PLUS Size Knitting - Replay Live Archive
Because of the width of our needlebeds, we can only knit pieces that are limited in size. There are many tricks for working around our needlebed limitations.
We'll share tips, tricks and our newest pattern collection that will help you.
We'll share tips, tricks and our newest pattern collection that will help you.
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Links mentioned in the Meeting
How many needles tool: Knititnow.com/WIDEU-knitting
Classroom: Not Enough Needles
Stitch types and yarn usage
Show off seams
Patterns: www.knititnow.com/patterns
Taitexma
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Jumplinks in the video
00:01:54 - Consider your yarn00:02:45 - Gauge
00:05:53 - Stitch Pattern
00:13:17 - U-Knitting
00:23:24 - Knit it Now Plus Pattern Collection
00:24:48 - Sideways Knits
00:34:48 - Center front/back seam patterns
00:40:56 - Patterns with front/back panels
00:44:40 - Extended Bed Knitting Machines
Sue Jalowiec thanks everyone for joining us! See you next time! |
Lutgarde D thank you ! from Belgium |
Gabriele T Thanks Matthew too |
Maud B Thanks from Sweden |
Marie-Jo C Thank you Sue ! Another interesting meeting! |
Linda L Thanks,Linda from CO |
Jacqueline O Nice to see you ðº thanks Sue |
Matthew F have a great day everyone! |
Nancy M good sturdy machines are a must. bye all |
Gabriele T Thank you Sue, was so interesting today again! |
Maurie H Bye |
Linda H Thanks |
Hayley P Thanks from Engalnd |
Cherie S Sounds great! Thank you for today's information. So many ideas! |
Linda H Waiting for a mid gauge with patterning. |
Darlene S Thank you Sue, I am already looking forward to next month. |
Lindsey R Thanks, Sue - this was my first "live". So excited about getting back into MKing |
Silvia O Thank you Sue, itâs great to be a part of this MK community and so helpful! |
Marjorie M Do they have lace carrige or garter "turtle"? |
Patricia H Necklines would be great! |
Catherine G Really interesting talk Sue, thanks so much. I'll pursue my SK840 issue too! |
D M can brother accessories be used with these new machines? i |
Cherie S Do they use punchcards? |
Maurie H Thanks |
Marjorie M Do the Taitexmas "thiink" Brother, or Silver Reed or their own ? |
Jacquie F Thanks so much Sue and Matt! |
Maurie H Do they work the same as the Brother or the Silver Reed |
Lyn R Thanks for great info, as usual. |
Marjorie M In mm, what gauges are the Taitexma? |
Morag W Thank you great stuff |
Patricia H Thank you Sue! |
Jacqueline O Congrats Sue thus a lovely extension if your patterns and great presentation of how to use these patterns |
Matthew F its live! LOL |
Matthew F the interactive information is amazing on them also |
Nancy M is the back in intarsia? |
Patricia J S I split both front and back 3 ways. More seams, but, can be very decorative |
Catherine G ooh, that sounds interesting Cynthia! |
Cynthia D You can "marry" two LK-150. use DK yarn. Makes wide and better weight cardigans. |
Cherie S Using blocks of color will make the seams less noticable. |
Nancy M I've done worm trim over ugly seams. .tada ugly gone |
Gabriele T Really good idea Sue! |
Gabriele T Maybe with a sew-as-you-go seam when you knit the bottom part? |
Nancy M could a larger. tension in u knitting add that extra flutter |
Cherie S Would also be cute as a maternity top! |
Jacqueline O This is great. I love it. Thank you fir showing the options. |
Nancy M godets are a great pattern feature...contrast colors, a little bit of a texture pattern stitching. |
Morag W If you put in hand knitting in your search there are lots of tutorials |
Corrine Thank you Darlene , if you ever do any hand knitting tutorials please let me know. Many thanks . |
Dawn W Thanks Eleanor, that makes a lot of sense! |
Nancy M don't forget about the tension dial on the yarn antenna |
Eleanor L I always felt tension dial on ribber is 2 numbers less than main bed because usually in hand knitting we usually knit ribbeing 2 needles smaller than main knitting |
Catherine G The dial only has C for the ribber |
Joke L No I'm sorry, haven't tried that yet |
Catherine G Joke L: have you tried slipping on your SK840 with the ribber attached? |
Nancy M also play with having that end needle at the u on the ribber instead of the main bed |
Catherine G THANK YOU SUE!! |
Gabriele T Thank you Patricia, but it is so hard to see if the stiches are the same size. But there will be no way around it |
Marjorie M My manual on the SK280 for "U" knitting their way the ribber needs to be 2 numbers different that the Min Bed. |
Patricia H Gabriele T gauge both machines, you will have to adjust Tension and no you cannot do auto patterns but can hand manipulation |
Joke L I have the SK 840 |
Ritta K do you get "ladders" when you knit U. |
Catherine G Does anyone have an electronic Silver Reed machine? the SK840 has removed the side levers, so it's hard to do U knitting. I don't have this problem on my punchcard machine |
Corrine What I mean is you are talking about machine knitting will you be covering knitting by hand with two knitting needles |
Joke L I have tried this, but I found out that the swatch for both beds is different at the same number |
Marjorie M But with "U" knitting you can't pattern on both beds. Can you? |
Gabriele T With U-shape knitting I never get the same gauge in frontbed and backbed, any suggestions pleasi? |
Cherie S Are there any tips to help prevent blanket edges from rolling? I've blocked and I'm crocheting the edges. So far, I've found crocheting one round from the back side and then the second round from the right side is helping. Just wondering if there is something I can do while knitting to reduce the curl. |
Ruth S I might be "H" from Waterdown, ON |
Morag W Maybe Corrine means transfer HK to machine knitting |
Maryse D Hi everyone Maryse from Québec |
Jill M I might be 'E'. |
Joan W Matt - NZ is not Australia! |
Jill M Stick me in SW oregon just above the CA line lol |
Corrine Will you be including hand knitting also please |
Monica M Hello from New Windsor, NY |
Eleanor L Eleanor Lansing Michigan |
Matthew F map is live |
Ritta K Hello from Orlando FL |
Nancy M If you knit the piece, then drop stitches, you'll get even wider than stitches out of work |
Jacquie F Hi from Toronto |
Gabriele T Hello everybody from Austria, nice to meet you again! |
Sandra T Hello from Orlando fl |
Marie T Hi! Marie from Cherry Valley Illinois. |
Nancy M Nancy Mangeri in Kansas here! |
Silvia O Hello everybody from Israel |
Marie-Jo C Coucou, Maurie ! |
Patricia J S Hello from Patty in Tennessee!! |
Rita E Good evening from Norway |
Marjorie M Hi, from Ann Arbor. The Live Knit Clubs helped me a lot during Covid. How about Double Sided Knitting DBJ. |
Marie-Jo C So do I, Darlene !! |
Mary Ann B Hi from cloudy Minnesota! |
Jill M Hi Sue, Jill from Oregon here |
Cathy R Good morning from tacoma |
Maurie H Coucou Marie-Jo |
Marie-Jo C Hello, everybody, Marie-Jo from France here ! |
Joy G Hi Sue from North Norfolk in the UK ð |
Joan W Hi from New Zealand |
Catherine G Hi everyone, Cathy here from Bicester, UK |
Hayley P Hi Hayley from North Lincolnshire England |
D M Sue, do you still have the Knit alongs? |
Lindsey R New Orleans, LA - just purchased the Taitexma mid-gauge! Can't wait to get it! |
Dawn W Good afternoon from sunny SW Ohio! |
Darlene S really, I love this, and I wait all month for this. |
Linda C Hi Linda from Sheridan Wyoming |
Lyn R Hi Debbie and Matt |
D M Hi! Debbie from Washington DC |
Corrine B Hi Corrine from London |
Darlene S hiya there, Darlene from Collingwood, Ontario Canada |
Lutgarde D good evening from Gent Belgium |
Elspa M Hi from Aarhus, Denmark ð» |
Cherie S Hi from the Canadian westcoast |
Morag W Hi Sue I'm here in Dundee in Scotland. Be good to see you again. |
Patricia H Hi from Louisiana! |
Matthew F We have audio!!! |
Linda L I'm waiting from Pagosa Springs, CO |
Juavue H I here also from Naperville, IL. Always learn so much from you. |
Maurie H Me too |
Sue Jalowiec :-) |
Sue Jalowiec Hi Maurie! just getting myself together |
Maurie H I am here from Mississauga, waiting. |
Sue Jalowiec getting started in a few minutes |