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Machine Knitting, How to Begin
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items If you've ever wanted to learn how to machine knit this list will help you get started. A lot of the items needed for machine knitting can be found on Amazon or various websites. However, keep an eye out at estate sales and on Facebook marketplace fo...
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The best beginner machine out there. This will serve you well as you learn the ins and out of machine knitting.
LK150 6.5mm Mid Gauge Knitting Machine
Even if your machine came with one of these, it's always good to have a spare. This is just one of many tools that will make your machine knitting adventure so much easier.
6.5mm Transfer Tool
This will help you make patterns on the machine by pushing needles back in specific increments, a must have to save your eyes and hands.
1/3 Needle Pusher
You'll always need spare needles. They don't break or warp often but you'll want some on hand just in case.
Lk150 Needles
Double ended needles are great for catching dropped stitches (common when learning) and stitching them back up and saving your piece.
Double Ended Needle
Claw weights are essential items to have, especially for longer pieces. The claw weights keep the project pulled down so the yarn doesn't come off your needles as your working. You'll always need a few for your projects and it's good to have extras.
Knitting Machine Claw Weight
Knitting spools are very useful if you're doing patterns with multiple colors, they keep the yarn organized on your piece.
Knitting Spools
You want your yarn to easily be pulled from a ball for you machine, too much tension and the machine could struggle and your stitches will be much too tight. Winding your yarn into balls means the yarn is easily pulled from the ball and the machine w...
Yarn Winder
A great way to organize your machine knitting items when you're not using them.
Three-Layer Multipurpose Storage Box
A very useful tool designed and made by a machine knitter. This will help you with repetitive patterns.
Needle Beetle Needle Selector
A garter bar is always useful for being able to turn your work on the machine.
6.5mm Mid Gauge Garter Bar
Tutorials
Anna Hafferman works a lot with the LK150 and has a great cadence to her teaching. She's got high quality videos and lots of really neat patterns that she teaches.
Anna Haferman
By far the best teacher for all things Machine Knitting. She's a wonderful lady with hundreds of Youtube videos to help you learn and many interesting patterns.
Diana Sullivan
A good book for starting fair isle knitting.
Fair Isle (Machine Knitting Techniques)
A good guide to starting cable knitting which is probably the first advanced technique you should learn as it doesn't involve yarn color switching. It results in beautiful patterns that you will fall in love with.
Machine Knitting Techniques: Cables
A great website for learning machine knitting. It has a paid subscription portion but it's totally worth it to buy for a year as they have pattern calculators and lots of videos on advanced techniques.
Knit It Now #1 online community for Machine Knitting