| With all the sophisticated controls, a knitting | | | | garments, pull out alternating needles to the |
| machine may look intimidating to a novice user. | | | | outermost point. Do an e-wrap cast. Move the |
| Hand knitters who are trying out their knitting | | | | machine knitting carriage to your right and do 10 |
| machines for the first time can follow these tips | | | | rows. Move the carriage again to the right while |
| and tricks to help them ease into the fun world of | | | | working on the other alternating needles and do |
| machine knitting. | | | | 12 rows. Hang the hem on every needle. |
| Prevent your buttons from dropping from | | | | When measuring garment dimensions, you should |
| machine knitted garments by attaching them with | | | | not use a test swatch that you didn't make on |
| a dental floss and/or fishing line rather than | | | | your knitting machine. For every machine knitted |
| thread. You can hide the lines or floss by putting | | | | project you will make, you will need to knit a |
| yarn over them. Dental floss and fishing lines are | | | | separate test swatch. |
| also superb for creating ravel cords. | | | | Find out if a yarn is man-made or naturally made |
| When sewing in zippers, we usually use garment | | | | of animal or plant through a bleach test. If you |
| pins to hold them in place. But these pins are | | | | soak a piece of yarn in bleach, bubbles will form |
| inconvenient when you are moving a fabric | | | | around an animal-type yarn and it will disintegrate |
| through the knitting machine. One alternative is to | | | | in less than 60 minutes. If the yarn fades but |
| use fabric glue in place of pins. After the glue | | | | does not dissolve, it is created from plant fiber. |
| dries up entirely, start sewing the zip onto the | | | | Man-made yarns can withstand bleach. |
| fabric. Fabric might shrink when washed so treat | | | | While working with irregular patterns, wrong |
| it first before applying glue. | | | | estimates are a common error, leaving you with |
| Fairisle is a common stitch done on a knitting | | | | such a lot of spare yarn. Using the same stitch |
| machine. It is made up of two colors knitted on | | | | and yarn you'll be applying on your project, create |
| one row. Many knitting machines can handle single | | | | a trial piece of a hundred rows and a hundred |
| fairisle stitches rather easily, with advanced | | | | stitches (width) on your knitting machine. |
| options for 3 to 4 more colors. In contrast, | | | | Arrange your swatches according to needle size, |
| Intarsia is a stitch made up of unlimited colors | | | | pattern, yarn type, and washing instructions. Keep |
| knitted on one row. A special Intarsia carriage is | | | | them near your machine knitting work area as |
| usually used with knitting machines. | | | | they can be useful for future reference. |
| To make delicate picot edges on machine knitted | | | | |