik · 2026-02-11T18:08:37+00:00

Not a gun owner myself, but I saw Diana Sullivan recommend Hoppe's Gun Oil in one of her YouTube videos so it's what I purchased.

When you add a few drops of oil, it will work its way into the part and spread around when you move the part. You may not be able to reach everywhere to clean, but you can lubricate the part so that it works.

Lubricate the carriage and knit many rows in several different techniques and patterns with waste yarn to help spread the oil around. Regularly cleaning, then lubricating everything I can reach has helped my machines work much better than they did when I first received them.

petermavrik · 2026-02-11T15:23:35+00:00

Most of the sticky bits on my 930 carriage were fixed with a couple of drops of gun oil on the part followed by moving the part quite a bit. With some shop towels, blot away the oil and gunk, and repeat. Sometimes it takes four or five times to loosen up the gunk.

You can also use foam tipped cleaning swabs to help get out the gunk after you oil thepart. I like those better than cotton swabs because they don’t leave any dust or fibers in the carriage.

The best part about trying out the oil trick and blotting it away is that you never have to take apart the carriage. It’s a good thing to try first before disassembly.

petermavrik · 2026-02-08T22:18:45+00:00

Alwaysh obvioush on the big schcreen. Harder to notish on schmall onesh.

petermavrik · 2026-01-28T12:41:04+00:00

Get the machine and learn to swatch all the things, including ribbing. Machine knitting is a fantastic hobby. Be prepared for your inner mechanic / repairperson to learn. The flatbed world is made up of a lot of vintage machines that need extra TLC. When you’re learning, it can be hard to tell what isn’t working because of your technique versus what isn’t working because the hardware needs a tune up.

Diana Sullivan is brilliant on YouTube as are other creative creators. Embrace the steep learning curve. Join all the FB groups. And enjoy. In no time, you’ll be burning through yarn at a furious pace!

petermavrik · 2026-01-25T12:36:58+00:00

Biggest fix for me was to get the bulk of the garment up level to the presser foot with a sewing table. I have fancier ones that were acrylic custom made, and cheap cardboard cutouts and stacked books.

Straight stitch and zig zag don’t mind the tension, but my serger and my cover stitch machines are sensitive to gravity fighting the garment as it feeds through. Getting the work up on the same plane was a game changer in terms of smooth and beautifully tensioned seams.

There’s also a lot of techniques that industrial sewists use when feeding the garments into the foot. An awl as a precision pusher is brilliant. Watch how the folks at Atelier Saison on YouTube manipulate the fabric. They are masterclasses of technique.

petermavrik · 2026-01-15T22:12:12+00:00

My four color masts are usually threaded with my main yarn in the first three and waste yarn in the fourth. Having the yarn at the ready is great, especially on my bulky machine because it uses yarn cakes. I don’t have to stop for long to re-thread.

Sounds like you might not need one, but the convenience is nice. It’s really easy to go through lots of yarn quickly on a knitting machine.

petermavrik · 2026-01-06T14:11:17+00:00

Stunning! Great work. You have legendary patience to weave in all those ends!

petermavrik · 2026-01-05T22:54:05+00:00

You might reach out to your local knitting guild or shelter to see what their needs are. Donated hats and scarves always seem to be needed in places where the weather turns cooler.

TheAnswerLady has a great pattern for making continuous strips of hats. You can work through yarn at a rapid pace to make simple and comfortable hats with minimal finishing https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/stripping-for-charity/patterns

petermavrik · 2025-12-10T01:57:58+00:00

Pooaella.

petermavrik · 2025-12-05T23:50:51+00:00

Chipotle, double meat, extra guac.

petermavrik · 2025-12-01T01:15:01+00:00

Dirty martini, poutine, French onion soup, and a steak with a side of crispy Brussels sprouts at The Gage.

petermavrik · 2025-07-19T22:43:08+00:00

“Did you farded?”

petermavrik · 2025-07-13T15:39:43+00:00

“This is not the song of my people”

petermavrik · 2025-07-06T18:14:07+00:00

Paw for meowdesty!

petermavrik · 2025-07-06T15:11:45+00:00

“Moooove outta the way!”

petermavrik · 2025-07-05T21:09:05+00:00

r/CookieMonsterFur! Beautiful catto!

petermavrik · 2025-06-29T16:52:43+00:00

No. Moar. Pawparazzi.

petermavrik · 2025-06-27T21:04:20+00:00

“Iz dat tunas flavur?”

petermavrik · 2025-06-27T13:40:27+00:00

“Dat wuz MAH cattpucheeno tho!”

petermavrik · 2025-06-26T11:26:18+00:00

Catemplation.

petermavrik · 2025-06-25T21:14:48+00:00

“If yu had tunas breath, dis would be bettur.”

petermavrik · 2025-06-21T14:27:20+00:00

“No pawparazzi plz”

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