Making A Hat in less than 30 minutes on the addi Express Knitting Machine 

What charity takes hats? This is something I could do for charity, tho I own a different knitting machine, the Innovations Knitting Machine.

Peggy Farrelĺieetu

Where can i buy one of these knitting machines in Ontario

@@susanvdo7009 You can also knit these hats by hand using the same technique with plain circular looms you can pick up at most craft stores like Michaels! Instead of a hand crank you use a tool to lift the loops off each of the pegs yourself, but it still only takes me about 2-3h to make a hat!

@@peggyfarrell6991 Maybe you could search for local shelters that give out clothing, or talk to hospitals if they take hats for newborns? My community makes up Christmas baskets for underprivileged families and they love to include hats in them for each of the children on the gift list.

Skylar McLain

Skylar McLain agree

In ireland, they had to specify "hand loomed" or "hand knit". there is a difference on high end products.

I agree. I would buy one of these for if I need to make a lot of make something good. But I cannot lie I love knitting myself

I'm getting these for my mom and grandma. They can no longer knit themselves and I want to do something fun!

Sims bruh you gotta understand. Making a pair of socks takes 10 hours knitting by hand. I timed myself doing it... Also why would you pay more for this than any old factory hat? If I sold my socks I'd have to sell them at about a hundred dollars per pair to make minimum wage. Calling this and hand knitting the same makes hand knitters have to cut their wages to get things sold.... It's sad!

Right! So much for calm hobby, might aswell just go fishing!

@@toomanychickens1771 It really is a calm hobby and most people I know who knit are chill, but it's kind of like art, where people feel they either shouldn't pay or that they deserve a lower price... dealing with that attitude makes people get pissed.

I wish for one for my birthday. I hand knit and crochet a lot, but not very fast. I thought it could be nice when my children loose/forget a hat at school that I could make one quick for the nest day. Also my kids grows very fast right now, (7 and 11 years old) so with my crafting speed the clothes I can make for them by hand would be to small at the time I finish it. So fingers crossed that my family gift me this nice knitting machine.

Funny you should say that with a name like SIMS..in the sims artist community people are totally immature over a piece of cheese they created for the original Sims game back in 2001 .Mod the Sims ganging up on The Sims Resource ..The Sims Resource ganging up on the Pirates etc..then you have the copyright freaks who think every new pattern or new creation has already been created and hence owned by someone somewhere never mind how much creativity is stiffled..and dont you dare share this or that without permission credit bla bla bla lots of trouble ..i understand people bickering about politics or philosophy but i dont get why there is so much of it in our creative hobby world..everyones opinion is apparently the all to end all ..hobbies are for relaxing and communing with those of similar artistic leanings imo

eglezmark hmmmmm

Regular crotcheting is frustrating for me cause I always get them too tight and get frustrated so this would be good for me

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+Emma Hassler ABSOLUTELY. :)

It is handmade, but not handknit :)

It's still hand made you did not but what you made from a store

Janet Baldwin awe that's awesome!

Janet Baldwin That's really sweet.❤❤❤

Janet Baldwin Awww thats nice ima make hats for my friends and fam

It is wonderful to know there are people like you in the world☺

@@oliviahowell7576 No one deserves to be cold. Regardless of their decisions, everyone deserves to be warm.

Does this machine only make hats that’s the only thing I have seen done on them so far?

@@eleanorcrawford9978 it can make scarves and panels. Panels can be used to create many things including, courts, throw rugs, dolls clothes, jackets and whatever you can think of. They are cheap machines that are fun.

That is why I bought my machine. I broke my wrist a while back and have been using fiber arts as a form of rehab. I started with Kumihimo, then Inkle, Rigid Heddle, table loom. Then I noticed I had built up quite a bit of yarn from buying thread/yarn from auctions. I decided to buy one of these to help me use up the yarn. It is also an excellent rehab for my right arm!

If I had an etsy store, for sure I would use this to make generic hats and still take custom orders. :)

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Hi what else can u make on this please

This person single-handedly talked themselves into buying this product

Definitely. I volunteered to knit hats for community Christmas baskets, and the lady I was helping knits hats very similar to this (plain pattern, stockinette) and it takes her 8h to 9h a hat. I didn't use a winding loom like this, but still I was able to make a hat in about 2.5h on a regular circular loom and make a lot more hats in the same amount of time.

lennieblue or other issues that makes knitting hard.

This looks alot easier for people like me, who aren't coordinated.

That is wonderful for the charity portion and I agree with you about arthritis, Any old dolls that can't knit anymore but once upon a time was a hobbie of theirs, this would make a great gift.

lennieblue See, I’d love to knit, I try, but I can only go in a straight line, and for some reason, probably post-chemo neuropathy, I can’t handle the needles-it’s ridiculous, sometimes they sail across the room! My family and cats find it kind of funny, but it’s really frustrating to me...

If you want a quick hat for the grand kids that offers no skill or talent, go to Walmart. You can buy a LOT of hats there for $220.00. (That's the cost of this machine on Amazon.) Also, making a hat by crocheting or knitting it only takes about 3-4 hours. So, you're not really saving that much time.

Can I get hats made from hand dyed yarn from walmart? Can I get hats made from handspun fiber blends from walmart? Can I get hats that fit the exact color pattern of a handwoven scarf? There are plenty of reasons for someone to want be able to to costom knit things without actually enjoing the process of handknitting.

hey good thinking! theyre both great skills/tools to have.

@@marigeobrien Walmart made in China junk. Part of our problem in this country where we prefer cheap to keeping jobs in our country.

@@marigeobrien I have always wanted to learn how to knit but my disability (I have Cerebral palsy) prevents me from using knitting needles, but I can use a crank. My mom was a knitter/Crocheter and I would love to do the same and a machine like this would make it possible for me to make things for friends, family and maybe as a business. So because I can't knit with my hands Ishould not want to make my own items, plus the shit at walmart is exactly that , shit and probably made in sweat shops in Veitnam by child labour, I had a wooden one as a child as my mother wanted me to learn to knit but knew that my hand-eye coordination prevented it so I had a wooden loom and made scarves and loved spending time with her as she knit in the evening making blankets or hats, It is a great memory for me now that she is gone.

This is old-school 3d printing.

Stephen b There are a lot of guys that are learning how to crochet and knit. There’s a great video of a guy that knits wherever he goes and sells the hats, scarfs ets. He’s really good. He knits while on the subway. It’s defiantly NOT just for women. I’ve watched videos of men teaching how to sew.

Or,,,, why tf KNOT

Kate Kong it's about 1:30 for me right now in the same situation. Glad I'm not alone.

LOL its almost 3 am and im watching this now too

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Kate Kong same

+Alisa Hoffman Now I can make them under 30 minutes. Yayyy

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Me to lol

I want my time back. Bbn it at least I've had a lesson on a knitting machine.

Same here brother! :)

This was in my recommended after the sock lady

yea!!!!

Oh my god, you're right!

Especially if she chained a couple up in the basement and forced them to make hats all day!

Slick Rick okay that's just creepy and I don't think Hermione wants creatures to do that.

The house elve's master has to give them an article of clothing, so Hermione could not have saved them unless she could trick the masters into giving them something.

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lol that made me laugh so much but it is a good idea

Believe it or not their is a vid online somewhere of someone doing just that !! LOL I have done that before now when I've made my own piping cord to go round cushions.twist it and then work out 1/2 way point,keep the tension and take the 2 ends together to create the barley sugar twist .It looked a damn site better than doing the method mum taught me 40 yrs ago of tying it on the doorknob LOL..Being creative is great isn't it ,I have always wanted to knit but have really painful hands ,still want one of these cool machines:) xSophie

Cooking With Cows I have a yarn ball winder an I've been thinking of doing the same thing with it!

LMFAO I was thinking the same thing haha! I did that with my wheat grass juicer.

I do, this is knitting, I crochet .

Interesting!

Thank you Emily Williams

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With this you just turn and knit away!

Greg Hunt There was a big football player in the 1960's 1970's named Rosie Greir who did needle point and even wrote his own books about it. I believe he even became a minister later as well. ☺

Greg Hunt Stephen b There are a lot of guys that are learning how to crochet and knit. There’s a great video of a guy that knits wherever he goes and sells the hats, scarfs ets. He’s really good. He knits while on the subway. It’s defiantly NOT just for women. I’ve watched videos of men teaching how to sew. Too many stereotypes in this world!

I like crocheting much better than knitting but I'd buy a hat or socks before I'd make them. Modern machines use a less bulky yarn/thread so it doesn't feel bulky when wearing the item, socks especially. Plus, I watched a sock knitting machine and I did't see her add any elastic/spandex product into the sock so I can bet they fall down in a short time which would drive me nuts.

When I was knitting for my 1st born one of my uncles was very pleased and said he knew how to knit. He said he learned from school. I was surprised and also wished they did the same here in the US.

Yep, i'm a guy and crochet too. It's calming. Peace!

Who Dunnit I appreciate your opinion. I have found the same in that the #1 factor for most people is price. I have over 100 intricate, heavy, hand crocheted scarves made from premium yarns, which I cannot sell because I cannot compete with the $5 machine knitted scarves at Wal-Mart. I often get “WOW! Those are really pretty.” Then, we get to the “how much” ($50-$75) discussion and people immediately wince and walk on. As long as we are all used to paying for dirt cheap items made overseas, it’s going to be almost impossible to sell premium, hand-made items.

Yeah this is a funny debate. On one hand, we want cheap stuff because some people cannot afford the more expensive ones; But on the other hand, by saturating the market with cheap stuff (fully mass produced and cheap materials), we will be dealing with the market not producing high quality products anymore. This what happened to most durable brands. Like Doc Martens used to make shoes that lasts almost a life time, but now their shoes are worned out after 2-3 years of use.

I understand your point but that way of thinking is not a fair one. Many things were made from cheap labor and it should be taken into consideration when buying. You don’t want to buy from a company that doesn’t pay their worker fair wage

@Trisha Marie -- what about not having electricity? This is great exercise as well! Have a great 2017 to all.

unfortunately the warranty is void if you do this...

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Mother Father : Yeah, you'll end up with your right arm looking like a hippopotamus and your left arm looking like a spring onion.

why not take off one beater of a handmixer and modify the other and use that to turn the crank?

robowen11 might as well pull home improvement

I have one and have thought about it many times

yup, just attach a simple efficient motor to the handle and voila!

yah because only the blokes are creative... lol

Libby Rees how much is it price please

totaly!!

+Sue H - I dont have any animals being a city girl so not lucky like you! Spinning your own yarn... wow! :)

Some “machine knits” are as creative as hand knits. Look for a book called “Creative Machine Knitting” by Linda Mendelssohn. Do some research into fiber artists from the 1970s and 1980s. They produced incredible designs on their knitting machines. I knit lace shawls and sweaters on my knitting machine which turn out far better than anything I could have hand knit. Fairisle sweaters are also better. Finally, many designs in stockinette stitch in a hand knitting pattern books were knit on knitting machines. The designer knits a swatch to get the hand knitting gauge. Think about it. Designers get paid for the end product, not the process it takes to produce the design,

Pretty cool that you spin your own yarn... Maybe you could do a Video about it (from animal to finished product), would be pretty interesting :D

Your eyes are turning green...I feel the same way, but no use getting all bitter about it. Get a small loan and get one for yourself; then you'll be able to make them faster too! By the way, if you purchase one, save the receipt anf write it off as a business expense on your taxes ;)

Cathryn I completely agree. This is not knitting. This is mass production. Where is the joy in this?

Hi, You - and the responders - are "KNIT PICKING".. With all due respect - I just want to explain ... But this is economy 101 - basics that most people on the planet do not understand! This is exactly what Henry Ford did for the car industry - automation with BETTER products as a result! And the CONSUMERS/BUYERS are NOT INTERESTED in how much time you spent on the product - they want to get THE BEST for LEAST! Unless your HANDMADE product is EXTREMELY UNIQUE - not available off a loom - then you have no chance competing! Sorry, but these are the COLD FACTS! Any product is judged by the consumer for it UTILITY not how much work was put into it! EXAMPLE == Let's say two people are making pies - they both mix the dry ingredients with water, make the crust and filling and bake it for 45 minutes. Each spends the same time and labor! But only ONE of them succeeds in selling their product! WHY? Because the other person was making MUD PIES! They have no USE or value in comparison the first one! And even if the mud-pies LOOK very good, and the REAL PIES are REAL LOUSY, the REAL ONES will sell better! They have better UTILITY per dollar spent! Basically, what you are asking for, is MINIMUM WAGE per hour of work, and not for the UTILITY of your PRODUCT! And that is why SOCIALISM never works!

Al Catraz With all due respect, automation and mass production does not necessarily equal better products. Better is defined by people's motivation to buy. People that request my hand knitted goods, do so because I am able to make unique items of high quality, not just because they are looking to stick any old thing on their head.

CraftyGirl I am glad I have the full use of my hands and enjoy the challenge of lace patterns, but many of the ladies in our knitting group are content to knit stockinette for hours and hours. Some have arthritis in their hands so they cannot manipulate the needles to do difficult stitches and intarsia, for instance. Bless them! They enjoy it and the people they knit for are thankful.

+Jo-anne Whyman There are many options online! www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=addi%20express%20king%20knitting%20machine

Jo-anne Whyman

also do you sell these machines

dechovky

Kathy Christopher They sell knitting needles. This is a set of knitting needles, although in a slightly different form.

No one is perfect!

I'd like to know this too!

It all depends on the thickness of the yarn. The thicker the yarn, the larger the hat. You cannot however, increase or decrease the amount of needles used when working in the round. Only when knitting panels.

You can buy it in different sizes.

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Kathy Christopher, You have a child as your picture on here, so are you a child or an adult, if your a child, just tell your parents next Christmas, or birthday, then you can make lots of stuff and sell it. If your an adult well just save your money and get one so you can make a pile of stuff to sell and get another model.

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+Julieta Ward Hello! It used (2) 50g balls. One for the inside and one for the outside. Thanks!

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That rattling would make me end up throwing it out the window.

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+OryonStar1 There are many options online! www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=addi%20express%20king%20knitting%20machine

Thank you. I found many options. Can't wait to get started.

SkacelKnitting

I don't know if you found out where to buy yet Amazon has it

I used to think beach vendors in Mexico would get minimal reward for their hard work. Now I'm starting to re-think that they probably make more money than me... hmmm

handmade is very rewarding and mindful for people can not do in all

Lelamb you sent this before

Profit