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hardworkinghippy

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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 05 9:21 pm Post subject:
Sock making on a single bed machine: https://forum.downsizer.net/about999.html&highlight=so ...

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 5:38 am Post subject:
Oh no, I now want a knitting machine! But I havent got anywhere for it aargh...

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 5:42 am Post subject:

hardworkinghippy wrote:

It only takes about an hour to do socks on a single bed ordinary knitting machine.

I posted how to do it in here a while ago - I'll look it out....

You can do circular knitting on most twin bed machines - I've a pattern if anybody wants it.

HWH

Just had a quick look online for a twin bed knitting machine- so I know what I'm keeping half an eye open for. But I can't seem to find one. Is there a specific term I should be searching on?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Knitting, especially socks

sally_in_wales wrote:

I like the idea of cranking out a pair of socks in an evening just by turning a handle...

Didn't Wallace and Grommit have something like that?

How big is this circular knitting machine? The only ones I've ever seen are huge (but they've been in knitwear and t-shirt factories)

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 12:38 pm Post subject:
This is the sort of thing https://www.angoravalley.com/ak.html though there are lots of models, a bit like with the early sewing machines

tahir

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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 12:41 pm Post subject:
That's a lot smaller..., never seen em but I'll keep my eyes open

otatop

Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Posts: 1425
Location: North London

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 1:18 pm Post subject:
I was "asked to leave" the brownies before I finished knitting the string dishcloth. I much prefer my sewing machine. I don't have to get very far into a project before I can step back and admire.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 05 1:56 pm Post subject:

otatop wrote:

I was "asked to leave" the brownies

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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 7:48 pm Post subject:

hi have been reading the posts on knitting with great interest. i have knitted before using needles but only baby garments. i would love to experiment with a knitting machine. i have looked at a few and they do look rather confusing.

so hopefully somebody will be able to answer my questions on this matter.

1. are these machines easy to use ?

2. any particular make/model i should look for ?

3. is it more expensive than with knitting with needles ?

thanks

Róisín

Joined: 30 Jul 2005
Posts: 578

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 9:15 pm Post subject:

Sally, I worked in a haberdasheries and those needles are still for sale in your normal fabric/ haberdashery shop. If you really can't find them, the staff should be able to source them for you as they definitely are still being made, and made in England too

I was asked to leave Brownies too!

This is the first time I've met someone else who was! *waves furiously* What was the reason behind your leaving? Mine was that I was sick for three weeks and refused to pay the fee for those three weeks ...

nora

Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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Location: West Yorkshire

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 05 9:43 pm Post subject:
Sally, what about these for something to knit while you wait for a sock machine to turn up?! https://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/PATTnosewarmer.html I've also just noticed that there is a pattern on the same site for making big socks and then felting them down to the right size. https://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/PATTfuzzyfeet.html

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 05 7:58 am Post subject:
Ooh! Nosewarmers! Can we start a fashion trend???

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 05 8:08 am Post subject:

Róisín wrote:

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DP needles are no problem, I can make those out of dowel as well as buying the modern metal versions. But do you mean you've seen sock knitting machines still on sale???

Róisín

Joined: 30 Jul 2005
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 05 9:03 am Post subject:
No, sorry, just the needles, no machines

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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 05 7:55 am Post subject:

Second hand domestic sized sock machines come along every now and again - keep your eyes out in eg EXchange and Mart, or textile-related industry magazines. I have seen one or two on e-bay, and there is a firm in Lancashire (I think) who make new ones. They are also demonstrated at the Knitting & Stitching shows, if you ever get to any of them. Quite pricy, ie in the high hundreds.
they are exceedingly heavy and cumbersome, though, even the ones for sue at home - my friend has one she is threatening to lend me, but I reckon I can knit a sock in the time it would take me to thread hers up and make a start.................but I may be wrong. You have to have something weightly on which to put it as well - she uses the base of an old Singer machine, the one with the cast iron legs, etc, otherwise it can "walk" a bit, and you don;t want that falling off your table.................

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