Close-up of a new knitting machine spongebar showing intact, firm foam material that properly maintains needle positions during knitting

Check your Spongebar

If you haven't changed your sponge bar "in a while", it's probably time!
If your machine is mis-patterning or just "acting up" a flat spongebar could be the cause.

No matter how often your machine is used, the sponge deteriorates in time.

Check your spongebar!

sponge bar troubleshooting

Is your machine "acting up"?

When is the last time you changed your sponge bar?

Other than cleaning and oiling your machine, the one essential maintenance item is the spongebar. This bar maintains the needle positions as you knit.

No matter how much you use your machine, the sponge will deteriorate over time.

A flat spongebar will cause any number of problems and is the first step in troubleshooting knitting problems.

A flat spongebar can potentially damage needles and carriage. Do not attempt to even push the carriage back and forth with a flat spongebar.

A Silver Reed LK-150 has a sponge too.

(it doesn't look like the photos, but it can get flat as well and can cause problems)

How to change a spongebar

Brand-new "spongy" sponge bar

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