I have never done knitting was scared it's too complicated, then thought I'd buy a knitting machine and I was at 50% to buy. After watching your video I am happy to tell you you gave me the remaining 50% and encouraged me and I just palced my order for the same machine, Thank you so much and will start with your learning videos as they are very clear instructions and simple not complicated. Thank you
Guess what? Kris is going to produce Needle Beetles for the Brother 350! More about this later. If you're subscribed and have clicked the notification bell, you'll know when I get the video done featuring this new product!
❤ Thank you so much for the demonstrations and information. I received the zippy 90 knitting machine. I’m learning how to use it. I caught on very quickly. My next mission is to learn how to do color work(intarsia)……
Interesting, looks to be identical to the Silver Reed LW-1 weaving attachment, made for the LK-150 back in the day. If this is just a remake, I’d be very interested if Kris could remake the FC-6 Fairisle carriage for the LK-150, which was available in the days of yore too.
Send Kris an email. Her website is kriskrafter.com, and there's contact information. I know she studies various items we can't get anymore and makes an assessment as to whether they would be practical to manufacture. Her stuff is made in America. She actually uses two different companies to make the garter bars because she wanted a very good polish on them. Mine never nicks me!
This video has been so helpful! Thank you so so much. I've been hand knitting since I was a kid but wanted to get into machine knitting to preserve my joints
I just started looking into how to get back into machine knitting (took some classes years ago in college) and wow im so glad I stumbled across this video! This is great! 🙌🏽🤓😀
Hang with me and with my knitting friends by joining the Facebook group, Knitting with Diana Sullivan. Help & inspiration over there! And do look for a local dealer or knitting club.
Thanks for showing us how it works. I would like ot have seen what the knit side looks like. Also wondering why the pattern is showing on the backside or garter stitch side . Doesn't it show on the stockinette side?
Hola! Me gustaría saber como se llama ese aparato para alinear las agujas. Tengo LK 150 Y no sé aún cuántas cosas hay para ayudar a tejer con esta tejedora. Gracias. Me encantan tus vídeos aunque no hablo inglés. Me fijo en las manos. Un saludo desde España. GRACIAS.
@@dianaknits I'm wondering whether it's possible to have the twill "weave" yarns carry across the knit side of the fabric rather than the purl side (even if it's not with this weaving device). I'm enjoying your video style, not too fast and with lots of explanations
I am planning another virtual seminar later this year - early November. I can only do a few, since I try to come up with lots of new, good projects and demos.
I thought the LK-150 was the only machine that you could still find brand new. I hope they haven't ceased production! How I wish we had a time machine that could take us back to the '80s and '90s when machine knitting was more popular and the machine variety was more widespread, although most were too expensive for me to have ever afforded. Those were the days!
I think there are still some models out of China (Artisan, Creative). I am lucky enough to have an assortment of Brothers and others and I intend to keep everything running beautifully. At least the ones I have are extremely well-built.
Silver Reed are still producing new metal bed machines too. The SK280 standard gauge punchcard model, the SK840 electronic. Both use the SRP60N ribber. Also the SK155 chunky/bulky machine.
A good place to start is to join oe of the big machine knitting Facebook groups and then ask about machine knitters, MK dealers, clubs, and lesson where you live.
Please tell me where do I buy this machine in uk? Also this weave carriage and intarsia one also, this looks awesome!! Years ago I owned a knitting machine and would love to get back into it. Your amazing!!!
I am sure you can purchase an LK150 in the UK, but I don't know the dealers. Check Facebook - there are lots of MK groups and someone will send you to a place. Perhaps someone here can answer your questions.
Thank you Ms Diana for putting out so many videos to help all of us that are new to machine knitting. I have a question for you I don't know if you get to read all your comments or not I started machine knitting on the ultimate sweater machine and I wound up my game so I went online and I purchased a used juki knitting machine with a brother Riber bed. I know how to use the river bed but I have no idea how to use the juki knitting machine because it's not an English and I can't find any videos on how to get started with this machine can you help me??
First of all, the Juki may not work with the Brother ribber. Probably won't. Anyway, Juki machines are not so different from Brother machines in that you can work it out by fiddling with the push buttons to see which ones are slip, which are tuck, etc. There were several Juki models, and I've only owned one, so I can't give detailed instructions. However, you can find some Juki knitting manuals in English here machineknittingetc.com/other-km/juki.html
Hi Diana, once again a very good video instruction but I just needed to know whether or not you actually ironed/pressed these samples you have done as I noticed how lovely the edges are staying back and not rolling, thanks in advance & keep up the wonderful work you are doing, regards Edwina :)
Woven fabric is much, much flatter than plain stockinette knitting. However, it's not totally flat and any bits that don't have weaving on them roll as usual.
Hi Diana, please could you tell me where you got the patterns for the Weave-R. I have both of these gadgets and would love some patterns that I could use with them. Thank you. Betty
Yes! If you do scarves, one option is to leave tails of the weaving yarn for fringe. For babies, be sure none of the loops are too big - babies can catch fingers and toes in holes and strings.
Hello I find that the woven yarn slackens when you unhook the knitting while it is tight while it is on the machine. How do you do ? If two different threads are used, the tension must be increased or decreased each time. Thank you for your advice. Regards
Sometimes I run into this problem, too. How much this slackening happens depends on the yarn for the knitting and the yarn for the weaving. Some weaving yarn is springier and behaves better. Sometimes the knitting yarn is too thin or too tight and draws up too much, leaving the weaving yarn slack. You can add a little tension by how you hold the weaving yarn. Play with the tension dial and your yarns and I think you can get a good result. I never can know how the yarns will behave until I actually swatch.
I have a question that hopefully someone can answer, how does this Weave-R compared to the intarsia carriage. I was going to buy one for my LK 150, that is intarsia carriage, does this do something similar or do I need both?
This one doe athe weaving shown in the video. The intarsia carriage does something entirely different - it lets you put blocks or shapes of color across the knitting/ The colors are regular stockinette stitches. One the front, you can create a picture.
Hi, Jane, I put a big file of 8-stitch patterns in the Files of my Facebook Group, "Knitting with Diana Sullivan." It's free, and you can join. Very nice community of knitters there, too.
Knitting machines like yarn with a little stretch, but yes, you certainly can use cotton on the LK-150. It'll need to be the right thickness and smoothness.
Hi! I'm loving your vids, they provide a huge orientation for me to get used to the machine. I was wondering if wether it's possible or not to create a sort of fair isle but with weaving? As in selecting some needles in one row and change the needles in the next one.. Do you think it would work?
No, I haven't heard of that one. Would love to see a picture. Please keep in mind that knitting machines have been around a long time, and some are wonderful and some you should not buy. I have seen plenty of inoperable, very old machines that could not be put into working order. If you are a novice, you should only buy a knitting machine if you can see it knitting. Bring along an experienced MKer, if you can.
@@EsteeDarla If it's your first machine, definitely get some help from an experienced machine knitter. In fact, if you can find a knitting club near you, you can probably find a used imachine in very good working order. Most of us trade up and sell the older ones. But don't waste your money on a machine that you can't watch knit or that only knits with difficulty. I received a machine from a lady once who never wanted to see it again, she was very smart and a wonderful hand knitter but totally frustrated. All it needed was a minor repair. As it was it wouldn't possibly knit, and she couldn't know what was wrong.
@@dianaknits yes this what I was wondering cause I was afraid to spend crazy money on something and then can't understand it. I appreciate your help. I'm trying to make little dolls for my grandkids and learn to advance from there
I like it but the screw on the bottom is scratching the heck out of my machine, to the point of removing protective plastic. We're trying to file the screw down.
It is much easier to learn on a machine with bigger needles. If nothing else, get some strong drugstore reading glasses and work with that magnification.
The knit side has very little pattern. it just has tiny bits of yarn showing between the knit stitches. All the design interest is on the purl side, which is the public side of this technique. In fact, the knit side is so boring that I have never heard of anyone using it for the outside of the item.
I have a fine guage busch machine from the 1950s it was a lot fo headache to set up clean and get used to. And its not popular so hard to find advice. And its .3.5 guage. Doesnt like normal yarn has to be baby weight or fingering or below. So hard to find yarn. Ive found a 150 for 100 and a astasia carriage for 80 from the same person ..just have to get there to collect it as she wont post it.
I think too many beginning knitters make the mistake of buying the Bond machine because it's so cheap, and that's why they lose interest in machine knitting. I almost did. It's NOT a good machine for a beginner.
The Bond used to run much better. If you compare an old, old one to the new ones, you'll find rough edges, less accessories, quite a few issues with the new one. I've been told that it helps to use an emery board on every rough edge and lube well. However, why on earth would a beginner know to do that? And new Bonds are jammy, and after about three jams I'm wanting to throw something.
Is it true that the LK-150 is out of production? Could a dealer comment on this, please?
Hi Diana, I just checked the manufacturers website and they are still making/selling them. Haven't heard anything otherwise.
@@ikraftr GOOD NEWS!
Check out Angelika's Yarn Store in NW Missouri. Got one at a decent price and she shipped quickly. It was hard finding her website though.
Very much in production and available in the UK ....
@@holmes2403 Good. I bought a second new one not too long ago in the US.
I have never done knitting was scared it's too complicated, then thought I'd buy a knitting machine and I was at 50% to buy. After watching your video I am happy to tell you you gave me the remaining 50% and encouraged me and I just palced my order for the same machine, Thank you so much and will start with your learning videos as they are very clear instructions and simple not complicated. Thank you
Maybe KrisKrafter will adapt these tools for the Bond USM ??????? PLEASE!
You go Diana! I like how you love your toys. Me too. Thank you for your valuable teaching.
Guess what? Kris is going to produce Needle Beetles for the Brother 350! More about this later. If you're subscribed and have clicked the notification bell, you'll know when I get the video done featuring this new product!
Thank you ! So much creativity and practical info. The gadgets are great, but what you do with them is the best!
Love the video, thank you for sharing!
This is great. Thank you for demonstrating these cool tools.
❤ Thank you so much for the demonstrations and information. I received the zippy 90 knitting machine. I’m learning how to use it. I caught on very quickly. My next mission is to learn how to do color work(intarsia)……
Interesting, looks to be identical to the Silver Reed LW-1 weaving attachment, made for the LK-150 back in the day.
If this is just a remake, I’d be very interested if Kris could remake the FC-6 Fairisle carriage for the LK-150, which was available in the days of yore too.
Send Kris an email. Her website is kriskrafter.com, and there's contact information. I know she studies various items we can't get anymore and makes an assessment as to whether they would be practical to manufacture. Her stuff is made in America. She actually uses two different companies to make the garter bars because she wanted a very good polish on them. Mine never nicks me!
This video has been so helpful! Thank you so so much. I've been hand knitting since I was a kid but wanted to get into machine knitting to preserve my joints
Welcome to the community! I started as a hand-knitter, too, but went to machine knitting because I wanted to knit more items in less time!
Thank you so much, I’ve got my Weaver now, will try all these designs
Hello. Please🙏 Where did you buy Weaver?😊
I just started looking into how to get back into machine knitting (took some classes years ago in college) and wow im so glad I stumbled across this video! This is great! 🙌🏽🤓😀
Hang with me and with my knitting friends by joining the Facebook group, Knitting with Diana Sullivan. Help & inspiration over there! And do look for a local dealer or knitting club.
Thanks for showing us how it works. I would like ot have seen what the knit side looks like. Also wondering why the pattern is showing on the backside or garter stitch side . Doesn't it show on the stockinette side?
with weaving, almost nothing shows on the knit side.
Good 👍 please make more videos .
It would be helpful if you could show how to thread the yarn into the tension arm.
Hola! Me gustaría saber como se llama ese aparato para alinear las agujas. Tengo LK 150 Y no sé aún cuántas cosas hay para ayudar a tejer con esta tejedora. Gracias. Me encantan tus vídeos aunque no hablo inglés. Me fijo en las manos. Un saludo desde España. GRACIAS.
What a great way to use up leftover yarn!
Terrific video. I’m going to get one of these.
Thanks so much!
What does the knit side look like?
It looks like slightly spread-out knit stitch with just a little weaving yarn peeking in between the Vs of the knit stitches. Not interesting at all.
@@dianaknits I'm wondering whether it's possible to have the twill "weave" yarns carry across the knit side of the fabric rather than the purl side (even if it's not with this weaving device). I'm enjoying your video style, not too fast and with lots of explanations
@@helenevallee6ix Wouldn't that be nice? I haven't heard of anyone figuring out how to do that, though.
@@dianaknits ah, the intriguing mind-bending puzzle we call "machine" knitting. Thanks for responding!
Wow…great presentation. Can we come to your house to play? 😉
Me too! I’ll pack my machines up! Wouldn’t she be wonderful for a class or retreat!?!
Count me in. Wow a knitting retreat with Diana Sullivan, what a concept ❤️
@@Jenger69 : Diana does classes, however, with the pandemic it would be interesting
to discover when she will be scheduled for another class session.
I am planning another virtual seminar later this year - early November. I can only do a few, since I try to come up with lots of new, good projects and demos.
@@dianaknits Hi Diana I'm Elida Blough from College Station now. are still having the Seminar in November?
I thought the LK-150 was the only machine that you could still find brand new. I hope they haven't ceased production! How I wish we had a time machine that could take us back to the '80s and '90s when machine knitting was more popular and the machine variety was more widespread, although most were too expensive for me to have ever afforded. Those were the days!
I think there are still some models out of China (Artisan, Creative). I am lucky enough to have an assortment of Brothers and others and I intend to keep everything running beautifully. At least the ones I have are extremely well-built.
Silver Reed are still producing new metal bed machines too. The SK280 standard gauge punchcard model, the SK840 electronic. Both use the SRP60N ribber. Also the SK155 chunky/bulky machine.
Thank you Diana
Thanks for sharing!!! How would I find classes close to where I live? Thanks
A good place to start is to join oe of the big machine knitting Facebook groups and then ask about machine knitters, MK dealers, clubs, and lesson where you live.
Please tell me where do I buy this machine in uk? Also this weave carriage and intarsia one also, this looks awesome!!
Years ago I owned a knitting machine and would love to get back into it. Your amazing!!!
I am sure you can purchase an LK150 in the UK, but I don't know the dealers. Check Facebook - there are lots of MK groups and someone will send you to a place. Perhaps someone here can answer your questions.
Thank you Ms Diana for putting out so many videos to help all of us that are new to machine knitting. I have a question for you I don't know if you get to read all your comments or not I started machine knitting on the ultimate sweater machine and I wound up my game so I went online and I purchased a used juki knitting machine with a brother Riber bed. I know how to use the river bed but I have no idea how to use the juki knitting machine because it's not an English and I can't find any videos on how to get started with this machine can you help me??
First of all, the Juki may not work with the Brother ribber. Probably won't. Anyway, Juki machines are not so different from Brother machines in that you can work it out by fiddling with the push buttons to see which ones are slip, which are tuck, etc. There were several Juki models, and I've only owned one, so I can't give detailed instructions. However, you can find some Juki knitting manuals in English here machineknittingetc.com/other-km/juki.html
@@dianaknits thank you so much for this Diana I super appreciate it
Could you please tell me where to get that weaver attachment? I am new to machine knitting. TYSM
Yes, here www.kriskrafter.com/knitting-machine-accessories I am not affiliated with her - I reviewed the product.
Hi Diana, once again a very good video instruction but I just needed to know whether or not you actually ironed/pressed these samples you have done as I noticed how lovely the edges are staying back and not rolling, thanks in advance & keep up the wonderful work you are doing, regards Edwina :)
Great question, I too would like to know if the woven fabric lays flat 👍
Woven fabric is much, much flatter than plain stockinette knitting. However, it's not totally flat and any bits that don't have weaving on them roll as usual.
Hi Diana, please could you tell me where you got the patterns for the Weave-R. I have both of these gadgets and would love some patterns that I could use with them. Thank you. Betty
I created some patterns myself and posted them here: diananatters.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-video-how-to-use-weave-r-on-your.html
Could you make scarfs or baby blankets like this ?
Yes! If you do scarves, one option is to leave tails of the weaving yarn for fringe. For babies, be sure none of the loops are too big - babies can catch fingers and toes in holes and strings.
Where can buy this weaving-R ?
www.kriskrafter.com
this is so cool thank you for sharing :')
Great ideas, super Master, teacher 2021 years.
Hello
I find that the woven yarn slackens when you unhook the knitting while it is tight while it is on the machine. How do you do ? If two different threads are used, the tension must be increased or decreased each time. Thank you for your advice. Regards
Sometimes I run into this problem, too. How much this slackening happens depends on the yarn for the knitting and the yarn for the weaving. Some weaving yarn is springier and behaves better. Sometimes the knitting yarn is too thin or too tight and draws up too much, leaving the weaving yarn slack. You can add a little tension by how you hold the weaving yarn. Play with the tension dial and your yarns and I think you can get a good result. I never can know how the yarns will behave until I actually swatch.
Love it! Where can I buy that accessories to move the needles to position C?
The Needle Beetle is available from Kris Basta at www.kriskrafter.com.
I have a question that hopefully someone can answer, how does this Weave-R compared to the intarsia carriage. I was going to buy one for my LK 150, that is intarsia carriage, does this do something similar or do I need both?
This one doe athe weaving shown in the video. The intarsia carriage does something entirely different - it lets you put blocks or shapes of color across the knitting/ The colors are regular stockinette stitches. One the front, you can create a picture.
Do you think I could make this work on a Bond machine?
I don't think so. It fits only a few machines.
does weaving change the gauge of the knitting?
Yes, usually by quite a bit.
Really enjoyed this video. Where can I find the patterns you used? Thanks!
Hi, Jane, I put a big file of 8-stitch patterns in the Files of my Facebook Group, "Knitting with Diana Sullivan." It's free, and you can join. Very nice community of knitters there, too.
Thank you! I really don’t do Facebook, but I’ll make an exception.
I TOTALLY understand. I have moderators on there and we try to keep that Facebook group knitting only.
Can you cotton on the lk150 like you do when weaving on a loom 8/4 cotton
Knitting machines like yarn with a little stretch, but yes, you certainly can use cotton on the LK-150. It'll need to be the right thickness and smoothness.
Mi piace l'idea,per favore dove posso acquistare il carello per punto tessuto?
Non so dove puoi acquistarlo in Italia. Qualcuno potrebbe gentilmente rispondere in un commento?
Hi! I'm loving your vids, they provide a huge orientation for me to get used to the machine. I was wondering if wether it's possible or not to create a sort of fair isle but with weaving? As in selecting some needles in one row and change the needles in the next one.. Do you think it would work?
Yes. There are many variations on weaving.
have you heard of the White Tiger Knitting Machine? If so have you used it ?
No, I haven't heard of that one. Would love to see a picture. Please keep in mind that knitting machines have been around a long time, and some are wonderful and some you should not buy. I have seen plenty of inoperable, very old machines that could not be put into working order. If you are a novice, you should only buy a knitting machine if you can see it knitting. Bring along an experienced MKer, if you can.
@@dianaknits Yeah cause being I havent seen anything about this one I wasn't sure Id rather buy something that are one people know of
@@EsteeDarla If it's your first machine, definitely get some help from an experienced machine knitter. In fact, if you can find a knitting club near you, you can probably find a used imachine in very good working order. Most of us trade up and sell the older ones. But don't waste your money on a machine that you can't watch knit or that only knits with difficulty. I received a machine from a lady once who never wanted to see it again, she was very smart and a wonderful hand knitter but totally frustrated. All it needed was a minor repair. As it was it wouldn't possibly knit, and she couldn't know what was wrong.
@@dianaknits yes this what I was wondering cause I was afraid to spend crazy money on something and then can't understand it. I appreciate your help. I'm trying to make little dolls for my grandkids and learn to advance from there
مااسم الماكينه وسعرها؟ وكيفية شراؤها
Muchas gracias por su aporte
Where is the link to buy the WEAV R. PLEASE
kriskrafter.com
I like it but the screw on the bottom is scratching the heck out of my machine, to the point of removing protective plastic. We're trying to file the screw down.
need a new sponge bar for my LK150 DO YOU HAVE THEM?
I have purchased them on eBay at Leanneco. Hers are good. They're a strip, no bar for the LK150.
Where do you buy all your toys
The Weave-R is available from kriskrafter.com. The LK150 is available from many knitting machine dealers and Lion Brand yarn.
Hello!Is it possible to buy such a selector with delivery to Russia?Maybe there is some way.I really need him.
I do not know if she will deliver to Russia. You need to contact Kris Basta at www.kriskrafter.com.
Привет. Вам удалось заказать эти каретки в Россию?
Just got my weav-r. It did not come with the paper patterns..where did you get yours??
I drew the patterns. If you email me, I could send you a .pdf.
@@dianaknits oh wow! Thank you...im at clong-01@hotmail.com
C est quoi comme appareil ?
So, is it weaving or knitting? Idk why I am confused.
Some people call it knit weaving. The machine is knitting WHILE it is putting the separate weaving yarn in and out through the fabric.
Диана спасибо большое за информацию, которую вы даёте 🤗Это как я поняла вивинг
Подскажите, пожалуйста, как эти две дополнительные каретки называются?
I got a knitting machine with very little Needles , and there hard to see.
It is much easier to learn on a machine with bigger needles. If nothing else, get some strong drugstore reading glasses and work with that magnification.
3:40 I never knew what that was for!
Why do you never show the knit side?
The knit side has very little pattern. it just has tiny bits of yarn showing between the knit stitches. All the design interest is on the purl side, which is the public side of this technique. In fact, the knit side is so boring that I have never heard of anyone using it for the outside of the item.
Thanks 😀
I have a fine guage busch machine from the 1950s it was a lot fo headache to set up clean and get used to. And its not popular so hard to find advice. And its .3.5 guage. Doesnt like normal yarn has to be baby weight or fingering or below. So hard to find yarn. Ive found a 150 for 100 and a astasia carriage for 80 from the same person ..just have to get there to collect it as she wont post it.
Thanks i buying now !!!!!!!
Muito lindo ❤️🤗🤗👏👏
My mom is Dian Sullivan
Français .
👍🌹
I think too many beginning knitters make the mistake of buying the Bond machine because it's so cheap, and that's why they lose interest in machine knitting. I almost did. It's NOT a good machine for a beginner.
The Bond used to run much better. If you compare an old, old one to the new ones, you'll find rough edges, less accessories, quite a few issues with the new one. I've been told that it helps to use an emery board on every rough edge and lube well. However, why on earth would a beginner know to do that? And new Bonds are jammy, and after about three jams I'm wanting to throw something.