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{ June 25, 2017 @ 10:06 pm }
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{ knitting idea, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap project, project }
{ Tags: Jenna Krupar, Machine Knitted Puff owls, Passap E6000, Passap Knitting Machine, passap machine, Puffed Owls } · { }
I saw the free pattern for hand knitted owl puffs by Jenna Krupar awhile back and I just came across it in my downloads. I decided to convert it to machine knitting and add a little stuffed owl to the baby blanket I just made . The hand written instructions start at the bottom and work up. Then the top stitches are kitchener stitched after lightly stuffing it. On the knitting machine it is easier and faster to decrease so I started at the top. I did a row of N/N for cast on and knit circular for 15 rows. I knitted one row of ravel for removing the waste yarn easily. Then I knitted the face and the body the same amount of rows as the pattern and then decreased on designated rows. I decreased evenly and moved the stitches in. It took awhile doing it that way. When I finished I had a teeny weeny owl! lol He is 2 inches by 2 inches. Well, he can be a package tie.
So I went back to the machine and doubled the stitches and rows. I decreased 12 stitches instead of 6 like I did on the small one. I sewed on the eyes since the top of the eye was purple and you can’t see the thread behind it. I think they are cute. If you would like the instructions for the larger one, just email me. I was able to photograph the right color pink but not the purple this time!
{ April 18, 2017 @ 10:05 pm }
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{ Learning your passap machine, Passap Double Jacquard, Passap E 6000, Passap Fairisle, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap project, Passap Techniques, project }
{ Tags: passap, Passap E6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap Techniques, Passap Techniques for 3 color knitting } · { }
Ha, ha, fooled you again. Here is my knitted strip of techniques for a three color design. It is shorter and took 918rows of knitting. I used 60 stitches and I knit 102 rows of each. I knitted techniques 195 to 200. Then the last three are 204,205 and 206.
I also had to learn how to download a 3 color pattern that is in the console. I realized I had never done this. These are the ones with the asterisks next to them in the pattern book. I used pattern 1285 and added 1286. I wrote this down programming the console to downloading to locks. If you would like a copy, please email me. If you would also like the information to attach to your strips of knitting, if you do one, email me for that as well.
The strangest of the techniques are 204,205 and 206.(bottom 3) In the picture you can see a blister type effect that is more pronounced in the last one. The book calls this a pin tuck effect. These three techniques require back lock changes. In #204 you knit 2 rows of color one on LX/N, 2 rows of color 2 on LX/N, and you knit 4 rows of color three on LX/BX. In other words, you are knitting 8 rows for one row of knitting. On #205 you will do the same with colors one and two and then you will knit 6 rows of color 3 on LX/BX. In this one you are knitting 10 rows for each row. On #206 you will do the same with colors one and two and then knit 8 rows of color 3 on LX/BX. This knits 12 rows for one row of knitting. All three of these techniques use black strippers. Now I don’t know if I did the last three right so I am going to go back and try something different to see if they look the same. On the back bed you only have four pushers in work , two on each end. It also might look strange to me because of the pattern I chose. I know that when I give up this machine, I still will not know everything it can do!!
{ March 17, 2017 @ 3:22 pm }
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{ Brother Knitting Machine, Diamonte yarn, Estillo Yarn by Tamm, knitted, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap Techniques, project }
{ Tags: Brother Machine Plated Placemat, Passap E6000, passap machine, Passap Placemat, Placemat, Tricia Shafer } · { }
I made this Tricia Shafer plated place mat(top picture) on the Brother years ago and I liked it. I decided to make it again. When I finished, I decided to try to duplicate it on the Passap. And that is when I found out I can’t. (Notice , I said “I can’t” , maybe someone else can) I also found out from a friend in Arizona that there is a plating attachment for the passap, though rare to find.
I made the placemat on the Brother with two strands of Estillo for both yarns . On the botton one made on the passap I used one strand of Diamonte. I tried two strands of Estillo to start and I think I had problems because I did not have the right tensions. Looking back now, I bet it would be the same size as the first one if I did use the 2 strands of estillo.
Here are the comparisons . The plated mat is heavier and had a great shape when it came off the machine. The passap was made just using blue diamonte using the same amount of stitches . The passap mat is smaller by about one and a half inches but it still is a nice size. The passap mat is not as nice shaped and is much lighter. The pattern came out nice on both mats done on different machines. So, I have to give the vote to Brother just because I don’t have the plating attachment for the Passap. 😦
To make this on the passap, I cast on N/N 1/1 and knitted the two CX 2../2.. rows and the N/N 5/5 row and then I transferred stitches from the front bed to the back bed.
Below is the set up on the front bed.(of course you will have more needles than the diagram) The ends have 2 needles in work . The dots are the needles out of work.The back bed has all of the needles in work and the racking handle is down while knitting. You will put it up when transferring the stitches so the needles line up at the beginning transfers.
I cast on 63-63 on front bed and one less on back bed so the end needles are on the front bed. After transferring the front bed stitches to the back bed,(if you have one left over double up the stitches so that both ends look like the diagram below) put those needles out of work and put pushers in work under the remaining needles in work. Set locks to LX/N. I set the back bed tension to 5 and the front bed tension to 3. On the Brother the tensions were 7 on the main bed and 3 on the ribber. The sequence is six rows of knitting at LX/N and then 2 rows of LX/GX so that only the front bed needles knit.ALSO:in her pattern , Tricia only does two rows of knitting instead of six between the rows , two times,and you can see that in the pattern. There are three lines close together dividing the mat in 3. There are 158 rows of knitting . To finish transfer the front bed stitches to the back bed and bind off the stitches.
11.1.111.1.1.1.1.1.111.1.1.1.1.1.111.1.11
{ March 4, 2017 @ 10:27 pm }
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{ Diamonte yarn, Passap DM80, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap project, Passap Techniques, project }
{ Tags: Irene Krieger, Passap DM80, Passap E6000, Passap Knitting Machine } · { }
Well, between the doctor appointments for my husband and me, it is really cutting into my craft time! Haha
I am sorry it took so long to post the directions on how to do this but I knew it was going to take a long time to do it and I was right.It has taken me over 6 hours to write the instructions so that I don’t confuse you AND to figure out how to knit it again. Then I had to knit it again, following my instructions to make sure I had all the numbered rows right and the needles that should be in work.Lol By knitting this over again I realized that I have a mistake in my previous posting but this one is perfect.It is true that the third time is the charm.
The instructions are in my drop box with four pictures to show you how your work should look on those rows. I hope they help.
I sure hope someone that follows my blog will give this a try to make me feel like my time was not wasted. 🙂 Well, I guess it wasn’t since I learned it. Tee Hee
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qivgfn30788iuau/AADzYhHEg8mq3CfMmeoFD64ua?dl=0
{ February 13, 2017 @ 3:14 am }
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{ knitting idea, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap project, Passap Techniques, project }
{ Tags: Irene Krieger, Machine Knitting News, Passap E6000, passap machine } · { }
I was reading an article called Queen of Diamonds by Irene Krieger in Machine Knitting News magazine August 2002 . I looked at this diamond and thought , that’s too easy so lets do the one design next to it. I could not grasp how to do the design I wanted to do and thought I better try the “easy” diamond design first to see if it would turn on the light bulb in my brain. OMG!!! The article just tells you how she added texture and some of what she did to arrive at the design. She does not give needle set up or what needles go on the front or back bed. I sort of assumed it was done on a standard machine but had to try the passap because I love it. (Did I ever mention that? lol)It took me three times before I finally got it. I think it would take me even longer to write out the instructions !! haha
You start out doing the eyelet transfer on the front bed. When you move L1 needle to L2 on the same bed, you then bring one needle into work on the back bed opposite the hole.(racking handle up) Then knit four rows. On the next row you take the stitches on either side of the first eyelet(L2, R1) on the front bed and put them on the stitch next to them (L2 to L3 and R1 to R2). Then you pull needles on the back bed forward into the empty spaces. You continue until there are nine needles on the back bed. This is the purl area around the middle “knitted” diamond. Then the fun begins!!! While you are moving the end stitches out on the front bed for the big diamond, now you will start the middle diamond by moving those stitches to the front bed! Sound confusing? It was and is. My sample is larger because I went wider with the diamond .(And yes, it was a mistake)
The reason that I like this design is because the rest of the garment would be in knit and that is a lot easier sewing the side seams than if it were the purl side. I probably won’t make anything using this design but did you ever wonder how something was done and just had to try it? I know a lot of you can think outside of the box and could come up with lots of ideas where to use this.
Now, I have to go try the design next to this one that I wanted to start with first and see if I can figure it out after doing this “easy” one. Hah
If enough of you want me to write the instructions on this, I will do it. Just let me know. 🙂
{ February 5, 2017 @ 2:39 pm }
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{ Passap Double Jacquard, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap project, project, Uncategorized }
{ Tags: Passap E6000, Passap Knitting Machine } · { }
Bet a lot of you never think I have a project that does not come out well. Wrong! A friend made a tartan plaid wrap and sent me a picture of it. I loved the plaid design. So I decided to make a scarf but I wanted the plaid to go all the way around so I knew I would have a seam. So I moved the pattern around so that one cranberry stripe would go up the middle on each side. Okay, good so far. Then I added two extra stitches , one on each end so the main color would knit those and sewing up the seam would be easy . Okay, still good . So I cast on 69-69, Technique 195 . Both end needles on the front bed. I used tension 3../3.. so it would be a little tighter weave so it would not be real wide. When I knitted about 3oo rows I got under the machine to look at the fabric.Yep, I like it. Knitted a couple hundred more rows and looked again. I took off the weights and comb and thought, oh, no, this will be too heavy a fabric for me. So now, do I drop from the machine or just finish and see what happens. So, since 2/24 yarn is multiplying in my house, I decided to keep on going to the end of the scarf which was 1152 rows!!!!! This is an afghan! lol Well, I sat and sewed it up and crocheted the ends together to seal the tube. I decided to just give it to the goodwill store. Then I thought maybe my sister would like to put it around her shoulders when she sits outside on cold nights around their campfire when they go camping in the late fall. I visited my sister and she loved it and told me she would use it to put around her shoulders when she sits and reads in their family room. So, all effort is not lost.
Now the real laugh is that it would have been a nice wrap if it was one layer, BUT….since I moved the pattern over the design would be way off if not sewn together. Haha
{ December 16, 2016 @ 5:41 pm }
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{ Dish Cloth, Hand Knitted, Hand Knitting, project }
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Once in awhile I like to hand knit. I especially like dish cloths since I use a new one each day. I found this knitted scrubbie tutorial and decided to add scrubbie yarn instead of the tulle she uses. I just cast on 15 stitches like she did and knitted until I liked the size I had. It is my favorite now. I used white, orange and lime green cottons and the scrubbie yarn was called citrus that is in lime , orange and white. I like the white with the citrus scrubbie the best.
You could do this on the bulky knitting machine but I think it would take much too long turning with a garter bar for each row knitted. It took me less than an hour to knit one. These would make nice stocking stuffers or a little gift for a friend.
I just bought the scrubbie yarn for 2 for 5 but the sale is off now at Joanne’s. I think I will be able to get about 4 or five from one ball of scrubbie yarn.
Here is where I got the idea.
http://berlinswhimsy.typepad.com/berlins_whimsy/2008/05/knitted-kitchen-scrubbie-tutorial.html
{ May 21, 2016 @ 12:51 am }
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{ Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap Techniques, project, Serenity sock yarn, Short Rowing, Sock Yarn }
{ Tags: Passap Knitting Machine, passap machine } · { }
Okay, why did I try these knitted circles? I DO NOT like short rowing. Well I came across an article by Billie Hall in one of the Passap University manuals and I read the article on making circles. The sample she gives you is a placemat. In the article it says “if you want to avoid the” holes” in the knitting, knit to the left. Hang the purl st of the last st formed on the left on the needle to the left.” I made the circle so I could try this way of avoiding the holes. The blue sample is coaster size instead of a whole Placemat. I used a sock yarn and I really like how it looks as far as no holes. However, it would not absorb any liquid . So I had some serenity sock yarn in vibrant colors and decided to make some drink holders for a plate set that I have. I love them and the yarn feels like cotton, I ironed it and it absorbs liquid. However, it was more difficult for the passap to knit by using the heel of the purl stitch like she said in her directions. So I just short rowed by lifting the needle next to the one with the pusher in work and wrapped the yarn and it was easier and faster! Hahahah, so at least I tried it. On my colorful coasters, I crocheted the outside and put two single crochets at each of the twelve points so it is not perfectly round. I used the pie crust trim on the blue one and I like it but it took forever to do or so it seemed like it. 🙂 I have to say that I would make a Christmas tree skirt doing short rowing. So now I do not dislike short rowing .
p.s. the dark spot on the coaster at the bottom in the picture of the four coasters is my reflection taking the picture and not the yarn
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{ February 16, 2016 @ 4:34 pm }
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{ Learning your passap machine, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, Passap project, Passap Techniques, project }
{ Tags: Passap Knitting Machine, passap machine } · { }
Here is a place mat to match the shamrock mug rug. I will give you all a good laugh. I liked the technique 190 so I wanted the back to be that technique. I used the sample as a stitch and row gauge and it came out a nice size. However, on the first one the back did not look like technique 190. SO……I made another and the same thing happened!! Well, I was looking at my sample strip and I had technique 189 attached where the 190 sample was! So , this is made using technique 189. I was lucky both samples were about the same size so it came out ok. Here are the instructions to make the placemat. I also made a bmp file if you want to make a scarf. Feel free to enlarge or change the pattern in any way.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0lyf34lfregxjsn/AAC4lx9dKh6psXlaykuin6eHa?dl=0
{ November 30, 2015 @ 7:04 pm }
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{ Brother Knitting Machine, Gift, Neck Warmer, Passap E 6000, Passap Knitting Machine, project, Scarf }
{ Tags: Brother Bulky Machine, Bulky Brother Machine, Gift Ideas, Machine Knitted Santa Scarves, Passap Knitting Machine, passap machine, Santa Scarves } · { }
I wanted to hurry and knit these scarves for my nephews daughter and girlfriend . The pattern is adapted from a circular sock machine pattern. You can find a free pattern for it that is similar at this link:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/santa-scarf-5
or you can google “machine knitted Santa Scarf” and you will see several similar and different ones.
I used yarn that I had except for the white that is called pipsqueak. I bought it at Joanne fabric store on sale for 2.69. The large red one is Red Heart and so is the white for pompom.
I used 44 stitches and tension 6 on the Bulky. On the passap I used the same amount of stitches and used a 3 ply yarn at tension 5.. I knitted the faces to the brim and then re hung stitches and knitted circular for about 250 rows(500)
I did the white beard for both of them on the Bulky machine . For the little scarf I used 22 stitches on the bulky to fit the width of the one for the passap.
I know my nephew will laugh and his girlfriend is so cute she will love it.
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