[Jacob-list] Wool idea..

[Linda]

I love machine knitting!   There is a good book called "The Prolific Knitting Machine" that deals with knitting fabric and then making it into hats, sweaters, capes, etc, with no shaping on the machine.   For a hat, you make a rectangle on the machine, full it, sew the side seam into a tube, sew the top closed, and then shape the top by diagonal stitching. It's easier to do than to explain.  In an old Spin-Off, there's a great article by Connie Delaney (I think I have the name right.  She's the woman that does the SpinCraft patterns) in an issue with a machine knitting theme.  Connie knits yards of fabric, felts it, and makes all sorts of things - stuffed toys, vests - anything that you would use felt for.

What machine do you have?

Linda
 
www.patchworkfibers.com
Registered Jacob Sheep, Angora Rabbits, Handspun Yarn



> Just wanted to share my newest idea with my wool/fibers.  Last year

> my husband bought me a knitting machine.... (He thought that since

> I did not know how to knit, I would like to do it on a machine).

> So this winter I have ventured into the world of very simple

> knitting.  I can now knit a big square on my machine.  So the next

> question was now what do I do with it.  When I wash it, it actually

> felted up pretty nicely and then I tried cutting it into pieces to

> see how that went.  Now I have squares and pieces.  So I started

> looking for antique furniture, chairs and footstools to recover

> with my wool.  It actually looks pretty good. Especially if you

> find simple pieces such as dinning room chairs with just the seat

> pads. Karen Sigler Benjamin Farms,  Utah

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