If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Tips welcomed for long knitting
Hi,
After a swift and helpful response to my first post yesterday (thanks Helen), I am encouraged to ask another. This one really shows my newbie credentials! I want to knit my sweetheart some skirts and dresses. But when I get to about 100 rows the weights on the cast-on-comb are touching the floor. I have a Brother KH-260 which (to her credit and my inner amazement) she lets me clamp to the kitchen table. Short of fixing the machine to a high shelf and working off a step-ladder, is there an easy way of overcoming this problem? How do you re-hang the comb to ensure the tension is evenly distributed, or is this not so important after 50-or-so rows? Anyone found/made a nifty gadget that makes rehanging the comb a snap? thanks in advance for any tips, Ian |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Hi Ian,
I'm sure there is a clever way to do it, but I usually just rehang the comb as level and central as possible about 2 inches below the needles, making sure that the teeth of the comb are well into the knitting. Try to uncurl the edges of the knitting, so the edges are weighted evenly. HTH -- Sue in East Anglia, UK "Ian Roberts" wrote in message om... Hi, After a swift and helpful response to my first post yesterday (thanks Helen), I am encouraged to ask another. This one really shows my newbie credentials! I want to knit my sweetheart some skirts and dresses. But when I get to about 100 rows the weights on the cast-on-comb are touching the floor. I have a Brother KH-260 which (to her credit and my inner amazement) she lets me clamp to the kitchen table. Short of fixing the machine to a high shelf and working off a step-ladder, is there an easy way of overcoming this problem? How do you re-hang the comb to ensure the tension is evenly distributed, or is this not so important after 50-or-so rows? Anyone found/made a nifty gadget that makes rehanging the comb a snap? thanks in advance for any tips, Ian |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
If it is single bed knitting, I just remove the comb and hang claw weights
evenly across the work near the needle bed, re-hanging them as needed when the work progresses. You really can't leave the cast-on comb in place when doing short-row shaping, anyway. Extra claw weights are worth the investment, especially for short rows or working with hand spun. If the project is all double-bed, I roll the fabric around the ribber comb and re-hang the ribber weights in such a way as to prevent unrolling. How to describe that? If you roll up so that the comb is in front of the fabric, stop with the weight holes at the top and insert them so they hang toward the back, pulling the comb against the fabric. Hanging the weights on the ends is easy, the center is trickier. It involves gently inserting the point of the weight through the mesh of the fabric from the back and hooking it on the edge of the comb rather than through a hole in the comb. With narrow ribbing and tight fabric, you can skip that and just use balanced weights on both ends adding a claw weight or two to the middle as needed. You can also remove the ribber comb or just roll it and clip it with a few very sturdy clothespins or spring clamps, then use the various weight hangers that came with your ribber. The wire 7s are for the edges and there are also claws with holes at the other end to take ribber weights. Again, remember to distribute the weight evenly. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
In article , Ian
Roberts writes Hi, After a swift and helpful response to my first post yesterday (thanks Helen), I am encouraged to ask another. This one really shows my newbie credentials! I want to knit my sweetheart some skirts and dresses. But when I get to about 100 rows the weights on the cast-on-comb are touching the floor. I have a Brother KH-260 which (to her credit and my inner amazement) she lets me clamp to the kitchen table. I hope it is a square edged table, if it's not you will end up with everything on the floor. The clamps don't clamp properly on a normal radiused edge table. -- David Toft |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I will try the comb-rolling trick,
hopefully our cat won't attack the bobbing weights and unravel the whole assembly down on top of herself... :-) Claw weights sound like another good option, but I knit mainly with mohair and I'm not sure if they would provide enough pull on the work to stop the knitting from clogging up on the needle bed. I only have four so I don't want to buy more without knowing it would be a success. I like the ribber comb much better than the cast-on comb that comes with the KH-260. Can it be used to cast on for plain knitting? For example, can you create a perfect selvedge using the ribber and main bed set for 1x1 rib and then transfer all the stitches onto the main bed to carry on in plain? Would it turn out ok? Anyone else tried this? If so, what tension seems to work best? Thanks again, Ian |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
| On 2 Nov 2004 06:50:37 -0800, (Ian Roberts) wrote:
Thanks everyone for your feedback. I will try the comb-rolling trick, hopefully our cat won't attack the bobbing weights and unravel the whole assembly down on top of herself... :-) Claw weights sound like another good option, but I knit mainly with mohair and I'm not sure if they would provide enough pull on the work to stop the knitting from clogging up on the needle bed. I only have four so I don't want to buy more without knowing it would be a success. I generally run my thumb nail along behind the knitting every few rows to free fuzzy yarns from the gate pegs. I use a fair number of claw weights with fuzzy yarns I have ones from my standard gauge machine, my bulky and a few spares I bought on sale, so I always have enough to spread evenly across the bed, about every 4 inches I like the ribber comb much better than the cast-on comb that comes with the KH-260. Can it be used to cast on for plain knitting? For example, can you create a perfect selvedge using the ribber and main bed set for 1x1 rib and then transfer all the stitches onto the main bed to carry on in plain? Would it turn out ok? Anyone else tried this? If so, what tension seems to work best? You could try it, and you might find the look of it acceptable. You can also make a hem by casting on in full needle rib, continuing an inch or so in circular, then transferring the ribber needle stitches on top of the main bed stitches to close it. You might find that to be more work than the usual method of turning a hem, though. Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/ Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Machine Knitting Patterns! | Marge Parker | Marketplace | 0 | October 26th 04 03:09 PM |
AD: New eBay Listings for MACHINE KNITTING | Marge Parker | Marketplace | 0 | August 28th 04 01:58 PM |
FA: Vogue Knitting WDay BHG Craft Fawcett etc | WAYSMAGS | Marketplace | 0 | December 7th 03 09:34 PM |
Midgauge Knitting Machine Artisan 70D for saleArtisan 70D Mid Gauge knitting machine for sale as is. The row | Keetza | Machine Knit | 0 | October 21st 03 06:40 PM |
Knitting Machines For Sale | Keetza | Machine Knit | 0 | October 15th 03 02:41 PM |