'Samantha's Knitting Machine'

Adsense and its ethic rules

2009-07-03T03:46:00.000-07:00

As you may have noticed some days ago I joined Adsense, which is a system powered by Google. This is a system for which I allow to give spaces of my blog to put adverts, it is Google itself who chooses the ads according to the theme of the blog. If visitors find intresting those ads and follow them, I earn a little something.

For that I what to specify that I do not ask third parties to clik on the ads for me. All those who click on the ads don't recieve any recomponse of any kind. And most of all I don't clic on my own ads as it's unethical and forbidden.

I still have to see if it works otherwise I won't keep it.

Bye for now....

Samantha

P.S. Photos of finished projects coming soon.....

Finally a come back

2009-06-29T11:56:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been some time, I must apoligize myself for that, in my excuse I can say that it has been a tough year a school, very stressing really, so that's why I nearly forgot about the blog. Still, I'm here now, and I'll try to blog more often, espescially now that it's summer so I should have more time to post.

Now let's talk about what this blog is about after all, knitting, since last Semptember a lot of projects have gone by, some finished, some still in progress and some just started.....

This is what I'm planning to show you in the next posts:

MACHINE KNITTING:
-knitted man's sweater in dark red with a tuck pattern from the basic set punchcards.

HAND KNITTING:
-Knitted striped work bag in various colours and patterns.
-Woman's basque in autumn colours

CROCHET:
-Fine thread cotton dolly

VARIOUS WORKS WHICH ARE IN PROGRESS:
-HK- Colourful single bed cover in various colours and patts(19 pieces made,23 to go)
-C- Crochet double bed cover with nut patt. White 4-ply. (1 & a half made, 11 to go)

There will be photos of course, unfortunately it was too dark to take them today.

Bye,

Samantha

Finished items -1

2008-09-09T11:10:00.000-07:00

I'm writing today because I wanted to show you all the things I've knitted since last post.

As you may know I have a KR6 Knit Radar for my Knitaster 321 but somehow I never got round using it because I couldn't get the hang of using the graph instead of using written instructions.
I was inspired by Susan's videos about using the Knit Radar, once I understood it now thanks to her I think I'll always use the Knit Radar.

This is my first Knit Radar knitted pullover:

It uses punchcard number 4 from the basic Knitmaster set, in tuck stitch, (don't get angry Susan if I copied it), here's how the pattern looks like:

It's in hot pink, it has borders made in a 1x1 rib. It was fairly easy to make, I got into trouble for the neckband as I had knitted it but I didn't know how to put on the neck with no mistakes, it wasn't easy sewing it either as I'm not an expert on sewing needles, but I got through it. It isn't 'perfect' but it's all right for me.

I also made a pair of socks,I knitted them by hand using 4 needles, (I hate using 5, I never made socks on 5 needles), here's how they look like:

I used a set 4mm sock needles, using 4ply they were obviously knitted in the round with no seams. The have a 2knit-2purl rib:

The cuffs are actually turned over as the leg portion is longer, I wanted them like that as I can leave them long like they are if I want or turn the cuff over and make them shorter, here's how they look with the longer leg portion:

That's all for today, but I do have 2 more finished items that I want to show them to you tomorrow.

Bye for now,

Samantha

Ebay sellers

2008-08-30T11:58:00.000-07:00

What's going on with some Ebay sellers lately? I'm writing this because a couple of days ago I wanted to buy some spare needles for the Knitaster 321, and on the auction page there was written that the seller sent items worldwide, but unfortunately there wasn't written the postage price for Italy so, I write to the seller to know the price. And at this moment there is no reply, at first I thought I didn't send the message so I go to the 'My Ebay' page and it was in the 'Sent' folder. Then I go to Susan's blog and I found out that something similar has happened to her too. So what's going on with Ebay sellers lately? I mean just some becuase most of them are very kind and accurate. But there are always those who spoil the whole thing.

Bye for now,

Samantha

My new sewing machine

2008-08-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

A couple of posts ago I told you I had bought a sewing machine, as my digital camera wasn't working properly I couldn't show you a picture, well here it is now:

I'm very happy with my new purchase!!!!!

I've bought a new accessory for the sewing machine, Ill tell you about in my next post.....

Bye for now,

Samantha

Who needs a chunky machine!

2008-08-04T12:22:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I decided to go yarn shopping, this time I decided to buy some DK as I never tried it before on the Knitmaster 321, well the seller sold me the yarn as DK but it really was chunky, so I thought, what do I do with it now, it didn't want to bother knitting it by hand.

Then I took a look at the manual of the Knitmaster 321 and read that you could actually knit chunky on the machine by knitting the yarn on alternate needles, so I had a browse on my magazines, and found the pattern for a Teenage sweater knitted on alternate needles at tension 8*, at the weekend I so far knitted the back:

My digital camera wasn't working properly, that's why there haven't been much photos lately on the blog, well, I got it fixed now. That is the back, it is striped, I used light blue, brown and dark pink, ten rows for each colour. It has raglan shapings, you can see it better here:

I'll start the front as soon as I have some free time....

Bye for now,

Samantha

I'm back with some news

2008-07-11T10:21:00.000-07:00

Here I am again, wow, it's good to be blogging again. Have you missed me.....

I have a lot of this to tell you, where should I start....

Well, I got a new toy last week... It's not a machine knitting accessory but it's related.

It's a sewing machine. I must say that I'm not an expert on sewing... In fact I was wondering, if some of you bloggers will tell me where to start, I'll be very grateful.

I'm really glad I got this gift, in fact there's always some sewing to do, and I think this will be very useful to me.

Before, I had a thought, as you probably know, (the ones who read my previous posts), that I have to get something to make the making up part of my machine knits faster. I was told to look out for a Hague Linker, and I always look on eBay, but the starting prices increase a lot and you also have to consider that the postage price increases too as the item has to be sent to Italy so... it remains a dream for now....

So, will my sewing machine be any good?

Another good thing is that I always wanted to try Cut & Sew necklines, but I couldn't because I couldn't do the zig zag around the neck as I didn't have a sewing machine, well, I can now....

Bye for now,

Samantha

Finished project

2008-04-24T11:08:00.001-07:00

On Saturday afteroon I decided I should knit a new sweater from a Modern Knitting magazine, so I used a cheap yellow yarn that I had and on Tuesday morning I had finished it.
Now, the finishing part is taking more time than i thought it would take. But as soon as I finish making it up, I'll post a picture.

Bye for now,

Samantha

The p presser arrived

2008-04-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

Today the p presser arrived and I tried pile knitting right away.
Well there wasn't a good result. Well, actually it was my fault, because I should have used a thinner yarn but I didn't have it, I did get some loops on the back though.
I know I promised you a photo of the drive lace but my camera isn't workng very well, I hope I'll get it all right soon.

Bye for now,

Samantha

I'm dishcoth cotton

2008-04-05T10:39:00.000-07:00

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I've got a new toy

2008-04-01T10:08:00.001-07:00

Enough suspense, I got the p carriage and I've already tried a drive lace pattern.
I'll post a photo soon...

Bye for now

Samantha

Next: Socks on the ribber

2008-03-27T06:42:00.000-07:00

I don't know what happened to the machine. Since the p carriage and the p presser didn't arrive yet, I decided to start a new sweater for my niece, I knitted the stockinet hem, the started using punchcard 10 from the basic pack.
I made a complete pattern then it started dopping a load of stitches here and there.
Why, why did that happen, I tried all the other punchcard from the basic pack I've got and they've all worked. Re knitted the sweater three times with no success, then I gace up.
Instead I thought I would knit a pair of socks form the Mary Weaver ribbing attachment book. I'll give it a try. There are patterns for both seamed and circular socks.
We'll see what happens.

Bye for now,

Samantha

What I would like to do - 2

2008-03-20T13:03:00.000-07:00

When the p carriage will arrive I will also want to make mesh knitting which is very similar to the drive lace just using different punchcards:

Bye for now,

Samantha

What I would like to do soon

2008-03-20T12:59:00.000-07:00

The day before yesterday I bought a p carriage for my ribber to make drive lace, for you that don't know what drive lace is, here's a video from Susan that explainsyou everything:

I hope the p carriage will arrive soon.

Bye for now,

Samantha

What I'm gonna try tomorrow

2008-03-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow, I'm gonna try to make Double jacquard, I'm going to make it with the YC1 colour changer that I bought three months ago.
This video from Susan inspired me:

Bye for now,

Samantha

Homemade knitting machine video

2008-03-20T12:48:00.000-07:00

I'm sorry but I couldn't help but post this brilliant video that I just saw on YouTube:

Isn't it great, a homemade knitting machine, yes I know it's slow and "real" knitting machines are way much faster, but it's a great diversification to expensive nowadays machines.

What do you think of it

Bye for now,

Samantha

Something about me, and I'm back

2008-03-11T12:07:00.000-07:00

Here I am, posting again after three weeks of strike and I decided that today I would talk about me instead of my knitting.
Well, I should start by talking about my high school years, oh, how great they were, didn't you like your high school, and as a matter of fact I'm a bit curious I'll put a poll up and let me know.
But anyway, as I was saying I loved high school, I attended CPAs school here in Italy, and I loved it mainly because it had many subjects that I liked, such as economy, and we studied some subjects that aren't in use anymore, such as computerized calculation, which didn't have nothing of computer that we use now.
We also studied shorthand which I really really liked, mainly because of our teacher which was so strange but so funny at the same time. You see, she was very old, and although more than 30 years have gone by she's still alive and kicking, anyway, she always looked tired and sleepy but when she went to the black board and wrote those strange signs, I mean she was so fast that I remember saying in mind, her hand, her hand's gonna fall from the wrist!
And are there a lot of you out there that studied shorthand?

More next time,
Was I boring?

Bye for now,

Samantha

2008-03-08T11:28:00.000-08:00

Crochet a hat - part three

2008-02-15T08:31:00.000-08:00

Here's the last and third part:

Bye for now,

Samantha

Crochet a hat - part two

2008-02-15T08:29:00.000-08:00

Here's part two:

Bye for now,

Samantha

Crochet a hat - part one

2008-02-15T08:20:00.000-08:00

I already posted a video of how to crochet a hat, I decided to post another video split in three parts, because the person that crochetes the hat is a boy, personally I think that it's ok that males knit or crochet, in fact here in Italy it is fashion that some boys knit simple items like hats or scarves to gain some more pocket money:

Here's part one:

But, you what do you think, do you think it is ok that males knit, I'll put a poll up and feel free to let your opinion be known!

Bye for now,

Samantha

Crochet instructional video - Crochet a hat

2008-02-15T08:07:00.000-08:00

Here's one of some crochet instructional videos that I'll post:

If someone decides to give it a try let my know your experience!

Bye for now,

Samantha

Completed crochet project

2008-02-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

I decided to start today the crochet project, and although I wanted to I would never convince myself to stop, it's a long time since I crocheted something and I enjoyed it so much that I didn't realise that I had finshed it.

This is how it looks like:

I quite happy of how it turned out.

And you, what do you think of it?

P.S. I've got a question for all you bloggers out there, because I'd like to add on the blog page a folder where I'll put photos of my 2008 finished projects, but I don't understand how to do it.

Any thoughts?

Bye for now,

Samantha

New crochet project - 1

2008-02-12T10:19:00.000-08:00

On my first post I promised that in this blog you were going to find something about machine knitting but also something about crochet.

Here's my new crochet project:

Just hope it's going to turn out right!

Bye for now,

Samantha

A machine knitter's wish

2008-02-10T11:14:00.001-08:00

I've got a question for knitters out there, which is the most boring part for you when you knit something?
I'll bet it is the sewing part isn't it?
There's a very useful thing that speeds up making up and it makes it much easier: the Hague Linker.
That's what I intend to buy one day as I hate so much sewing up!
You'll know everything when it will happen.

That's my wish,

Bye for now,

Samantha