Friday, March 19, 2010

Sweaters knit out of 2/17 Acrylic Team Yarn

Sweaters knit using 1 strand 2/17 Acrylic Yarn. the name for the 2/17 yarn is "Team."
Pattern is available when joining Stephanie's Mail-Order Yarn Club.
We have a large variety of this weight yarn. Can be knit using 1 or 2 strands Tension 6-7.
Knitting with 2 strands is the same as knitting with 3 strands of the 2/24 or 1/12 yarns, which makes a nice sport weight yarn tension 9-10, can be used with a garter carriage also.
One strand is recommended for the Passap or any double bed knitting or with use of a ribber tension 4/4 or5/5. Yarn can be purchased at our web site. http://www.sumi-soft.com/yarn/

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

2/17 Acrylic MK Socks

 2/17 Acrylic Yarn Knit 2 strands tension 9. Machine Knit socks.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Machine Knitting Socks

The technique I use is first I knit ribbing the length wanted.

I then divide the sock in 1/2.

 I am going to short row or partial knit the heel shape:

Opposite side of the carriage I pull needles out to non work position and set carriage on non knit position. Then I Knit one row over the needles in knit position.

 Opposite side of the carriage I pull out 1 needle to non work position.
Knit across one row.

I place my yarn under the needle pulled out to non work position so we don't have a hole. (when knitting back it will loop over that end needle).

Then opposite side of the carriage pull out one needle to non work position.

 Knit one row and wrap yarn under that needle and over top the other needles so the yarn will loop around that partial knit needle but not interfere with the other needles.

 Pull out one needle opposite side of the carriage to non work position and knit 1 row.
Continue till one third of the needles are left in the center.

Reverse the process, Opposite side of the carriage push one needle back to work position (it is the needle that you last pulled out for short rowing or parcel knitting on the opposite side of the carriage) repeat till all the partial knit or short row needles are back into work .

1111x....1111 (carriage here) x is the needle to be pushed back ...'s are the center needles.

Once all short rowed needles are back into work position set carriage to knit all needles (or push the 1/12 of needles in non work position back to work).

We are finished with the heel and ready to knit the length of the sock before the toe shaping.
Knit length (subtract the length that the heel added and what the toe will add) and then short row or partial toe same as the heel.

Take 1/12 off on double pointed needle, take the other 1/2 off on double pointed needle.
Kirchner stitch toe together, seam the side of the sock.

Reverse the shaping for the other sock so the seams can be worn to the inside of your legs.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Tuck Rib Scarves

I knit scarves using the tuck rib technique from my Ribber Book. All scarves were knit 450 rows long not counting the cast on rows. I knit 8 scarves using stitch world patterns 261, 275, and 253.

I used 3/15 Acrylic Marl yarns one strand tensions either 5/5 and 6/6. I cast on 20 stitches each side of the 0.  Pattern 261. Finished Measurements 7 inches wide and 48 inches long.(first picture red, orange, burgundy marl).

I also tried 15 stitches each side of the 0 with the 3/15 Acrylic Marl Yarn. Finished Measurements 5.5 inches wide and 49 inches long. Pattern 261. (2nd picture gray,gray, black marl).

 I knit 2/15 orange, orange marl casting on 17-0-17 stitches tension 4/3.2 Pattern 275. Knit 450 rows. Finished measurements 5.5 inches wide and 49 inches long. (3rd picture).

I knit 2/15 green/dark green acrylic Marl one strand tension 4/4. I cast-on 30-0-30 stitches which made a wide scarf. Pattern 275. Finished measurements 10 inches wide and 46 inches in length.(4th picture).

I knitted with 2/17 Acrylic "Team" one strand tension 5/5 casting on 20-0-20 Finished measurement of scarves was 8 inches wide and 46 inch length. (red coral 2/17 "Team").

2/17 Acrylic one strand tension 5/5. I cast on 16-0-16 stitches knit 450 rows in Jazz purple pattern 261.
Finished measurements 5inches wide by 50 inches long.

All yarns are machine wash and dry. Purchased at Stephanie's Studio & Yarn.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Summer Tops



I knit some summer tops out of 2/17 Acrylic "Team" in Aqua. The tops are simple boat neck tops with cap sleeves. The tops were published in our newsletter. Stephanies Mail-order Yarn Newsletter. Yarn purchased at Stephanies Studio and Yarn, our web site is

Friday, February 19, 2010

Bobbles






Machine Knitting bobbles can be fun and add a new look to your hats, sweaters and more.
First I removed 4 stitches off the knitting machine needles leaving a center stitch on the machine. I mean that I am removing 2 each side of the center needles onto a double-pointed needle. Leave center stitch on machine
I manually knit one stitch (center stitch)with a contrast color
I then e-wrapped one needle on each side of the center. contrast color
I manually knit 3 stitches. contrast color
I e-wrapped one needle each side, manually knit 5 stitches. contrast color
I decreased 1 stitch each side and knit one row,contrast color
repeated down to one stitch contrast color.
I then put up the 4 stitches that I removed of the main color and continued to knit.