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Machine Knitting from Becca's Crazy Projects

A friend of min had some Lion Brand Mandala she no longer wanted. She gave it to me and I decided to turn it into hats. This is what it looked like on the machine before I started the decreases for the top of the hat.

This photo, and the next, are more for me than you. Tension can be a tricky thing for a machine knitter. This is my tension setting on the yarn mast. I almost never change it. I just set it there and leave it alone.

What I do change, is the stitch length selector. This ...

added by Becca 1 year, 1 month ago. under 2022 , baby , charity , hat , knit , knitting , lion brand , lk150 , machine knitting , mandala , yarn

Machine Knitting from Becca's Crazy Projects

Sometimes when I get a little stressed I think I need more fabric or yarn. This past week was a yarn week. I popped over to the nearest craft store (big box craft store) and bought some Lion Brand Yarn. Most of this is Shawl in a Ball (discontinued, so if you like this ombre yarn head to your nearest big box store and stock up), with a couple balls of Heartland. It seems I was in the mood for purples.

I used the Shawl in a Ball yarn to make a couple shawls on the LK 150. I made ...

added by Becca 1 year, 8 months ago. under 2022 , knit , knitting , lion brand , lk150 , machine knitting , shawl , yarn

Machine Knitting from Becca's Crazy Projects

If you think knitting machines can only knit large flat pieces of fabric you should check out this experiment.

Here is the basic shape before blocking. This project used a single ball of Mandala by Lion Brand. This is the colorway Sirens.

After steaming the edges don't curl as much. For this project I used yarn-over decreases combined with short rows to get the curved shape. I also added a couple rows of eyelets at the end. I think this could be so much more fun with additional rows of eyelets. I'll have to pick up some more ...

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