This was my first time ever using a circular knitting machine. Taping it has helped me because I don't have a table with a smooth surface, and I have a hand injury, making me have to use one hand for the majority of the time. Having the tape helped stabilize it, but I have one major recommendation: use painter's tape instead. I accidently removed varnish from the table, like an idiot! Painter's tape is better for that fact alone, but as I needed to adjust my machine to find the perfect position and fix laddered stitches, I could remove the tape and retape the feet when I was done. Don't use packing tape, please! You will have dropped stitches because there are more variants like yarn quality, tention, experience, etc., but taping did help. I also used bees wax on the hooks to decrease friction, and there was improvement! I had fewer hangups on my hooks while using Caron one pound yarn.
You can screw it to a board then make a hole/recess in a more sturdier item like a table you dont use very much you want to make more use of like the old singer sewing machine they were screwed to a table or lid of a desk and when you opened the lid hey presto the sewing machine was there when you closed the lide the machine disappeared just a suggestion
I wonder if screwing cupboard door knobs throw the suction cup holes would work or make square ones at home with just a screw in the middle I've not got my machines yet but I've ordered two the big one and the small one
I have a glass table and the suction works perfect. I also attached a silicone earplug near the guide right before the “feeder” where the yarn glides through and haven’t had any problems with dropped or tucked stitches
Even with the machine being stable, I had issues with dropped/tucked stitches and it wasn’t until I stuck an earplug on the machine that it started working flawlessly.
Thank you sooo much for this awesome tutorial. I made one for my dad as a christmas present. So syked i have to make more.😊God bless you and your family. Keep spreading the sunshine. Thank you💖🙏😊
Thank you for your kind words, unfortunately I do not have a pattern for children but I did make this same hat for my grandson with a matching scarf 🧣 and I just went down a size on the hook. Hopefully this will help. ❤️
Hi I really enjoyed this tutorial, I’m definitely going to try it. Have you made any for kids , looking to make one for nephews 5/6 and 10/12 would appreciate any help on how to make one that size. Thanks
Here is what I did. I went to home Depot and bought a 3/4" thick 2 foot by 2 foot ply wood board and a pack of #12 × 5/8 in pan head Phillips screws. Where the suction cups normally go, instead use the screws the screw the feet to the board. It will hold the machine in place so it doesn't move around on you. I live in a high tax state of Illinois, my cost for the plywood and 8 pack of screws comes to a total of $13.75