Machine Knitting is my Life

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Cleaning up My Knitting Room   I've been working in my knitting room to get it straightened out. My long bed machine is under a stack of fabric. (How did that happen??) LOL I'm trying to g...

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RESURRECTING MY BLOG I had a hard time getting back on my blog.  I couldn't get the right password & email address to get it back up & running again.     I haven't done much knitting...

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I finally have a picture of the GC sweater that I started some weeks ago. I have had it finished for a while but haven't gotten around to posting it. I'm really happy with it. It turned out s...

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I'm still kind of ashamed of myself for the paltry box of children's sweaters that I took to the women's shelter last year. This year is going to be better but not by much. I decided to make some...

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Hats are now finished & shipped to my friend. They are for her g'kids. I went to ravelry to get some info on size. Most were 14" x 9" so that is the size I made mine. It only took a couple of ho...

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I'm busy making some slouchy hats for a friend. She has 2 high schoolers that want hats & also another one off to college. She wants them all one color, no stripes or fairisle but she did say I...

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We have finally gotten word that there will be a new campaign next year with the Afghans for Afghans  program. It's been quite some time since we have made any thing for that program. I like to...

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Am I becoming boring?? I hope not, but looking over my blog I see that I have repeated a couple posts & haven't really had much to say for a while. I would like to do a few more tutorials but ha...

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Along with machine knitting I like to sew. I have been on eBay & Hyena Cart for 10 years selling my diaper covers. I decided to also do some sewing & sell small kitchen appliance covers. I have ...

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I have been working on shelter sweaters, for children, this month. I am hoping to have a good number of sweaters to take to them before long. Here is a picture of a sleeveless vest that I just ...

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Do you lose your tools etc.?? I mean, when the phone rings & you go to answer it, when your finished talking have you already lost the tool that you had in your hand when you got up?? or when th...

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One of my readers sent me a picture of a sweater that she has made that is sooo cute I just had to share it. She said that she found it in a hand knitting magazine & converted it to the machine....

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Finally, here is the finished Slip Stitch Sweater that I have had laying around, unfinished forever it seems like.     It looks cute with it's little puff sleeves. I think this will g...

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I am working on a sweater that is knitted on my Brother 965i from the Stitch World Pattern book. It is pattern number 333 slip sts. It will be a cut & sew neckline. (I really can't say how muc...

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Lately I have been using up small amounts of yarn for scrappies. I made this little vest for the Women's Shelter. It is a size 2 with a grafted neckband. I ran out of the yellow so finished the ...

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I had a customer ask me to make a longie for her baby that was striped with 7 different colors. Usually I stop at four colors as knitting more than that on the machine is problematic.  I have a...

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Let us all observe a moment of silence with the passing of Knitware. As of January 1st of this year, Knitware has been discontinued. SPONGE BARS As machine knitters we all know that to kni...

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The 'Pie Crust' Edging     The 'Pie Crust' edging is a cute simple edging to add to your knitting It can be used on blankets or other places where an edging is needed. There are lots of ...

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Right now I am making a jacket & pants for my friends new g'child. He is a big boy & very cute. I made him a set already & here is a picture of him. It's a little cardigan hoodie. I made hi...

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I do love the holidays but it seems like I get so overwhelmed with all the things that have to be done. It's always nice to get together with family, but it seems like my family invariably gets ...

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One of my readers sent me a link to an awesome program called "SweaterMaker' that will run on all versions of windows. This program is very inexpensive compared to DAK & doesn't have the issues ...

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Everyone is getting out their coats & hats. The weather is getting colder, so...what do we knit besides scarves?? Warm Wooly Socks!! I've been checking with my yarn vendor to see what there is ...

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This is going to be a post about internet safety.   I have two Google acc'ts. I had lost the password for one of them. I tried every password that I have ever used & they were all wrong. Fi...

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Here are some sweaters that are going to the Clothing Bank here in town. Not fancy but warm & comfy. All are 'grafted neck' & 'grafted sleeves' to make them easy to make.     This one...

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