Trying 100% Cotton In My Knitting Machine! 

I've had great success with 100% cotton on my addi 46. I love the effect that cotton gives. Just have patience and go slow. Even tension is required. Starting with waste yarn is a must, that will help with uniformity in the first few rows of the main body. Anyway, to each their own. :)

Thanks. Saved me from spending money on a knitting machine since I only knit with cotton.

I had no trouble at all with the Sentro machine and you could try weighting the first rows down with small weights or clothes pegs/pins

I made a hat on my Addi this weekend with cotton and it produces the same result you show. But, if you just a cute hat for Autumn or late Summer, it's great. It works great with 100% wool if you're not allergic.

I tried fine merino wool on my 48 knitting machine, and the result was similar to what you are showing. Then tried the same yarn doubled (feeding from 2 different balls of yarn) and the result was lovely :-). However, I am not sure if it's going to be the same with cotton.

I came across an Addi owner that actually had no problem knitting with cotton! m.youtube.com/@YayForYarn She used mercerized cotton crochet yarn (size3). This is a very thin yarn giving an airy end result that would be great for summer scarves. I’ve hand knitted a lot with unmercerized cotton (to make wash clothes) and felt how strongly it sticks to the needle. Maybe that’s why mercerized cotton goes well in the machine? I’m not good enough in English to explain my next point, but I believe that the lack of stretchiness in cotton, can be helped by the fact that you are using a much thinner yarn than you should. The thread have much more wiggle room on the plastic needles when it’s very thin, and I think that’s why it works. If only thin mercerized cotton goes with the machine, there are so much we can’t make. I wish the manufacturers could solve that problem!

Thank you for showing us what precisely happens when you use 100% cotton. Really good to know!

I tried 100% cotton on my Sentro a while ago. Disastrous result, definitely wouldn't try again. Thanks for the great informative video.

Can you test a luxe roving merino wool yarn?! For example malabrigo, ovciously a thinner weight but i use alot of yarn like that and am wondering if it would work! Thanks :)

Don’t use any tension on the cotton…using tension is causing your issue, also static electricity is a bit problem with these machines.

I just bought this machine thinking of using cotton but yeah it doesn't look good unless is a really thick cotton 😅 I'm loving to use the velvet yarns though

Bedankt om dit te delen, ik moet mijn machine nog ontvangen. Kom veel lezen hier. 👍👍👍👍

I actually tried this last night. It's bizarre how different it looks to me, doesn't look like it's the same machine making it lol 😂 definitely a no for me

I made a small hat with cotton but it was very stretched out and not re-shapable - had to push the stitches down on the red bumps to prevent the dropped stitches

Could you try 100% bamboo or bamboo mix? Also, what do u feel about cotton mix yarn?

Thanks for showing us this. JUst yesterday I asked about cotton yarn on a fb group some say you can and they make wash cloths and others say it doesn't. I didn't think i'd get a good result due to no stretch or bounce back.

I wonder if weights would help prevent dropped stitches?

I would love to see wool or mohair tested on this machine!

I use 100% cotton to make dish rags using my 22 Addi no problem.

Wondering if it might be helpful to rinse the cotton ball in fabric softener diluted with water and spun and dried

cotton is not stretchable, which is why it does not work on the machine, the yarn, for example acrylic yarn, is, which is why acrylic is excellent to use. with cotton yarn you can even break the machine. Fortunately, there is a lot of variety in yarn available other than cotton 😊 you can make masterpieces with the machine and the right yarn ❤

I'm allergic to acrylic, polyester, nylon, etc. I've been using cotton and wool on my machine and I use 4mm stranded cord.

I’ve tried in my sentro but it seemed a little spaced compared to acrylic wool. Plus too many dropped stitches. Bit of a nightmare

It would be ok for market produce bags.

Hobbi HObi is a DK size yarn...what if you use a Worsted Cotton? or a Worsted Cotton/poly yarn?

I tried using blanket yarn and my machine had a really hard time 😂😭😭 now I know what not to try on my machine.

I had the same problem with cotton yarn even using weights to hold it down. Not worth the aggravation..

How does it go with 100% wool?

Do thin yarn use in knitting machine 48

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I also tried cotton and failed miserably I prefer using only Canon simply soft and lion brand basic stitch.

I have no problem using 100% cotton.

How about a cotton blend?

What made you feel cotton yarn would not work in the Addi King?

Have you tried using a double strand?

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