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TENSION
One of the worst culprits for tight tension are patterns which give a
specific tension for a specific yarn. Too frequently one finds garments in thrift shops & boot sales where the knitter has made up a garment which can stand up on its own because the knitter has followed the pattern to the letter. Many pattern-makers use the same stitch measurement for their designs without taking into consideration whether or not the expensive designer yarn they want you to buy is the same weight as a fine 4 ply for machine knitting. People, please - go in to your local knitwear shop, feel the looseness of the knitted stitches. These garments are not knitted up tightly and then loosened with a steam iron - they are knitted loosely in the first instance. Tension 6, 7 & 8 are used for Toyota, Brother & Knitmaster machines using FINE 4 ply yarns. FINE 4 ply is bought on the cone. 4 ply yarns found in balls or skeins in a Wool shop are not FINE 4 ply, but more like Double Knitting, and will not knit nicely on the 6, 7 or 8 Tensions. It is better to knit up a swatch with the looseness that looks professional - then measure that and get to work with calculating your tension to match the measurements of the finished items. |
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