21-12-2013, 03:03 PM
Wanting to knit a sweater for my son, I fished out a pattern I thought would suit - nope, it's a double knit hand knit. (I wanted to do this on the knitting machine) So searched some more and found a mk one. Fine so far (you'll have to try and keep up folks!
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Did my tension swatch using the garter carriage for the seed stitch (moss stitch) I wanted to use - perfect. Set the garter carriage up to cast on my stitches required, but it didn't want to play ball, so ewrapped the needles - all 110 of them Then found I hadn't put on the cast on comb. Pulled it out, placed the comb and ewrapped the stitches again. Used the kc and did the first row - but writing it down something seemed off, so went back and double checked the pattern.
The number of stitches I had used was the cm size of the sweater and not the cast on stitches!
I don't know how. But much heaving, sighing and muttering later I pulled it out AGAIN, and put the correct number of stitches on. Right - all working perfectly, (you still keeping up?) Set the garter carriage going, it worked it's first row perfectly, got to the end of the row and started on it's way back. Great, I thought, and went to go down stairs.
Now those of you who have, or have heard a garter carriage working, know that there is a particular rythym when it is actually knitting - and something sounded strange as I turned my back. I listened for a moment and then went and had a look.
The stupid thing had decided to knit the first ten stitches of the 2nd row and then reverse itself and go backwards, turned around and did the same 10 stitches! (yes I did sort out what was happening, the little 'thingy' underneath was catching on the wrong place, and telling it to go the other way.)
Aaargh - but I hate it when things like this happen! Have given up for the moment, making myself something to eat, and then will go back upstairs and START AGAIN.
Flippin machines, they do my head in some days!
(phew feel better now! Should give some of you a smile if nothing else! )
![[Image: 283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif]](http://static.knittingparadise.com/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif)
Did my tension swatch using the garter carriage for the seed stitch (moss stitch) I wanted to use - perfect. Set the garter carriage up to cast on my stitches required, but it didn't want to play ball, so ewrapped the needles - all 110 of them Then found I hadn't put on the cast on comb. Pulled it out, placed the comb and ewrapped the stitches again. Used the kc and did the first row - but writing it down something seemed off, so went back and double checked the pattern.
The number of stitches I had used was the cm size of the sweater and not the cast on stitches!
![[Image: 283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif]](http://static.knittingparadise.com/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif)
Now those of you who have, or have heard a garter carriage working, know that there is a particular rythym when it is actually knitting - and something sounded strange as I turned my back. I listened for a moment and then went and had a look.
The stupid thing had decided to knit the first ten stitches of the 2nd row and then reverse itself and go backwards, turned around and did the same 10 stitches! (yes I did sort out what was happening, the little 'thingy' underneath was catching on the wrong place, and telling it to go the other way.)
Aaargh - but I hate it when things like this happen! Have given up for the moment, making myself something to eat, and then will go back upstairs and START AGAIN.
Flippin machines, they do my head in some days!
(phew feel better now! Should give some of you a smile if nothing else! )
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