Knitting

Cornish Knitwits

A Helping Hand for Machine Knitters

Vivien found a smashing little pattern from New Zealand for making a baby’s pillow. The pattern is unusual in that it comprises 7 tiny socks that are joined together to form a small quilted pillow. Unfortunately I do not have a copy of the pattern to pass on details to you at present. I cannot even tell you who the designer is. However, I took a photo of Vivien’s sample brought to the last show and tell meeting.

Brenda has been working very hard at mastering her Passap form computer. Having finally made a garment she feels fits properly, she brought in the results for us to see. The stitch pattern is one that is built into her machine memory.

Vera modelling the hat that she made from Lynda’s hat pattern. The hat is knitted on the machine then moulded to final shape. The technique provides an ideal way to get a hat that exactly matches your knitted suits and dresses. The pattern for this and other hats will shortly be produced in a Knitwits book.

All to frequently accent yarns (lurex thread etc) are wound on tall cones and unravel themselves faster than you can use them. This results in tangled heaps on the floor. To prevent these disasters, pop an old stocking foot over the cone with a hole in the toe. Thread the yarn through the hole and voila! No more heaps of thread at the foot of the cone. Accent yarn in balls with a cardboard tube inside can be threaded onto a strip of “knicker” elastic which then gets tied to the legs of your knitting table. This allows the ball to roll and feed reasonably cleanly.

The neatest way of sewing up seams of garments is to sew up from the RIGHT side of your work, You will find that the stitches are much neater and the seams much flatter. If you like to fold back cuffs, sew cuff seams flat but stitch from the inside so that the neat side will be the one that is seen.