Hand y Machine Knitting

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Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.

The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry.

A really big circular sock machine event is April 6-10 at Cape Girardeau, MO. Put on by the Erlbacher company.

The Spring Fiber Expo is coming up on April 9-10 in Highland, MI.

I’m going to Spring Fling 2016 in Peru, IN.

DAK workshop featuring Charlene Shafer for April 29 - 30. For more information, call Cathy directly at 734-243-3016.

28th Monroe Knitting Machine Seminar July 22 and 23 at Monroe County Community College. With the increased interest in machine knitting, this event may fill up early. Cathy’s email address is: [email protected].

InterKnit Machine Knitting Guild fall seminar in Glen Elyn, IL October 8 - 9.

The Ladies Who Lunch had lunch at Biga Lora in Ann Arbor and had excellent thin crust pizza and beer.

We shopped for coned yarn at Forma Fiber Arts in Whitmore Lake, MI.

I did some grocery shopping at Hauxing market in Ypsilanti, MI.

I bought two knitting machines from my neighbor - the Brother 260E bulky gauge and the Brother 940 standard gauge.

I was able to buy a replacement needle here: Denise interchangeable needles on Ebay.

Check out the Ask Jack videos if you want to clean and lubricate your knitting machine.

Malabrigo Sock yarn shrinks in the dryer.

I frogged back to the heel the toe up socks with KnitCircus Gradient Stripes yarn. I need a stretchy rib for the leg.

I often use the Fish Lips Kiss Heel pattern by the Sox Therapist especially for toe up socks.

I re-started and re-paused the 10 Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown. I’m using Zauberball yarn in the Tropical Fish colorway and incorporating the Waste Yarn Wrap technique for a totally reversible blanket by Lucy Neatby.

I broke one of my Lantern Moon Wood Sox Stix double pointed needles!

I used five colors of Rowan Pure Wool Worsted yarn for my tuck stitch blanket. If I don’t frog it for being too long and too narrow, I will use Diana Sullivan’s Scalloped Fold Over Trim for the edge.

I made a cast on rag using The Answer Lady’s YouTube video.

The Bond knitting machine videos by Cheryl Brunette demonstrate how weight is needed to cast on.

Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.

The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry.

A really big circular sock machine event is April 6-10 at Cape Girardeau, MO. Put on by the Erlbacher company.

The Spring Fiber Expo is coming up on April 9-10 in Highland, MI.

I’m going to Spring Fling 2016 in Peru, IN.

I forgot to mention that Cathy Reaume has organized a DAK workshop featuring Charlene Shafer for April 29 - 30. For more information, call Cathy directly at 734-243-3016.

28th Monroe Knitting Machine Seminar July 22 and 23 at Monroe County Community College. With the increased interest in machine knitting, this event may fill up early. Cathy’s email address is: [email protected].

At Jessica Knits in Scottsdale I got two hanks of Meadow yarn from the Fibre Company in Ladyslipper to make Axis.

At Isabelle’s Parlour (no website) in Wickenburg I got a hank of Paca Peds HT sock yarn in the color Mermaids Go Walking.

I plan to knit the Cotton Lace Ponchette with the Ice yarn. I couldn’t find this yarn in Ravelry. 

My vacation knitting was a pair of top down mittens knit with Ambiente yarn. Interesting yarn with great colors.

No love for the toe up socks with KnitCircus Gradient Stripes yarn. I like the yarn but not my gauge.

The Answer Lady and Ask Jack have great information for do it yourself machine maintenance.

The Knitting School in Seattle, WA

Helen got her degree at Trent Polytechnic which is now Notingham Trent University.

Watch a Hague linker in action on YouTube.

Helen teaches at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and she has a line of knitwear accessories.

Yarn sources: 

http://www.todd-duncan.co.uk

Zegna Baruffa yarn at Colourmart.

Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.

Lake Superior State University list of banished words for 2016.

The Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry.

I’m going to Spring Fling 2016 in Peru, IN.

The Artful Ewe in Port Gamble, WA is a cool shop in a cool town.

So Much Yarn in Seattle, WA was packed with knitters when I was there. I bought two balls of Freia yarn after hearing about it on the Actually Knitting podcast.

When I got to Portland, OR I went to Yarnia for the cones of yarn to order.

After returning to Michigan, I went to the Yarn Garden shop in Charlotte where I bought a skein of Lang Jawool sock yarn, the Sock Ruler, two skeins of orange Cascade Roslyn yarn, and a little ceramic dish that looks like knit fabric by Charan Sachar.

Sadly, there is no sense in linking to Davidson Old Mill Yarn but here’s the article about the history of the place printed in the Lansing State Journal.

Nature Spun sport weight is great for color work mittens.

Brittany size 2mm double pointed needles are bluntly beautiful.

Signature Arts needles are also beautiful she said pointedly.

I finished the Rose Red hat by Ysolda Teague with Brooklyn Tweed Loft yarn.

I’m working on toe up socks with KnitCircus Gradient Stripes yarn.

I recommend the LK150 mid-gauge knitting machine to beginners. Everyone should take Susan Guagliumi’s Craftsy class.

Design your own sweater with Garment Designer software.

Watch for the bonus episode with the interview with Helen Sharp of The Knitting School.

Episode 14 - Pacific Northwest Purples

Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.

Whipple surgery is often for pancreatic cancer patients, but my sister had it for a different cancer.

Seattle Times Rants and Raves

Puget Sound and ferry boats

Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry.

Spring Fling 2016

Churchmouse Yarns & Teas

Turkish Bed Socks

Eucalan Wrapture no-rinse wool wash

Brooklyn Tweed Loft

Stitched in Sweden podcast on YouTube

Rose Red hat pattern by Ysolda Teague

Isager yarn and Classic Knits book

Malabrigo Sock yarn

Linen Stitch scarf

Knit Stitch by Sally Melville

Purl Stitch by Sally Melville

l’enveloppe pattern by Sally Melville

Paton’s Classic Wool yarn

Paton’s Kroy Sock - stripes yarn

KnitCircus Gradient Stripes yarn

The Knitting School and Helen Sharp

Episode 13 - Ton of Wool

Susan Gaugliumi’s class on Craftsy is called Machine Knitting: Essential Techniques. Here’s a link for half off www.craftsy.com/ext/SusanGuagliumi_6832_H

Please join in the Ravelry group for this podcast.

Daylight Saving Time is bad! Watch this.

RainX 2 in 1 Window Cleaner is good!

Michigan Machine Knitting Guild has a group on Ravelry.

Habu Textile yarns

Sock yarn - denim blue alpaca, mohair, wool, and nylon blended sock yarn from a farm in Chelsea 

A possibility for my super soft alpaca yarn: get dressed in the dark pattern by Denise Chevalier

Ton of Wool yarn - sadly no longer available

Paradoxical Mittens by Lucy Nearby

Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown

Zauberball yarn

Classic Elite Commotion yarn - also sadly no longer available

Knit It Now is a subscription website for machine knitting (flat bed)

Episode 12 - Apples, Knitting, and Festivals

Fiber Expo in Ann Arbor, Michigan

October 24-25

Madonna Webster’s Santa and Snowman scarf patterns are not on Ravelry but check out the Knitting Paradise website. She is a member with a screen name of MadsWeb.

Chris’ book of patterns for things to make with the CSM that aren’t socks can be found at blurb.com.  Look for Christine Smith's store or, by title, "Knock Your Sock Off of your Circular Sock Machine" and "Tubes to Treasures".

These are the links:

http://www.blurb.com/books/637639-knock-your-socks-off-of-your-circular-sock-machine

http://www.blurb.com/books/1909502-tubes-to-treasures

Interknit Machine Knitters in Glen Ellyn IL. 

Gini Knits by Gini Woodward is on Facebook.

Paton’s Classic Wool

Regia sock yarn with colors by Arne and Carlos

Tekapo 8 ply wool yarn by Ashford Wheels and Looms in NZ ashford.co.nz.

Plasti-Dip

Meristem mittens by Maria Monstka

Nature Spun sport weight wool in the Pomegranate colorway

Color Affection by Veera Välimäki

Socks that Rock in the Haida colorway

Lion Brand Sock-Ease in the Taffy colorway

Malabrigo sock yarn in the Primavera colorway

Kusha Kusha scarf from Purl Bee

Habu Textile yarns

2/48 fine merino

1/20 silk stainless 69% silk, 31% stainless

Hand Manipulated Stitches for Machine Knitters by Susan Guagliumi

News & Views for May/June 2008 I saw a pattern for a Funnel Neck Shell by Kathryn Doubrley.

Craftsy classes:

Sweater Surgery with Carol Feller

The Essential Guide to Finishing Handknits with Anne Hanson

Episode 11 - Slipper Mash Up

World’s most expensive hand cream is Infinite Aloe Skin Care contact them at infinitealoe.com.

Cindy who restores vintage CSMs (and sells lycra)

[email protected]

Chris who has written a book of patterns for things to make with the CSM that aren’t socks. Sorry, I can’t find her contact information.

Spinners Flock

Finger Lakes Machine Knitting Seminar in NY fingerlakesknitting.com

Interknit Machine Knitters event with Gini Woodward in Glen Ellyn IL on 10/10-11. 

Carol Scott [email protected]

Tekapo 8 ply wool yarn by Ashford Wheels and Looms in NZ ashford.co.nz. 

Twin Birch Products knitting needles

twinbirchproducts.com

Knitting on the Fringe yarn store

knittingonthefringe.com 

Happy Camper Tote bag

naturallife.com. 

Kusha Kusha scarf from Purl Bee

Habu Textile yarns

2/48 fine merino

1/20 silk stainless 69% silk, 31% stainless

Browning & Wolff red yarns in merlot, cayenne, and sun dried tomato

Cascade 220 in color 4001

Triangle markers by Clover

Nova Cubics DPNs

Legacy Lace yarn in the Deep Plum colorway

Duffers 19 Row Felted Slippers by Mindie Tallack

Felted Clogs by Beverly Galeskas

Ladies House Slippers by Monique Rae

Color Affection by Veera Välimäki 

Meristem mittens by Maria Monstka

Nature Spun sport weight wool in the Pomegranate colorway

Patons Kroy yarn

Ambiente yarn

Susan Guagliumi on Craftsy? I hope so.

Episode 10 - Fair Enough

Ravelry

This podcast now has a group on Ravelry called “Hand y Machine Knitting Podcast”.

What Would Ruthie Say?

Ruthie would say “You’re never too old to learn and there is always something new to consider.”

Likes & Dislikes

I like concentrated garlic juice for mosquito abatement and I dislike houses turned into office space.

Events

July 22-23, 2016 is the date for the next Monroe knitting machine event in Monroe, Michigan. Contact Cathy Reaume(734)-243-3016. [email protected]

Stitches Midwest was large and busy and hit my wallet hard this year!

Jackson County Fair August 9-15, 2015. The machine knit gray cardigan won a blue ribbon. Gray ribbed socks made on the Legare 400 CSM also won a blue ribbon. My fair isle hat hand knit this past winter won a blue ribbon in that category. The hand knit lunch hour mittens won a red ribbon as did the 28’s Big Sister 77 shawl.

Michigan Fiber Festival coming up August 15-16 near Allegan, Michigan.

Circular Sock Machine gathering in Grand Ledge, Michigan August 22, 2015. This event is organized by Carol Larsen of Rivers Edge Fiber Arts http://www.riversedgefiberarts.com/ 

and Eric Wolff of Browning and Wolff 

http://www.browningandwolff.etsy.com/

Interknit Machine Knitters seminar with Gini Woodward. October 10-11, 2015 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Acquisitions

Malabrigo sock yarn in the 859 Primavera colorway.

Huasco extra fine merino yarn by Araucania color #014 won on the bus to Stitches.

Das Paar 75-25% wool blend by Schoppel purchased from The Fold booth.

Ambiente superwash merino sock yarn also from The Fold booth.

Miss Babs Tarte sock yarn 75% merino, 15% nylon, 10% tencel in the Bat S**t Crazy colorway.

Miss Babs Yet 2 ply lace weight 65% merino, 35% tussah silk in three colors: Lilac, Spread Your Wings, and Moss.

Knit Circus gradient stripe yarn in two colors: Wit and Learning Stripes which is 75% Corriedale and 25% nylon and Watermelon Stripes in the 80% super wash merino with 20% nylon.

Diana Sullivan’s DVDs and books - 101 Tips and Tricks, Ribber Scarves, Baby Blankets, Finishing Tips

The Answer Lady’s Machine Knitting Notebook, Knitting and Sew On, Merry Go Round cardigan pattern, and Every Which Way (all about reversible cables).

Color Affection pattern.

Hand Knitting

I finished the slip stitch socks with Malabrigo sock yarn in the 850 Archangel colorway.

The Gusset-Heel Gansey Sock by Katherine Misegades is coming along slowly. I’m sorry once again about the mispronunciation of her name. Knitting with Beaverslide Dry Goods merino wool.

Color Affection with the Miss Babs Yet yarns.

Machine Knitting

Brother’s birthday socks in Lana Grossa Mega Boots Stretch Softcolor in the color #509. 

Ribbed socks using Eric’s delicious yarn.

The mismatched socks in Red Heart Heart and Sole yarn in the Congo colorway were frogged and reknit.

All are knit with either the NZAK 60 cylinder or the Legare 400 72 cylinder. The cuff is 1 by 1 rib, the leg is 3 by 1 rib, short row heel and either a hand knit round toe or a short row toe done on the machine and later grafted.

Contact Information

My Ravelry name is annejeneer. Send me a friend request and please consider joining our Ravelry group for this podcast. I would love to hear from you - especially if you want to come on the show to talk about your own machine knitting experiences.

Bonus Music Track

Love Song by Nicholas Nugent.