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Importance of swatching (tension square)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In knitting, it can be handy to know how many stitches and rows will cover a centimeter. Especially when knitting fitted garments this is crucial to make sure the garment will fit later. I have to admit, that I am often lazy and just follow the instructions of a pattern without checking if my…
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Building Block Blanket – July (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Yet another month is over, yet another set of five more squares for the blanket is done. The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will…
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Machine knitted socks – Socktober in July
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Currently, summer is definitely taking a break and it’s quite fresh, especially in the morning and evening hours. I suddenly felt very like I need homemade socks, quick. I therefore dared the experiment to knit my first socks with the knitting machine. I used the booklet “Singer Knitting Machines, Socks Book – Seamed and…
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Punch card letter E design
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Since I liked the design for the letter K for the Building Blocks KnitAlong (BBKAL) of the Machine Knit Community (MKC) a lot and I had made an extra punch card for the background of the letter, I wanted to make a second letter square like that. I designed a Fair Isle letter E…
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Building Block Blanket – June (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 The June blocks are done and it’s halfway through my year-long KnitAlong to knit enough blocks for a blanket with the knitting machine. Time has just flown by! The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares…
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Building Block Blanket – May (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 The May blocks for my machine knit blanket done! The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will be joined at the end of the year…
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Building Block Blanket – April (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Here are the April Blocks of my year long machine knitting project. The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will be joined at the end…
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Building Block Blanket – March (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will be joined at the end of the year to make a blanket. The squares are used to…
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Building Block Blanket – February (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 As I mentioned before, I joined the Machine Knit Community (MKC) in early January. This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will be joined at the end of…
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Year long machine knit KAL (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 As I mentioned in my second to last post, I joined the Machine Knit Community (MKC) in early January. This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will be…
