The Knitting Pirate

So, I started over.

You may recall that when I started the Green Sweater, I had to choose between the green and the pink sets of yarn I’d put together.

My Calluna Pullover is finished!

It’s been a while, hasn’t it!

On Saturday Michael and I went to Public Knitoxication, a knit in public event at a local winery – we’d gone to this event back in 2018 and had a great time.

I was looking at the blue and white hat that I knit when I first got the Vcx/965i, and thought that the pattern would work well on a sweater.

It seemed to take forever for the green Extra Lite Bright sweater to dry, and then we had several days without any good sunlight, but I’ve finally taken pictures!

Exciting news: I finished knitting my Extra Lite Bright sweater!

I had the idea to make a tuck rib hat on the 8-button knitting machine, because what’s the fun of having a machine like this unless you’re going to knit projects that let you push the buttons?

I love a neat, clean hat crown.

Changing the battery on the KH-940 didn’t stop the beeper from sounding off, we haven’t been able to figure out what’s causing it1, and the eKnitter for the 940 still isn’t available in the US… so I went looking for a new/used electronic knitting machine,…

Continuing with my punchcard experiments… this wolf pattern was published in a knitting magazine over 20 years ago.

An update on the Fleeps I was knitting for Mom – they are finally finished!

Although the punchcard machine feels limited compared to the electronic one, there’s actually quite a lot that one can do with a 24-stitch repeat (assuming that your machine is properly selecting stitches, which mine isn’t quite, but that’s another story).

Why not dive right in to a tuck rib pattern to get better acquainted with the pushbutton machine and its ribber?

A couple of weeks ago I saw a for-sale ad for a local, very pretty, vintage 8-button knitting machine and ribber.

Welp, the electronic knitting machine (KH940) is still producing a nonstop beep despite the new battery, so it’s coming off the work table for further inspection and hopefully repair.

With the electronic knitting machine out of commission (the new battery will be delivered later this week, and hopefully that completely resolves the problem) I thought that now would be a good time to seam the pieces of my Cloud Sweater together.

I adjusted the decrease rate on the four points of the crown, and tried again.

If I’m going to sell things, I should put tags on the products, right?

In my last post I said that I’d try to make a hat with a full colourwork crown, and so I charted it out and gave it a go.

I had to buy another ball of light blue yarn so I can finish my tuck stitch sweater, so I figured I should probably buy two just to be sure.

I have this gigantic blue wool sweater.