Hi! I'm Cathy. I'm a crocheter and knitter (both hand and machine knitting) and I love to share videos on all of these crafts. My patterns can be found FREE at my website, www.cityfarmhousestudio.com!
@@cityfarmhousestudio Thank you for your kind reply and thank you for posting it, and for free. I’m on the edge of buying an LK150 but am not yet convinced I will be able to do it. This is one more tic in the “do it” column.
About 5 years ago I bought this yarn to hand knitt a cardigan. I got past the ribbing and paused it. Last year I got this knitting machine and decided this week, you know what I think I'll try to put my cardigan on the machine. I was giving it a try and was having difficulty conseptualizing some parts. So as one does I thought let me check on youtube for a tutorial for at least the mechanics of it. You can imagine my utter joy when I found a tutorial on the same machine I had with the same yarn I was using, that had not only a detailed pattern but an informative video.
Oh, you don't know how happy this makes me! So happy you found me and that this could help so much! Hope you enjoy making it and wearing it as much as I have!
Don't fool yourself like that. Take your time, go step by step, and most of all - we all make mistakes that we have to fix (I just edit mine out of the videos!)
I used flip flops from the dollar store. After almost 2 years of use one did rip when I stubbed my toe in something. I made a modified size pair for a kindergartener and she wore it through a season - including the playground! These are softer than some other brands, but I haven’t tried others to see if they hold up for any longer. I’m also sure the placement of where the holes are made in the sole will determine the give, if they are too close to the top they will be more likely to tear.
Hi! This detail is part of the sweater in ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zXLjYogA8cE.htmlsi=lk0HYffQdmBmouah. How to make a 2x2 ribbing is shown toward the beginning.
I gave a thumb down because as good as your clear instructions are, you did not put the camera close enough for your viewers to see exactly how you are manipulating the machine needles. Viewing other machine knitting instructional tutorials may be helpful. I would really like to see more and learn more from you.
A second row you would treat like a regular row of single crochets. Ch 1 and turn. Single crochet in each stitch of the row below (insert hook, pull up 1 loop, pull another loop through the 2 loops on the hook).
I bought this pattern. The video is very helpful but do you have any tutorials on how to seam the neck edging and how you seamed the shoulders. Also, if I want to make my sleeves longer would I do that before the increasing or before the shoulder shaping. Any help Is greatly appreciated
Hello, I'm sorry but as of now I do not have any tutorials on seaming. I join by hand and use a mattress stitch for pretty much everything, you can create the seam as loose as you want for stretch, or as tight as you need to give shoulders some stability. I know many people like to link the stitches on the machine since it goes quicker, but I find this creates a bulkier seam and only use it when that won't bother me. For increasing the sleeve length both areas you mentioned are suitable - but depending on your arm shape one may be better than the other. Adding lenght before increasing will keep the arm narrower, and before shoulder shaping will give extra room around the bicep. I tend to have larger biceps than what the standard is for my size, so I add before shoulder shaping. If you have thinner arms and sleeves tend to look too big, I would then add the rows before the increases.
I wish you would add a visual tutorial with more than one sized example of what you do to change the sandal base shape before you even begin. By the comments of those having issues with it coming out too loose (and having used your exact materials and crocheting tightly)- my guess is they needed to trim down the back of the shoe. Your website instructions say to trim the back behind the heel... But you mention the width being too wide in that area- which is more about trimming the heel sides. My guess is your trim would look similar to a squatty crescent moon beind the heel to get some of the width more narrow. Again... A video with examples would be helpful. A personal tip- if you have insoles from a shoe that fits you, the heel shape is more of what you want. You could use it as a cutting guide, just make it a little bit bigger version so you leave space for the crochet holes.
The pair done in this video would look REALLY polished off with a row of slip stiches over the base stitches- using twine, jute, or hemp. It would really just pull the whole thing together. If it's too difficult to do by crochet hook, you could do them using a crochet needle. Or, you could make a braid and glue it on with shoe glue, but I try to stay away from glueing on things.
Ty was a nice introduction video. I am debating getting a mid gauge LK150. I have a KH260 and love that but the ease and portability of the LK might be nice when you want to take it places. Does the LK cover the same yarn sizes as the KH260 generally?
Thanks! Your KH260 is a bulky, so the LK150 would use mostly thinner yarn. I have done worsted on my LK150, which you could on KH260. The portability of it is nice! Also, you wouldn’t have a punchcard or ribber option if you are used to using those. Oh the decision you have to make- good luck!
INLINE! And as soon as the post office gets off their butts and delivers my package, I'll have a complete set of vintage Susan Bates inline thread hooks! (They sent their manufacturing out of the country, so they don't make inline thread hooks anymore. BOO!)
Not true for me, I started learning from a left-handed woman using a tapered hook. (Over 40 years ago)I much prefer in-line hooks. Furls Odyssey are my favorites.
I like both! I have a small pack of susan bates crochet hooks regular aluminum with no type of grip and just thinking about it my fingers are hurting 😖 i can do one project for about an hour max if im using them.
I have 2 flatbeds, I'm an avid handknitter, and I love my Addi machines. I mostly use them for donation hats and toys. Lots of instant gratification. I've made over 100 hats on it.
@cityfarmhousestudio I have a brother kh270/kr260 with motor drive ke100 plus a few studio standard and bulky punch card machines (sk700, sk155, sk150 ) with ribbers. Used to have quite a few more, but downsized to the ones I'm actually enjoying knitting on.
Same here. Welcome to machine knitting. I started on a Bond machine to finally fall in love with old Brother electronic machines, which finally allow me to knit yoke pullover.
So what do you do at the end on the second row of 14????? The free printable pattern finishes round 14 with SC in CH1 of previous row. That area in this video doesn’t show it either as you skip on and don’t show you repeating Rnd 13 &14! That doesn’t attach it to the side. It then goes straight on to heel short rows!!!! Can you please have a look at your written patterns and add all the missing instructions to make things clearer please.
If you look at the next paragraph after marking the locations of the heel, the pattern then tells you to sc along the sides. This gets you from that ch 1 of the previous row to the heel short row.
@@cityfarmhousestudio thanks for your replies. I sat and persevered and got my brain sorted 🤣🤣 I added some extra plain rows to bring the top of the foot up a little more and also the heel and sides. I also did a 5 DC in the centre top of the heel to see what would happen and it gave me a tab to grip to tug them up over my heel snug. Working on the second foot now. The first one is ohhhh so comfortable. Feel like I’m barefoot on a cloud!! Thank you.
@@aussiegrace so glad you like the first one! Shoes are tougher to make than sweaters to get them to fit right! Thank you for persevering. I always feel like I’m walking around in house shoes in them. Now the other tricky part- making the second one fit like the first.
@@cityfarmhousestudio haha yes, I’m trying to make sure to keep the same tension as the first one and i wrote down what extras I added so fingers crossed. I’m certainly not an experienced crocheter but I find it very relaxing.
@@cityfarmhousestudio I got them finished. Pretty happy with my result. I tend to crochet more on the tight side so next pair I am going to make sure to work looser. Tomorrow I’m going up to the supermarket to buy all the “flip flops” they have in my size! 🤣 I need a boot pattern now!
Thank you! love my knitting machines! But, beware, it is just like any craft - can become addicting and expensive! You also use up more yarn quicker than hand knitting or crocheting, but that may or not be a good thing ;)
@@Buildlifebeautiful Hi! My Dream of a Cardigan pattern is for LK150 and would be my most beginner friendly. It has where you hand transfer stitches to create ribbing, and then simple increases and decreases for minimal garment shaping. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zXLjYogA8cE.htmlsi=JgXm6zOBZiUaqYal
