Hi everyone! After knitting for many years, I finally decided to try using a knitting machine. I decided to do this for two reasons: I want to give my hands more breaks from knitting without stop knitting and to make knitted projects faster than I can by hand.
I am the proud owner of two circular knitting machines that are commonly found on Amazon. One is small (28 needles) while the other is the largest available. (48 needles) In addition to them, I also inherited a larger, professional type knitting machine from a relative that passed away. It is from the 1970’s or 1980’s. I’m not planning on using the professional machine for a long time because… well… when it comes to using it, I don’t know where to begin! I remember seeing it out of the box when I was a child, but I haven’t looked at it since then. Also, since I was a girl the last time I saw it out of the box, I don’t remember much about it except it looked complicated to use. Instead, I’m using the circular machines from Amazon.
So far I’m doing well in trying to learn how to use the circular machines. It’s easy to use and getting used to working has it has been a little bit of a hassle to me, but it isn’t bad. The major problem I have with it is I don’t have the time to learn how to use it right now. I also need to think about the kind of things I want to make with it. I want to make a scarf for someone I know with it as well as some clothing pieces for myself using the panel function on them.
Since I don’t have the time right now to practice using the machines, I don’t have anything I made to show off. I hope to start focusing on them and potentially make something with them next month.
That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!