I'm someone that lives off the grid as much as I can, and this is so perfect. I want to one day have my closet full of clothes I've made myself! I also wish to make a lot of things for charity
After watching this video I began making Harry Styles knitted cardigans. I made & sold 17 of them in 2 months. Made 53 beanies & sold them all for Christmas gifts. Love my Sentro.
Wow!! Can I ask what size cardi you made & roughly how long it took you? I'm hoping to make cardi's eventually when my sentry comes & I practice simple things 1st.
Thank you for pointing out how important it is that the yarn be under the nook/hook at the beginning and end of each edge. That’s what was messing me up. I also found that pulling a bit on the yarn when you reverse the direction helps keep the ends neat by removing excess yarn that forms those ugly open loops along the edge that can then loosen those stitches and increase the problem of them lifting off and unraveling later.
@@Katieree I think this person has said it all but lemme just quickly go over my experience. My one bedroom is currently filled with yarn. I got this for $8 as a gift from the thrift store and obviously cus it’s a thrift store yarn was extremely cheap so i got a bunch. I did the first round and it worked but all of a sudden it stopped🤡🎈! I wondered why until I watched where you said to make sure it is knotted in the beginning. I haven’t even gone far and i can tell you it’s looking good!!! Definitely why it keeps dropping stitches imo. Jeez I almost cried cus as you can tell it was a good deal and this was my first time. Getting it right on the first try just made me sad when I couldn’t get it again but I kept putting it on the white one like one video suggested 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Honestly this video made me realize those ugly giant loops were because of tension and not dropped stitches! This is also the first time I realized why people use waste yarn.
Thank you so much for such a clear instruction and demonstration. I tied so many times with flat panels, but only succeeded after watching/knitting along with your explanation. Well done and thanks a million
Oh my god thank you so much! I just got a Sentro for Christmas and am so excited to make stuff, but panels scare me. This cleared it all completely up and I can even say Im confident to give this a go. You're a gift to creators!
Yes it does!! I've been googling all over trying to figure this thing out. I have the 40 and I almost took it apart thinking something was jamming it. I've had mine for a month and I have been scared of it since. The tucking and what I thought was jammed. Tinks Boo!!!
Too bad that the manufacturer can’t hop on the band wagon and make these instructions available with the machine. I cannot say enough about how disappointing that is but you got this! Thanks for sharing these instructions to all of us who bought the machines without instruction. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank goodness for utube. Otherwise many companies would e bankrupt😏
Thank you for this , my mom has some arthritis and she likes to knit blankets and animals , I'm buying her this machine to hopefully relieve that pain in the hands , and make quiet work of of her projects !!!
I've been knitting hats and scarves on one of these sentro machines since Xmas 2022 for the Ukrainian refugees. It's a fantastic piece of equipment and I'll definitely start knitting panels after watching this.
Finally the first person to go slow and explain step by step 😭cause I was dropping stitches on the first one I just did. Can you show how to fix it when it does drop?
Thank you SO MUCH. I was getting beyond frustrated trying to understand where I was going wrong. I still have no idea where I was going wrong, but your video helped me figure out how to go right! I appreciate your help sooooo much. Panels on the knitting machine was about to drive me crazy
With this machine I can make hats for chemo patients at the local hospital infusion center in memory of my Mom. This machine is such a godsend & timesaver. You're a great instructor Katie.
Thank you that made a lot of sense. I thought my machine was broken. Great job. Now show me how to make stuff other than hats and scarfs using this machine.
It’s worth it!! I crochet too I don’t even knit and I bought one of these. You can add onto them by crocheting things onto them and use the panel function to make shirts by crocheting onto them!! Amazing contraption
Thank you for this Tutorial.... followed you instructions and finally got to make a scarf without a single stitch dropping work beautifully thank you again.
The nook! The mystery nook! My machine and me have fallen out a lot of times over flat panels that looked like I'd put them through a cheese grater at the ends. I've got a prym but hoping the nooks are still there 😂 thanks for the explanations there are some really good tips on perfecting technique here 😊
This totally helped me get the panel knitting correct! I wasnt able to understand Sentros own videos for casting on and knitting intructions because they are crap, so this video was perfect! Thanks!!
Love your videos on the sentro, after getting one the other day. Beanies I have no problems with but cant get my head around the panels. Lose stitches all the time. I will perservere. Thank you for all you post.
Hi Kate, Wow! I didn't realize you can make any size hat or tube using the panel setting!! Thank you for pointing that out! You're brilliant!!! I just love your videos and your accent. Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
Amazon had this for half price in the warehouse. It was a good buy for me in case I did not like this. Mine is in good condition and I can't wait to knit my first hat.
What a great video I just acquired a Sentro a few days ago. I have to say, your explanation of the panel process was the best I've seen. Thank you! Your sweater video was also great... I started a sweater the same day I watched your video.
I want to try joining panels by matress stitch and maybe be able to make a drop shoulder sweater. The limit of [maximum number of needles minus 4 needles for turning] is quite a small amount when one thinks of making an adult sized garment. When I take off the panel from the machine, it has width x, which is determined by the distance between the needles. When I then pull it lengthwise and get the optics of regular knitting, it 'shrinks' enormously [unless I use a chunky or aran weight, which I don't want to]. I will experiment some more, also with continuing handknitting from the cast-off stitches - some ribbing maybe? 🤔
I use the sentro because I have carpal and I tried to lean knitting with needles and my hands hurt. Your videos have been the best for me to learn the machine. thank you!!
Thanks for the info. I'm retired and looking for things to occupy my time. I just bought one of these machines which will arrive in the mail on Saturday.
Ooh my days I just loved you for saving me from returning my knitting machine it was second time I brought thinking machine is crapped but now you have answered all My question and saved me from returning thank you thank you so so much ❤❤❤❤ I really wish I know where you lived I would make you scaref ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve watched so many other videos on how to do panel knitting with the knitting loom and one side always ends up so loose. I honestly thought my machine was broken and then I’ve watched your videos and realised it was obviously the tension Thank you so much it’s been a great help x
I definitely can see either a doll or a child's sleeve being created as a panel on this machine I have now purchased both the 48 peg and 40 peg machine and I also am getting the one that has 20 pegs all Sentro. Just all by experimentation to see how far I can go with this machine the panel Stitch is definitely interesting 🙌🎉🎉. I wanted to invest in the Addi machine but none were available here in USA 🇺🇲🏡 thank you for making the video.
omg ty so much! The instructions aren't clear and incomplete with this machine. I was ready to throw my machine out. The first few rows weren't holding up and I'd constantly have dropped stitches. But now I'll be able to actually make some small things.
Thank you very much for your top notch tutorial, the close-ups are so helpful. ❤ I was wondering if either you or someone else reading this could kindly help me, please: When I'm knitting a panel, I tend to lose the first and last stitch, especially after changing from waste yarn to project yarn. I have tried everything I could find online about casting on properly, adjusting the tension, how to change colours etc. What tends to happen is that the first/last stitch gets stuck on top of the needle, so I can only crank on if I move the yarn on that needle manually and I'm never sure whether to pull it over the needle (which often leads to a knotted bulk of stitches after a few rows) or whether to pull it back to the front to form a loop around the needle (which often leads to losing that stitch). I hope this makes sense, it's driving me nuts and I'm so proud I haven't thrown a temper tantrum yet. 😂 Thanks in advance to anyone who has a moment to reply. ❤
with her tipps and tricks I have tried making a panel again, but I seem to run into similar issues like you. She mentions one will lose the first 2 stitches, so if you want a panel of 20 sts, you will need to cast on to needles 1 through 22. maybe make a mark with a sharpie on the 'nook' left of your last needle, so you'll know what spot to look out for for the turn that will give you a clean edge. I myself will try to make a panel without the panel setting, so I have full flexibility and security when to make the turn without running the risk of breaking the machine
@@amberschiwi Thank you for taking the time to reply and for sharing. I will keep that in mind. I also realised that it happens less frequently when I start threading from the third or even fourth or fifth needle so the first stitches don't start rising again once I come back the end of the row. Just takes a bit more focus to stop in time. I still lose / "knot up" stitches at the beginning and the end when the loop gets stuck on top of the raised needle and I don't know whether whether pull it back over the needle or to push it to the front but it's better now. I finished a very amateur-looking shawl and I haven't thrown anything against the wall! 😄♥️
Best video for panel knitting hands down. I tried 6 times today. Will try again soon. Couldn’t get the ends right. They would all bunch up instead of dropping off like they were supposed to.
Thank you for sharing your tutorials. Hopefully you will continue making videos because it was very easy to follow and learn with your clear instructions.
Wow great video thank you. I'm waiting on my machine to be delivered. I thought it would be great for charity knits and some presents. It would be lovely to make a stripped blanket out of it.
Well, well, well... THIS wasn't included in the instructions I got on my machine... Thanks for sharing this with us, I was nutty with the panel thing as well.
Hi Katieree i just want to thank you for your very helpful and informative video's on how to use the sentro knitting machine. yes im a bloke and yes im taking up knitting lol. it was seeming like a very daunting task to begin, but your casting on video and this one have been ever so helpful for me as i struggled to learn through reading the instructions. im more of a visual learner. once again thank you very much.
I never understood from watching other tutorials why they were cracking clockwise and anti-clockwise...now thanks to your very well explained tutorials, I now know!! you are very precise and very easy to understand..Thanks!!😊 I have not bought my machine yet, But planning on it...now I will also be watching a lot of your videos and learn more, especially about what is waste yarn, and it's purpose..lol sorry I am a newbie from Canada..lol Thank you!
hi Canada and others in this comment. I answered to another user's question - so here it is: waste yarn is some leftover - or just a cheaper - yarn in the same thickness as your 'real' yarn. The first few and last few rounds tend to be a bit more loose than the central portion [once it's off the machine and straighteted out/ steam blocked]. To make sure you are catching all the needles you want and have a good idea on the edge manipulation, you don't want to waste precious yarn [think cashmere headband or beanie...], therefore you cast on with a cheaper yarn with hood twist; once you are well established in cranking, stopping, checking the nook, having a good tension, *then* you change to your 'good' yarn. Once you have reached the amount of rows required, you change back to the waste yarn, work a few more rows and cast off. You can then slip the last row of your good yarn stitches onto a knitting needle [pick up the right leg of each stitch, coming in from the right] then rip out the waste yarn and either work a nice bind-off, work some ribbing or speciat stitches above the machine-knit part and _then_ bind off. Same but different for the bottom waste yarn: pick up the sts of the first row if 'good yarn', carefully cut one stitch of waste yarn in the row below. You can now undo this row and thereby separate the waste yarn section from the good yarn section. Again, your options are then to knit on and then bind off, or bind off directly
This video is really really helpful, very well explained for a beginner like me. I request you to demonstrate us how to make knitted pants of different sizes using a knitting machine. Please please please come up with a video. Looking forward to learn more from you.
Thank you right now I'm looking at videos I just received the machine and I had ordered a 48 needle hoping that later I would but the smaller ones but with this video I can save money I don't have and make smaller items you are good.
Thanks so much for doing this! I got my machine yesterday, but the counter doesn't work and my panel setting doesn't all around like yours when I do the casting. Do I need to adjust something? xxx
The panel setting isn’t meant to go all the way around. Once it stops you need to crank back the other way. If you want it to go all the way around you need to change it to the tube setting. Also, your row counter won’t work on the panel setting 👎🏼 if you’re still having issues after this you should contact the seller and ask for a replacement. All the best! 💕
Thank you so much for this clear video on how to panel using this machine. I swear I couldn't do it . But this was so easy to understand I just followed along and I had a panel! Thanks a bunch :D
@@1jojangles Listen... I had to restart like 10 + times to get it. I'd start the video, do a few lines fudge up ,unpick the rows and restart the video. So if this big idiot can do it so can you. I know you can!
yes, it quite needs some getting used to. Figuring out what yarn thickness and yarn 'slickness' works best, how much tension is necessary for the cast-on and later for feeding yarn in... The best advice I can give at the moment is - make sure the yarn can unwind from its ball freely. As a handknitter I tend to use the centre of a yarn ball, but one works very slowly compared to the machine, so the take up is much higher. -> use the outside of the yarn ball, place the yarn ball in a bowl or little bucket and place it directly underneath the tensioning device (you can probably just place it between your feet).
Bună,❤iti multumesc ca mi ai fost de ajutor❤am luat și eu Sentro,si prin ajutorul tău❤ descopăr ce poți face,am încercat o groaza de video pentru începători,dar ești singura ❤care ai explicat de mai multe ori ❤pași care trebuie urmati❤iti multumesc pentru rabdare si iti multumesc ca mie personal mi ai fost de ajutor❤te voi urmări și cu alte sfaturi❤pentru ca tu mie personal îmi esti de mare ajutor❤felicitari pentru rabdare❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hiya, wow that was a very good, informative & easy for me to follow tutorial. Thank you so much for making this video, & for putting the " I can do this" attitude in me. I've ordered my 48 needle Sentro machine & so can't wait to make my blankets faster 🥰 & I'm not getting any younger so this will be a huge asset for me 😁 Thank you again & I hope my message finds you & your family well.
Hi Katie! Thank you for this video. Could you explain what we need to do to finish the panel from unravelling now if we aren't going to sew the bottoms together?
Thank you so much! I'm hoping my machine will be here next week, then the week after I should be getting the 22-tooth one (for socks, premmie hats, and "doubleknit" ear-warmers/headbands, small amigurumies).
Hello I want to start off by saying thank you and i love this video.. so much detail I love it and I could understand it without having to pause and rewind it like others lol .I am a newbie to this machine I just ordered mine from Amazon be here Thursdays yay me lol I have been loom knitting for only 2yrs but took last summer off to many crafts goin on and took over lol I have been an avid crocheter for 32yrs now and I love it..it's so calming for me I really get into it alot mainly in winter we'll thts when I notice I really pick it up and get all sorts done lol well my question for you was I haven't seen anywhere tht tells or I haven't seen or heard wht the size yarn the machine takes or is recommended I thought u did a video showing u were gonna try a 6 when I loom I was using alot of 5&6 size of yarn I went out to get some more stock and omg the yarn in tht size is unreal meaning hardly any all I seen was #4 uugh and I know when I loom I was told I had to. Double it and I hate doin tht but honestly thts really the only sizeni could find I did find a few in 5 & 6 not the colors I really wanted but I grabbed them..sorry for the long book of a post lol but can u or anyone tell me wht size of yarn should be used or is recommended to use in this Sentro looking machine plz and thank you in advance..again thank you for this video it was truly so helpful especially for a newbie to this machine thanks 😊
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I'm someone that lives off the grid as much as I can, and this is so perfect. I want to one day have my closet full of clothes I've made myself! I also wish to make a lot of things for charity
That’s so lovely ❤
So do I! I hope you succeed.
There is a drill adapter you can buy online to go really fast.
After watching this video I began making Harry Styles knitted cardigans. I made & sold 17 of them in 2 months. Made 53 beanies & sold them all for Christmas gifts. Love my Sentro.
Wow!! Can I ask what size cardi you made & roughly how long it took you? I'm hoping to make cardi's eventually when my sentry comes & I practice simple things 1st.
I'm going to be making beanies too for selling. How much do you sell yours for.
@@zoeemiko8149 OMG this is so encouraging... I got mine a few days ago. You just encouraged me! Thank you
Imagine how much time we can save with this machine! And it doesn’t even need electricity!
Can you please tell me it's price and how to use for sweater??
@@sonaliyadav201 I just bought one for $50
@@princessbabe1313 thank you for help
@@puppy172 sweater knitting by a machine looks so difficult hand made sweater take so much tym 😑😑😑sweater uffff
Yes! Such a good invention!
Thank you for pointing out how important it is that the yarn be under the nook/hook at the beginning and end of each edge. That’s what was messing me up. I also found that pulling a bit on the yarn when you reverse the direction helps keep the ends neat by removing excess yarn that forms those ugly open loops along the edge that can then loosen those stitches and increase the problem of them lifting off and unraveling later.
My pleasure Susan! Thanks so much for watching 🥰
Thank you Susan. I was literally in TEARS because I had tried everything to keep the ends neat
@@Katieree I think this person has said it all but lemme just quickly go over my experience. My one bedroom is currently filled with yarn. I got this for $8 as a gift from the thrift store and obviously cus it’s a thrift store yarn was extremely cheap so i got a bunch. I did the first round and it worked but all of a sudden it stopped🤡🎈! I wondered why until I watched where you said to make sure it is knotted in the beginning. I haven’t even gone far and i can tell you it’s looking good!!! Definitely why it keeps dropping stitches imo. Jeez I almost cried cus as you can tell it was a good deal and this was my first time. Getting it right on the first try just made me sad when I couldn’t get it again but I kept putting it on the white one like one video suggested 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
Honestly this video made me realize those ugly giant loops were because of tension and not dropped stitches! This is also the first time I realized why people use waste yarn.
I can't believe I learnt this under one day
Thank you so much for such a clear instruction and demonstration. I tied so many times with flat panels, but only succeeded after watching/knitting along with your explanation. Well done and thanks a million
Oh my god thank you so much! I just got a Sentro for Christmas and am so excited to make stuff, but panels scare me. This cleared it all completely up and I can even say Im confident to give this a go. You're a gift to creators!
Yes it does!! I've been googling all over trying to figure this thing out. I have the 40 and I almost took it apart thinking something was jamming it. I've had mine for a month and I have been scared of it since. The tucking and what I thought was jammed. Tinks Boo!!!
Too bad that the manufacturer can’t hop on the band wagon and make these instructions available with the machine. I cannot say enough about how disappointing that is but you got this! Thanks for sharing these instructions to all of us who bought the machines without instruction. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank goodness for utube. Otherwise many companies would e bankrupt😏
My pleasure!! 💖
Thank you for this , my mom has some arthritis and she likes to knit blankets and animals , I'm buying her this machine to hopefully relieve that pain in the hands , and make quiet work of of her projects !!!
I've been knitting hats and scarves on one of these sentro machines since Xmas 2022 for the Ukrainian refugees. It's a fantastic piece of equipment and I'll definitely start knitting panels after watching this.
Finally the first person to go slow and explain step by step 😭cause I was dropping stitches on the first one I just did. Can you show how to fix it when it does drop?
I loved how you explained things. I didn’t know these machines existed until now.
Thankyou!! Glad you enjoyed the video 🥰
Thank you SO MUCH. I was getting beyond frustrated trying to understand where I was going wrong. I still have no idea where I was going wrong, but your video helped me figure out how to go right! I appreciate your help sooooo much. Panels on the knitting machine was about to drive me crazy
You're very welcome! 🩷🩷
With this machine I can make hats for chemo patients at the local hospital infusion center in memory of my Mom. This machine is such a godsend & timesaver. You're a great instructor Katie.
Thank you that made a lot of sense. I thought my machine was broken. Great job. Now show me how to make stuff other than hats and scarfs using this machine.
Being able to flat knit makes this machine more interesting. I just start crochet but I may look into this.
It’s worth it!! I crochet too I don’t even knit and I bought one of these. You can add onto them by crocheting things onto them and use the panel function to make shirts by crocheting onto them!! Amazing contraption
Can you do a panel knitting video with waste yarn at the beginning and end
Been avoiding panel knitting, but I think I am ready to concur it, thanks 😊
this is the best tutorial i've found for panel knitting! thank you so much, this is extremely helpful ❤
Thank you for this Tutorial.... followed you instructions and finally got to make a scarf without a single stitch dropping work beautifully thank you again.
My pleasure Deborah! 😁
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Thank you for this flat panel tutorial. It is the clearest explanation I have seen and I will watch a few more times before trying it on my machine.
Thanks so much…Glad I could help! 🥰
The nook! The mystery nook! My machine and me have fallen out a lot of times over flat panels that looked like I'd put them through a cheese grater at the ends. I've got a prym but hoping the nooks are still there 😂 thanks for the explanations there are some really good tips on perfecting technique here 😊
My pleasure!! Glad I could help 🥰
This totally helped me get the panel knitting correct! I wasnt able to understand Sentros own videos for casting on and knitting intructions because they are crap, so this video was perfect! Thanks!!
This is awesome!! Now I understand it so much better. Now to practice it. Thank you so much for explaining how it works!❤
Love your videos on the sentro, after getting one the other day. Beanies I have no problems with but cant get my head around the panels. Lose stitches all the time. I will perservere. Thank you for all you post.
This is awesome!!! I’ve looked at a bunch of videos but this one has been the most helpful. Thank you!
My pleasure! 💕
Hi Kate, Wow! I didn't realize you can make any size hat or tube using the panel setting!! Thank you for pointing that out! You're brilliant!!! I just love your videos and your accent. Thanks so much for sharing. :-)
Thankyou so much Claudette! It’s my pleasure 🥰
Amazon had this for half price in the warehouse. It was a good buy for me in case I did not like this. Mine is in good condition and I can't wait to knit my first hat.
This is gonna be very helpful I’m getting one in less than four days
Thank you. I enjoy your videos. You are easy to understand and instruct without too much chatter. Much appreciated!
What a great video
I just acquired a Sentro a few days ago. I have to say, your explanation of the panel process was the best I've seen. Thank you!
Your sweater video was also great... I started a sweater the same day I watched your video.
Thank you for explaining 😃 after this I painted the pegs 1, 2 and 3 in red with permanent marker so I don't worry about missing this stiches
Great idea! My pleasure 😊
Yes, I did that too. Helps a lot!
That's such a good idea.. I'll do that too! Thank you!!
I got one of these for Christmas. I wanted it specifically for panels. Then I can join and decorate them with crochet.
I want to try joining panels by matress stitch and maybe be able to make a drop shoulder sweater. The limit of [maximum number of needles minus 4 needles for turning] is quite a small amount when one thinks of making an adult sized garment. When I take off the panel from the machine, it has width x, which is determined by the distance between the needles. When I then pull it lengthwise and get the optics of regular knitting, it 'shrinks' enormously [unless I use a chunky or aran weight, which I don't want to]. I will experiment some more, also with continuing handknitting from the cast-off stitches - some ribbing maybe? 🤔
I appreciate this tutorial so much. Recently got an Addi king and boy it’s been a struggle
I was finally able to finish a panel with your tutorial ...thanks so much ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
I use the sentro because I have carpal and I tried to lean knitting with needles and my hands hurt. Your videos have been the best for me to learn the machine. thank you!!
My pleasure Jessica!! 🥰
🌹💐🌺 Thank you for your thorough demonstration! And excellent & simple way of knitting smaller panels without a machine stopper!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 🥰
Thanks for the info. I'm retired and looking for things to occupy my time. I just bought one of these machines which will arrive in the mail on Saturday.
I have made dresses, pullies, hats, tops with the similar machine;)
Awesome!! 🙌🏼💕
Ooh my days I just loved you for saving me from returning my knitting machine it was second time I brought thinking machine is crapped but now you have answered all My question and saved me from returning thank you thank you so so much ❤❤❤❤ I really wish I know where you lived I would make you scaref ❤❤❤❤
You are so welcome! Glad I could help 🥰
Thank you so much! I just got my machine and I am looking so forward to making all kinds of treasures for my granddaughters 💕🌈🤗
My pleasure! Enjoy 😊
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve watched so many other videos on how to do panel knitting with the knitting loom and one side always ends up so loose. I honestly thought my machine was broken and then I’ve watched your videos and realised it was obviously the tension Thank you so much it’s been a great help x
You are so welcome!
I definitely can see either a doll or a child's sleeve being created as a panel on this machine I have now purchased both the 48 peg and 40 peg machine and I also am getting the one that has 20 pegs all Sentro. Just all by experimentation to see how far I can go with this machine the panel Stitch is definitely interesting 🙌🎉🎉. I wanted to invest in the Addi machine but none were available here in USA 🇺🇲🏡 thank you for making the video.
My pleasure!! Enjoy your machines 😍😍
Excellent demonstration, hopefully I will produce a scarf for my husband! Thks so much for your video❤🎉😂
Thank you ,so easy to follow.i was qbout to send my machine back. But now I know how to use it properly. Thank you
OH MAN so I got this knitting machine for my thinner yarn, and this video solved ALL my problems starting on it! Thanks so much!!
Glad I could help! 🫶🏼
omg ty so much! The instructions aren't clear and incomplete with this machine. I was ready to throw my machine out. The first few rows weren't holding up and I'd constantly have dropped stitches. But now I'll be able to actually make some small things.
Thank you very much for your top notch tutorial, the close-ups are so helpful. ❤ I was wondering if either you or someone else reading this could kindly help me, please: When I'm knitting a panel, I tend to lose the first and last stitch, especially after changing from waste yarn to project yarn. I have tried everything I could find online about casting on properly, adjusting the tension, how to change colours etc. What tends to happen is that the first/last stitch gets stuck on top of the needle, so I can only crank on if I move the yarn on that needle manually and I'm never sure whether to pull it over the needle (which often leads to a knotted bulk of stitches after a few rows) or whether to pull it back to the front to form a loop around the needle (which often leads to losing that stitch). I hope this makes sense, it's driving me nuts and I'm so proud I haven't thrown a temper tantrum yet. 😂 Thanks in advance to anyone who has a moment to reply. ❤
with her tipps and tricks I have tried making a panel again, but I seem to run into similar issues like you.
She mentions one will lose the first 2 stitches, so if you want a panel of 20 sts, you will need to cast on to needles 1 through 22. maybe make a mark with a sharpie on the 'nook' left of your last needle, so you'll know what spot to look out for for the turn that will give you a clean edge.
I myself will try to make a panel without the panel setting, so I have full flexibility and security when to make the turn without running the risk of breaking the machine
@@amberschiwi Thank you for taking the time to reply and for sharing. I will keep that in mind. I also realised that it happens less frequently when I start threading from the third or even fourth or fifth needle so the first stitches don't start rising again once I come back the end of the row. Just takes a bit more focus to stop in time. I still lose / "knot up" stitches at the beginning and the end when the loop gets stuck on top of the raised needle and I don't know whether whether pull it back over the needle or to push it to the front but it's better now. I finished a very amateur-looking shawl and I haven't thrown anything against the wall! 😄♥️
Thank you I was about to call it quits! I finally made a panel!
Thank you so much for explaining it so well. God bless you🙏
My machine should be delivered by next week, so I've been watching videos to become more familiar with the process. Your videos are great! Thanks.
Thanks so much Lisa! Enjoy your machine 😁💕
I just ordered one ☝️ I am so excited I can’t wait to get it
I just ordered one today and watching videos as well. How did you like yours?
Best video for panel knitting hands down. I tried 6 times today. Will try again soon. Couldn’t get the ends right. They would all bunch up instead of dropping off like they were supposed to.
Thank you for sharing your tutorials. Hopefully you will continue making videos because it was very easy to follow and learn with your clear instructions.
Thanks so much! 🥰
Thank you!!! ❤❤❤ You saved my future professionals live 😁😁😁
Wow great video thank you. I'm waiting on my machine to be delivered. I thought it would be great for charity knits and some presents.
It would be lovely to make a stripped blanket out of it.
Well, well, well... THIS wasn't included in the instructions I got on my machine... Thanks for sharing this with us, I was nutty with the panel thing as well.
My pleasure! Thanks so much for watching 🥰
Hi Katieree i just want to thank you for your very helpful and informative video's on how to use the sentro knitting machine. yes im a bloke and yes im taking up knitting lol. it was seeming like a very daunting task to begin, but your casting on video and this one have been ever so helpful for me as i struggled to learn through reading the instructions. im more of a visual learner. once again thank you very much.
I never understood from watching other tutorials why they were cracking clockwise and anti-clockwise...now thanks to your very well explained tutorials, I now know!! you are very precise and very easy to understand..Thanks!!😊 I have not bought my machine yet, But planning on it...now I will also be watching a lot of your videos and learn more, especially about what is waste yarn, and it's purpose..lol sorry I am a newbie from Canada..lol Thank you!
I was wondering what she meant by waste yarn also!
Actually, if you haven't seen it already, looks like she has a video on exactly this :D
hi Canada and others in this comment.
I answered to another user's question - so here it is:
waste yarn is some leftover - or just a cheaper - yarn in the same thickness as your 'real' yarn.
The first few and last few rounds tend to be a bit more loose than the central portion [once it's off the machine and straighteted out/ steam blocked].
To make sure you are catching all the needles you want and have a good idea on the edge manipulation, you don't want to waste precious yarn [think cashmere headband or beanie...], therefore you cast on with a cheaper yarn with hood twist; once you are well established in cranking, stopping, checking the nook, having a good tension, *then* you change to your 'good' yarn. Once you have reached the amount of rows required, you change back to the waste yarn, work a few more rows and cast off.
You can then slip the last row of your good yarn stitches onto a knitting needle [pick up the right leg of each stitch, coming in from the right] then rip out the waste yarn and either work a nice bind-off, work some ribbing or speciat stitches above the machine-knit part and _then_ bind off.
Same but different for the bottom waste yarn: pick up the sts of the first row if 'good yarn', carefully cut one stitch of waste yarn in the row below. You can now undo this row and thereby separate the waste yarn section from the good yarn section.
Again, your options are then to knit on and then bind off, or bind off directly
Kate thank you for tutorial, you explain it very well. I can’t wait to try it on my Sentro.
Thanks Helen! 🥰 Enjoy your machine!! 😁
This video is really really helpful, very well explained for a beginner like me.
I request you to demonstrate us how to make knitted pants of different sizes using a knitting machine. Please please please come up with a video. Looking forward to learn more from you.
Muchas gracias ☺️ por fin un vídeo que me explica cómo hacer paneles más pequeños. Desde Chile saludos🇨🇱
Thank you soooo much I’ll be binging the rest of your videos now 😂 your tutorials are great
Thanks so much Gabby! 🥰
That's the best tutorial l watched so far.
Thank you right now I'm looking at videos I just received the machine and I had ordered a 48 needle hoping that later I would but the smaller ones but with this video I can save money I don't have and make smaller items you are good.
Yesss! No need to buy a smaller machine! 🙌🏼
Thank you!! I had so much trouble understanding this! After a lot of pause and rewind, I got it!!
You're welcome! 😊
what worked well for me was that, as I was thinking of questions, you addressed them shortly after so thank you for a very informative video.👍👋
Glad it was helpful!
I got my machine today andade two of your two tone hats, they didn't turn out too bad!! 🥰👍and thank you for the waste yarn suggestion
Thankyou Melissa!! Enjoy! 😁
Thanks so much for doing this! I got my machine yesterday, but the counter doesn't work and my panel setting doesn't all around like yours when I do the casting. Do I need to adjust something? xxx
The panel setting isn’t meant to go all the way around. Once it stops you need to crank back the other way. If you want it to go all the way around you need to change it to the tube setting. Also, your row counter won’t work on the panel setting 👎🏼 if you’re still having issues after this you should contact the seller and ask for a replacement. All the best! 💕
Thank you so much for this clear video on how to panel using this machine. I swear I couldn't do it . But this was so easy to understand I just followed along and I had a panel! Thanks a bunch :D
My pleasure Chanelle! 💛
Check this knit video here: th-cam.com/video/36wWRUn6gDY/w-d-xo.html
Lol I still can't do it! Dropped rows and everything 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@1jojangles Listen... I had to restart like 10 + times to get it. I'd start the video, do a few lines fudge up ,unpick the rows and restart the video. So if this big idiot can do it so can you. I know you can!
I just got this as a gift and tryed to use it. I haven't got the hang of it at all, I kind of want to brake it. But will try again.
yes, it quite needs some getting used to. Figuring out what yarn thickness and yarn 'slickness' works best, how much tension is necessary for the cast-on and later for feeding yarn in... The best advice I can give at the moment is - make sure the yarn can unwind from its ball freely. As a handknitter I tend to use the centre of a yarn ball, but one works very slowly compared to the machine, so the take up is much higher. -> use the outside of the yarn ball, place the yarn ball in a bowl or little bucket and place it directly underneath the tensioning device (you can probably just place it between your feet).
@@amberschiwi I retruned it.
Thank you for this,the panel setting has been very frustrating..hope this helps..I'm done making just hats 😅
How wide is the panel when using all the pegs?
I'm finishing up my first sweater vest, in a week! a week!!! I don't think I'll ever touch knitting needles again. 😂😂😂😂
Haha that’s awesome!
Thank you so much!!! Its do hard to find a video for a small panel!
OMG I JUST GOT IT I DID A PANEL THANK YOU SO MUCH FR😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
Bună,❤iti multumesc ca mi ai fost de ajutor❤am luat și eu Sentro,si prin ajutorul tău❤ descopăr ce poți face,am încercat o groaza de video pentru începători,dar ești singura ❤care ai explicat de mai multe ori ❤pași care trebuie urmati❤iti multumesc pentru rabdare si iti multumesc ca mie personal mi ai fost de ajutor❤te voi urmări și cu alte sfaturi❤pentru ca tu mie personal îmi esti de mare ajutor❤felicitari pentru rabdare❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hiya, wow that was a very good, informative & easy for me to follow tutorial. Thank you so much for making this video, & for putting the " I can do this" attitude in me. I've ordered my 48 needle Sentro machine & so can't wait to make my blankets faster 🥰 & I'm not getting any younger so this will be a huge asset for me 😁 Thank you again & I hope my message finds you & your family well.
Hi Katie! Thank you for this video. Could you explain what we need to do to finish the panel from unravelling now if we aren't going to sew the bottoms together?
Thank you so mcuh for these sentro videos! I was so confused before I found your channel
Happy to help! 🥰
Thank you so much! I'm hoping my machine will be here next week, then the week after I should be getting the 22-tooth one (for socks, premmie hats, and "doubleknit" ear-warmers/headbands, small amigurumies).
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Спасибо большое за урок! С благодарностью из России ❤
Wonderful video! Sound was loud and clear and very good instructions! 👍
Thanks so much! Glad I could help 😊
thank you so much😊 was about to break it🥺
Thank you. I am thinking about purchasing a Circular Knitter, thank you.
You just opened up my knitting machine world so much!
Happy to help! 😁
Amazing tutorial, thank you so much ❤ I'm a look beginner and was having trouble with the panels, huge help thank you ❤❤
Thank a million for the tutorial! I was finally able to knit a panel after seeing your video. ❤❤❤
Would love to see a tublar blanket panels done .plze kate ..thanks for a great totoural
Hello I want to start off by saying thank you and i love this video.. so much detail I love it and I could understand it without having to pause and rewind it like others lol .I am a newbie to this machine I just ordered mine from Amazon be here Thursdays yay me lol I have been loom knitting for only 2yrs but took last summer off to many crafts goin on and took over lol I have been an avid crocheter for 32yrs now and I love it..it's so calming for me I really get into it alot mainly in winter we'll thts when I notice I really pick it up and get all sorts done lol well my question for you was I haven't seen anywhere tht tells or I haven't seen or heard wht the size yarn the machine takes or is recommended I thought u did a video showing u were gonna try a 6 when I loom I was using alot of 5&6 size of yarn I went out to get some more stock and omg the yarn in tht size is unreal meaning hardly any all I seen was #4 uugh and I know when I loom I was told I had to. Double it and I hate doin tht but honestly thts really the only sizeni could find I did find a few in 5 & 6 not the colors I really wanted but I grabbed them..sorry for the long book of a post lol but can u or anyone tell me wht size of yarn should be used or is recommended to use in this Sentro looking machine plz and thank you in advance..again thank you for this video it was truly so helpful especially for a newbie to this machine thanks 😊
Very helpful, thanks! Do you have (or can you do) a video where you use the waste yarn for the edges you talked about? I'm not getting how to do that.
Gday thanks so much lm buying my first machine and your videos are a god send thanks again
Спасибо за информацию! Очень познавательно. Успехов и благополучия! 💖🙏🕊🍀💫🧦🧣
Great show!! I am glad I found u
Thanks
Thanks so much 🥰
I just order one and cant wait. Thanks for video have. Nice. Day
Thanks Jodie! Enjoy your new machine 😁💕
Hi thanks so much this video just got it ather 1 year
Best video on panel knitting, thank you. ❤
Loved the video- Thank you so much for sharing 😊
I'm going to try and make a scalf- very excited- keep up the Brilliant work ❤
Great tutorial! You do a really great job explaining how to use the machine.
Very well explained! Thank You for that! Your a very good teacher!
You're very welcome!
Thank you for taking 10 mins to explain everything and repeating your self throughout the video
My pleasure!! Thanks so much for watching 🥰
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