March 2014

March 10^th 2014

The Single Bed Colour Changer

This meeting was focused on how to set up the colour changer, and was demonstrated on Brother and Knitmaster machines.

We showed how to do this, then members all had a go at doing it themselves, with many resolving to go and dust off their colour changers and knit some stripes.

The Owl pattern was shown again, with its slip stitch patter suited to colour changing, as well as a revised version of the Asymmetrical Scarf, re-badged as a Sock Wool Scarf, with a fringe knitted on the knitting machine, and an option to make it longer [it will still take less than 100gm].

Useful links:

Stripe generator: this allows you to see how stripes will look in different colours

Colour changer: link to Susan Guigliumi’s sheet on colour changing [YC6 for Knitmaster, but still useful for all colour changing]