Thankyou. I have been a hand knitter and crocher for 51 years. Just bought a machine for something new. But there was alot of difficulty getting used to it. All the videos are helping a great deal. 😊
Yay for You! I just purchased an Addi King and knew absolutely Nothing about using it. Thanks for all of your Addi videos. I am learning so much from them. You Are The Best!
I'm late to the party, but thank you so much! I picked up a budget knitting machine on a whim and had no idea what to do with it, so your ribbing tutorial increases the possibilities by a bunch.
it looks so easy when you do it :) this ribbing is what i need for my beanies. i was struggling to get some elasticity into the bottom of the beanie. it looks like the ribbing should work well.
I just want to say a huge thank you!!! I always wanted to do this and other instructions made it seem so daunting. Your video and way of explaining was so clear. I actually am doing it on a project now!! I’m really slowwww but getting a rhythm. Getting the loop off the needle is hard for some reason.
Thank you so much for sharing I just loved this method for ribbing I hope to work ribbing in my next project as soon as my Addie arrives to my door which might be in October so I’m excited to try your technique, your friend yarn crazy
Been watching all your videos with the Addi machines, did you come up with all these techniques yourself or did someone teach you ? either way Thanks for sharing your skills with us. your Amazing !
Thanks so much! Most of the techniques in my videos I either made up or altered from common hand-knitting techniques, as I had been hand-knitting before I got my machines. Thanks for watching!
Carmela Quici Jojo Juju is a great source for addi knitting patterns! I’m not sure if she has doll clothes though. (Also sorry for being two years late!)
You are welcome, Debbie! Working ribbing at the top of a tube is just like working it at the bottom. When your tube is long enough, just drop and rib every other stitch the same number of rows you ribbed at the bottom. At the same time, as you go around, pick up the stitches off of the machine onto a piece of waste yarn. You can then bind off with a crochet hook (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M-PY09vYdok.html) or use whatever bind off method you prefer. Hope this helps! Thanks!
Thank you for the great tutorial and great closeups to view what you were doing. VERY helpful. for a beginner, how much time would it take to do a ribbing as you showed? I want to make leggings.
You are welcome! The amount of time it would take would depend on how many rows you are ribbing and how many stitches you are ribbing, so I really couldn't give a time estimate. Ribbing does take a bit longer than regular knitting on the machine, but if you are only doing cuffs/edgings, it does not take a super long time. If you were to make a large project and rib the entire fabric, that might take awhile. :) Hope this helps! Thanks!
Hi Teresa! This is not hard to do once you get the hang of it. I always like to try new techniques with a bit of scrap yarn before I apply them to a project. Happy Knitting!
Hey im making a hat on the king addi and i did your long string cast one now im about to do the ribbing but i dont know what size crochet hook to use.....wating for ancer to finish my hat💖
Hi! If you are using the crochet hook to pick up the ribbing stitches, it is not critical which hook size you use. The size of the stitches is formed when they are first knit. So you just need one with a deep enough hook to catch the whole strand of yarn without splitting it. (If you pull too hard on the stitches as you pick them up, it can tighten the stitches on either side, but that can be fixed when the project is finished by tugging on the tight stitches to even them out.) I hope this helps!
Can you do this to every needle rather than alternating so it’s like a purled row or does it have to be next to a normal stitch? Like alternate 5 rows of regular stockinette then 5 rows of this on every needle and repeat until desired length? I want to make a baby cocoon to look like the very hungry caterpillar and want to differentiate between sections but almost every pattern I see for the Addi is either dealing with columns or flat panels.
Hi! Yes, you can turn every stitch into a purl stitch if you want. The purl stitches do not have to be next to a regular stitch. However, If you want to do a whole row of purl stitches, that will be a bit more time consuming than just doing regular ribbing. Hope this helps!
Hi! Is your working yarn still feeding from the yarn guide as you are ribbing the stitches? A stitch drops off of the needle when the needle is brought up enough for the stitch to slide down around the thick part of the needle, and then the needle is brought down without grabbing a new strand of the working yarn. So, for example, if you remove the working yarn from the yarn guide while you work the ribbing, and you are not knitting a new round as you work the ribbing, your stitches will drop. This is because, when the needles go back down without grabbing the working yarn, there is nothing to hold the loop from the previous round down and keep it from falling off. I hope this helps!
Hi Linda! Yes, you can knit the ribbing on hand needles and then put the live stitches on the machine. I wouldn't say it is easier or harder than making the ribbing on the machine (as long as your gauge matches), but it just depends on your personal preference. I hope this helps!
Yay For Yarn, yes your right, some folks can’t knit any more because of arthritis. I still can! But I keep dropping stitches the addi way. I may Knit two tubes do the cuff and then the toe and then afterthought heel is what I’m gonna try
Hi there, You did the ribbing at the begining of the project. Can you do the ribbing at the end of the project? I've been making slipper socks for the grandkids in an other state. My edges are very lose. When i try to tighten them up i lose the stretch in the fabric. Any ideas on how to keep the stretch? Thank you - keep up the great videos :)
Hello! Yes, you can work the ribbing at the end if you prefer. If tightening the cast on inhibits the stretch in the fabric, you may be tightening it too much. When you are tightening the cast-on edge, try inserting your hand in the sock cuff and opening your hand to stretch the cuff while tightening the cast on with the other hand. Or, you could insert a piece of sturdy cardboard in the sock cuff to hold it in a stretched position while you tighten the cast on. The cast on doesn't need to be tight, we just tighten it a little so the edge is neat, without any loose loops. Hope this helps! Thanks!
Hi. For the Addi knitting machines, it's best to use yarns in the #3 Light, #4 Medium, and #5 Bulky weight categories. Yarn thicker than #5 won't fit in the needles and will jam the machine. Yarns thinner than #3 will work, but will create a very loose, open fabric.
Yes, you can. If your ribbing is at the cast on edge, you'll need to knit it at a gauge similar to the machine and then manually place each stitch onto the needles of the machine. If your ribbing is at the end of the piece, you would pick up all the stitches off the machine and place them on your hand needles to knit the ribbing. I hope this helps!
Hi Lucy. For anything where you want a permanent edge on the work, you'll need to start with a permanent cast on rather than the method shown in the Addi instruction manual. (That technique creates only a temporary edge, which can be finished by cinching the end of your piece closed, or binding it off with a crochet hook afterward. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M-PY09vYdok.html You can use either the e-wrap cast on, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-if1ToE2eDOo.html or the long tail cast on ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Jbcsn9x0CJ8.html to begin a permanent edge. Both of these work great for ribbing. I hope this helps!
I just watched your glove video and I did not do a long-tail cast on to start. 😕 (Just wound in front and behind the needles alternating). Anyway I can finish the end now?
Hi! If you cast on as normal, you can finish that edge by binding off with a crochet hook: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M-PY09vYdok.html I hope this helps!
You are welcome! My Addi usually does just fine with #5 Bulky weight yarns. I wouldn't recommend anything thicker than that (like a #6 Super Bulky), because it won't fit into the hooks of the needles, the yarn can split, and the machine can get stuck with such a thick yarn. The #5 Bulky yarns do very nicely though, and make a lovely knitted fabric. Hope this helps! Thanks!
