An easy fix to this is to just roll your work up so that it is heavy and it creates tension. You won't have to push each stitch down with your finger. Roll the work up through the top into a donut and suspend it on its self. Don't let your work touch the table.
I've also seen where some people have lightly weighted the knitted part by attaching small binder clips, snack bag closers, anything that can be attached to the work in progress that weights it down a little. Great tips!
Thank you ADHD Aquatics for adding this tip, last night I tried pulling up the fabric in the center and placing a bowl in the center, that gave the perfect weight to keep the stitches sliding down the peg. And thanks to ArtyCraftyCA, I know what to watch for while I'm cranking. I was so frustrated with dropped stitches because I could not figure out why this was happening. Success at last!
Of the few videos on loom machine tutorials, especially with casting off, yours has been the most thorough and without verbal commentary. This was extremely helpful. Thank you for sharing.
I totally agree 100%. I have physically taken the central machine apart I did break three gears on, I ordered a new crank, before this 343 rows in that's when I noticed the drop stitches what a nightmarish experience it has been 😱🤯
I know I bought a knitting machine with the idea I could create a hat faster and then I'm sitting here like dang with all the dropped stitches I can crochet quicker than this
Thank you! I was ready to toss my machine off the tallest bridge I could find, now I know what the problem is. Such useful information, so grateful you shared this.
Thank you 🙏🏻 for showing this video. I have painful arthritis in my hands 🙌 and using a knitting 🧶 machine helps me a lot! It doesn’t matter how slow I have to go, as long as I can still knit!
@@shawnmatthew0621 items that have weight to them. Currently I cinch the tube with a hair clip and put weighted balls in the center. It's really as simple as it sounds.
Awesome video! Thank you so much for all the close-ups and slowing it down. I received my Sentro yesterday and had 50/50 success last night with 4 different yarns. I'm going to try the problem yarns again tonight while doing this method! Wish me luck!
Thank you so much for this video! This was actually really helpful for me. I just got my Sentro yesterday and I’ve been having such a hard time understanding how the needles work so that I can prevent my stitches from dropping. This video really helped me with that. I have also seen that adding some weight to the end of your work and going slow will help with dropped stitches. Thank you! 🫶🏽❤️
I had decided that intermediate tension (middle tension) is the best with 4 ply yarn. The speed should be moderate to fast. When I went slow my stitches were stuck. Also make sure there is no pulling in working yarn unravel a long string of yarn feeding into machine this way smooth stitches even tension. The tension has to be adjusted from beginning start with first tension hole. After ten toes or so move yarn to second tension hole and turn handle with steady speed. I am a beginner and I have done my project at least ten times now and finally I am almost finishing my hat. Whew!!! It's a lot of fun though.👍
Thank you for showing this because I was about to give up on this machine. It happens when I change yarn colors. I already have one on my circular needle so I can finish it. Now I have to get another one on a circular needle. Ugh!
Good tip thanks! I got a Loops and Threads Quick Knitting Machine to be able to make more than 1 hat in an evening for charity giving. I knit and crochet both but for donatable hats, scarves I thought this would be a great idea to try out.
I have this machine and I check the first two rows then carry on turning the handle very fast and I never have a dropped stitch. If I had to do what you have done all the time, check for stitches and push them down, I could hand knit a jumper faster. My machine never drops stitches.
I just move the yarn over to the left of the actual feeder. I also use a clip with a magnet on the tensioner to ensure the strand of yarn doesn't pop out. Never had any skips.
Good to know this is why I keep getting dropped stitches, sadly the thought of scanning each and every stitch for stuck yarn defeats the purpose of having a knitting machine for me.
The one thing that cured dropped stitches for me I'd not using Red Heart. That's the ONLY yarn that dropped stitches. All the other value yarns worked perfectly.
I haven't had my Sentro long ad I've only done about a dozen projects, but every one was Red Heart yarn and I've never had a dropped stitch. Maybe something will change, but I bought about 50 skeins of it this week for some Christmas projects and so far I love it.
Not all Red Heart yarns are created equal. The 100% Acrylic can be 'sticky' Softer yarns tend to work better. Less friction. Even your humidity can cause issues. More humidity = more sticking = more dropped stitches. Yarn weight is also a factor. DK seems to be the most reliable. Aran is about as heavy a yarn you should try to use with these machines.
Well this just solves all my sentro problems. I’m still going to invest in an Addi. Any advice on how to make a panel without dropping the first few stitches? My first stitches drop and my last get bunched up. Any help with that?
I have the Addi and don't have as many problems like this with it. But I do occasionally. Also, using weights or rolling it up in the middle helps a lot. I haven't done panels yet, but watched a bunch of videos and the best ones I've seen said to pull the yard taut at the ends.
could it be that you might need weights to pull on the "fabric" which in turn will tug on the yarn loops that you are pushing down on, so that they wouldn't get the "slack" that causes them to want to "drop" by popping up too far on each needle that you are physically pushing the string down on? i'm looking at this from a "cause and effect" perspective, and what you are doing by pushing down seems to be (seems) like a slack problem that maybe (maybe) weights would fix. like by clipping something heavy enough to tug just enough to keep the loops snug on the "teeth" below the needle or the "needle" itself...? just a question. if i'm wrong, i'm wrong. God bless you in Yeshua. amen.
I saw a video of an antique knitting machine and that's exactly what they did. Idk how I found the video but they made socks if that'll help ya find it.
I've tried this, but do you know if you're trying to do like a blanket having to do this as slow as you have to do it like you're gonna be there your entire life
Why do you have to fix the stitches so frequently? Are these machines worth the trouble? I don't use acrylic yarn, bad for the environment, so I use the natural yarns. how does the machine work with those? Thank you for this video
I just brought my Sentra and I can’t get pass the second row it doesn’t feed and it just drops stitches. I had returned one after the first day because it wouldn’t hold the yarn. Either I need to get an addi or continue to loom knit.
Thanks, someone will need this. I never have dropped stitches though. I just make sure and use the provided tension guide and tuck the yarn all the way in the Sentro. I see People drop stitches because they A) don’t use the guide and/or B) don’t feed it all the way in the slit.
Thanks for watching! And thanks for the tip! I always use the tension guide as well but for some reason, some types of yarn just keep getting stuck. Hopefully this video will help others who also experience such difficulties 😊
Wow - I rarely get dropped stitches. It would frustrate me to have to go so slow and push down on every stitch like that. I can only think there must be something not quite right either with thickness of yarn or tension going into the machine. I certainly dont have to go so slowly and push down stitches like that.
I haven’t tried it but I suppose if you use the tightest stitch, the end result would be a narrower tube, which essentially could be used as leg warmers
i’m currently using “craft smart” yarn and this is now my third try on this beanie bc it kept messing up!!! i only bought this yarn bc i loved the mixed color but omg this is so frustrating
i just tried again and it just wouldn’t work! it kept getting caught and i would push the yarn down, i think it might just be the type of yarn, but does anyone have any tips
Yes I agree - craftsmart yarn doesn’t work on this machine. In my experience, it works best with Bernat #4 or Caroncakes. Only use thin yarn #3 or #4, never bulky or chunky. hope that helps!
I can’t get my machine to feed. After I do the first row it doesn’t feed and then it just starts to drop stitches. I just returned one because it wouldn’t hold the yarn. So I guess I need to return this one to. I guess I have to buy the addi because Otherwise I have to loom stitch.
This is just a guide on what to do if and when your machine doesn’t take the yarn you’re using. I find that this machine only works well with Bernat or Caron and only #3 or #4. If I use another yarn, say Red Heart, I do tend to push down the yarn a lot - still faster than hand knitting, but so frustrating. I hope that helps!
The camera is not showing the inner sides on the needles where the wool is getting stuck! All we can see is a finger pushing something down that it not shown. It;s not that hard to show properly.
Is your point to push down the yarn on every other peg? 😮Then it’s quicker to hand knit and the point of a knitting mill is gone. Why can’t you like the rest of the users, put a weight on the ends of your work instead? You only need it until the weights almost touches the table. After that you fold your work up so it doesn’t slide on the table, creating other problems. This is why people can attach an electric drill to the machine and go super fast without any drop stich. 😂 the only thing you need is some few clips with some coins attached to them as weights. Good luck.
I can knit faster than pushing down the yarn everytime. And I use an electric screwdriver and attachment to finish a hat in about 20 minutes from start to finish. Sorry there has to be an eaisier way.
This kinda defeats the purpose of the machine. Some yarns are just terrible for this machine. I try to stick to the brand that never drops stitches and it works just fine
It does, tbh. I also agree that this machine only accepts certain yarns; however, i made this video hoping it would help some of our knitting friends who are working with stubborn yarn. 😉
@@ArtyCraftyCA this is a great tip, your method does prevent dropped stitches. I had a ombre yarn from Caron brand and had to pull the yarn from the bottom to prevent dropped stitches and or stuck stitches. And ill nevr buy that yarn again, it was a nightmare. The frustrating thing is that the same brand in a different color was super easy but I gave it many tries with more of the same yarn and it took me a good 1.5hr to knit a beanie🙄, so I prefer to stay away from that brand as a whole
@@gildafriedman2559 Ive had the best results with hobby lobby medium “ I love this yarn” and most medium weight yarn, Caron is about the worst yarn ive tried unless is the soft kind. This machines work better with smaller yarn.
