Stephanies Yarn Machine Knitting

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Tam Machine Knitted Acrylic

YARN: 2 STRANDS 2/17 Bright Cranberry Team Yarn

TENSION 10

Cast on 38 stitches. Carriage on right. Knit 2 rows.

Set carriage to hold. Opposite side of carriage pull out 2 needles in hold, knit 2 rows.

Continue down all the 38 needles till 2 are left.

Release Hold button.

Knit 2 rows across all the needles. Carriage on right.

Repeat 11

more times a total of 12 panels.

Take off on scrap (waste) yarn.

Right side facing (knit side) Put stitches back up on the 38 needles.

Place the other side up on the same needles.

Knit sides together or (right sides are inside the now the wrong side of the second half is facing you making 2 stitches on each needle.

Knit across 1 row. Bind off.

Cast on for Band in 1x1 rib 134 st.

Rib at Tension 8 for 30 rows.

Hem.

Put up 1/2 of the tam on these needles.

Pull out to hold the remaining needles.

Carriage on hold.

Knit 1 row across.

Bind off.

Repeat for the other 1/2 of the tam

For a wider hat cast on a few more stitches.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Passap Knits

Passap Afghans done on the DM80. Knit using 2 strands of Stephanie's Yarns 1/12 Hi bulk Acrylic. Knitted and designed by Deborah Widmann. Yarn can be purchased at http://www.sumi-soft.com/yarn/

Monday, March 16, 2009

Full Needle Tuck Stitch Afghan

Full Needle Tuck Stitch Afghan©
YARN: 1 STRAND 2/17 ACRYLIC
TENSION 4/4 BROTHER OR KNITKING MACHINE
PATTERN STITCH WORLD # 233
1. Cast on 95-0-95 stitches on knitting machine and ribber.
2. Carriage to the left, past the turn mark. Tension 4/4
3. Turn machine on, select pattern #233. Select till the ready light is on.
Punch card machines insert card and set card to Lock *
5. Main Carriage, turn KC knob to KC I (punch card machines KC)
6. Knit 1 row, carriage on right.
Press both Tuck Buttons in on main carriage (punch card machine now is the time to release your card ∆.
7. Ribber Carriage set up both holding cam levers to N;
cam lever Left on N and R on N;
Tucking lever to R;
Slide lever middle I;
lili button I.
8. Knit 1 row (needles came out for design).
9. Knit 600 rows.
10. Bind Off
Any Stitch World Tuck stitch patterns can be used examples #223, #282, #313, #322.
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