Archive of Thread: Hi, I'm Kara Back

Hi, I’m retired and have two machines, a 1980’s era standard gauge and an early 2000’s midgauge, both with ribbers.  I especially like to knit socks and usually use the Elizabeth Zimmer approach.  I knit a tube on the machine and add heel and toe by hand.  I often do ribbing on the machine.  Lately I’ve been doing some single bed socks or slippers on the midgauge with mock rubbing that I learned from Sue.  I started knitting a age 8 and machine knitting in 1990. For many years I belonged to a local machine knitters group, but it disbanded a couple years ago, so I’m glad to see this online group.