Hello, knitters around the world! I hope you have been productive and are having fun knitting. In the last amirisu issue, I introduced circular and flat knitting machines.
This time I will show you how I use my circular knitting machine to make hand knitting easier and more enjoyable.
●Create I-Cord with Knit Mill
As the name suggests, this machine has a handle that looks like the one on a coffee mill. It has 4 needles, and creates a string that is as thick as a common I-Cord.
How can you use this cord?You can create a bracelet or a necklace… what everyone can usually think of.How can we use it for hand knitting?
By picking up stitches from this cord, I get results similar to the I-Cord Cast On.
This helps you to knit something like a baby bib in no time.
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●For Sock Knitters
One sunny morning, I did a little experiment.I dyed a sock yarn with Kool Aid.
First of all, I knit a tube using a toy knitting machine (the key is to knit with two strands).I washed it and then dyed it with food coloring at random,then wrapped it up and put it in a microwave.After that, I washed it again and let it dry.
When unraveled, I had two matching skeins for socks.
