Absolutely everything you need to know to get started with the lk-150 | Free pattern
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2023
- This tutorial covers the basics: choosing yarn, making swatches, using transfer tools, picking tension, and how much weight to use to make your very first project on a knitting machine.
The Lk-150 is a great knitting machine for beginners: it's still being manufactured so it's easy to find parts and tools, it works with category 2 and category 3 yarns, and it's easy to learn on.
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22.47 "If you're working with some other fibre then you haven't been following instructions and I will not help you!" Love it. So much that I had to listen again.
I was going to comment the same thing. Just perfect.
I didn’t have any cakes of acrylic or wool 😭😂
Just made this hat yesterday, it was my second day using the LK-150 (my first knitting machine) and it worked out so nice, your instructions were so easy to follow. I'm going for your "first sweater" tutorial now, thank you so much!
I just got my lk150 today! I hope the sweater is going well for you 😊
I really appreciate how clear you are with this. You take it slow, repeat yourself, give us angles of what you are doing and make the technical stuff sound simple and not so complicated. Thank you 🥰
Was super lucky and found a great deal on FBMP where someone was selling their LK150 and SK280. Made my swatches (which is hard as a hand knitter, I hate doing them), washed and dried. Will be making my first hat tomorrow!!
I'm glad you are doing these videos.We needed more knitting machine content!
The "hat math" segment gave me strong Vi Hart vibes. I love it!
You are extremely clear on your instructions. Thank you so much! Im a super newbie and could not figure out how to make things work properly (didn’t have a book) this is extremely helpful! 🖤
Pulled that unused Singer out of storage. Your encouragement has prompted me to start the repair and try to figure out if I can move more of that yarn into somethings. I love to hand-knit but the fascination of the machine has me watching you. Am glad that you are stirred to get us knitting with machines more. Thank you!
This video is perfectly timed for me. I've been trying to decide whether to acquire a knitting machine and have been looking at a variety of videos and books and researching machines. With clear instructions and a good view of the work, this video has confirmed that this is something I want to do. Your plan to create more machine knitters appears to be working. 😊Now I'm off to buy an LK150!
Get a machine. Get another. Let them procreate until you have an entire room of machines. :)
I already know I want another machine because I want one with a ribber. We'll see how things go with the LK150, then I have to decide whether to go with bulky or standard.
@@loriken7 I have many. Standard, bulky, ribbers, French intarsia, you name it. The LK-150 is simple BUT after googling my through many devices its simplicity is what is most attractive and easy to use.
Thank you for your video. I recently acquired a knitting machine. I have no idea what I'm getting into but am ready for a new adventure. I have hand knitted for years and now at the age of 71 am ready to learn how to professionally make knitted hats and scarfs...to start.
Thank you for this! I just bought a knitting machine and do not have any background in knitting. So it was very helpful to have a video that wasn't reliant on a lot of knitting terminology that I just haven't learnt yet.
I always keep split ring stitch markers handy in case of a drop stitch when you have removed your work. Easy to slip the stitch on the ring until you can get to it to stitch it into your work. Happy to see you on the LK150 a lot of people have these, not only beginners. Yarn is easier to get. Did you ever say what your mast tension was set at?
Fantastic video! I've saved it to rewatch because I was just gifted a second hand machine, so once I've made sure everything is in working order I'm going to make this!
Your mention of winding cakes twice (in the full video, I can't comment there for some reason) made so much sense! I've wound my skeins into cakes and they've been tight and not the nicest 😂
I got sentro machines for my grand-loves which then prompted me to learn more on You Tube. You helped me to go and unearth my mother’s old unused Singer machine. Not sure I’ll get it up and running fully but you have helped me immensely. Replacing foam and needles. I am a handknitter but can see the value of this art to move a lot of my yarn into anything !
Excellent tutorial. After not machine knitting for a while it's good to refresh. Your methodical instructions are complete. 😊
ok girl, ive made about 10 benies now, and even made a double thick one with brim! i"m using lionbrand mandala and its working out great! i'm about to attempt a scarf!!!!
Great tutorial, thank you for showing the process it’s very helpful and looking forward to many more techniques you can teach.
sooooo, how would one make a cardigan? I love the folded edge on the hem. I think it looks more professional than the ribbing.
I have always wanted a knitting machine and watching you, just sold me, I bought one and yes, I'm gonna make a lot of hats for practice. Thanks so much for your time making these videos with such excellent detailed instructions.
I can see this is something I will eventually want to try. It's more of a space issue than anything else. It looks fairly methodical which is something I enjoy about weaving as well.
Great video, again!! Well done and a new vibe in machineknit land. Loved your shorts btw..
This was a great video! I just picked up a vintage Singer 151 and this was exactly the video I needed that answered so many of my questions.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to show this knitting machine. I will have this video on repeat for a while until I master using my new LK=150. Very clear instructions.
I can tell you are loving your lk150 and you should because it is literally the best and cutest machine. I hate that knitting machines are always so ugly and oily. But not the lk150. The lk150 is beautiful, its cute and is aesthetic. I just adore her
Thank you so much for sharing your skills!! You are the only person I have found that is thorough and explains each detail. 🥰
Ire: yarn weights, had a good , easy experience about 6 mo. ago as a new LK-150 owner Cascade 220 Superwash Aran weight wool yarn (unambiguously a 4/worsted). (I realize you and wool don't get along).
This is my first flatbed knitting machine, and I don't actually knit with needles, only messed around for a day or two with a loom and a few days with a circular knitting machine (still my preference for quick, utilitarian hats, not too good for much else IMO) -- you're quite right that previous experience knitting with needles isn't required. (I have a significant amount of retinal damage, so apparently good vision isn't really required either :) )
A tutorial masterpiece. Thank you for all the effort in selfless sharing. ❤ I now have a new category in saved videos " the only KM video". Machine has been creeping out of the box and scarring me in the process. Thanks for turning on the light.
Thank you, this was great!
Alright ma'am, I'm starting to think you're some sort of wizard or something. I bought my first knitting machine earlier this month, and while I've been figuring it out pretty well, this is proving to be fantastically helpful. The coincidental timing could not have been better. Thank you so much for putting this together!
I just got myself a vintage machine! Not the same brand as yours but I’m going to be watching your video on repeat in the near future 😊😊 can’t wait to get started!
Thank you so much for teaching us. Blessings ❤️
So so so helpful! Thank you very much. I have a brotherskh260 and I was so frustrated with the machine. I'm excited to go use it after watching this video.
I’ve actually knit from the outside of the cone, and it worked out really well 😊
Your camera angles are perfect. Very easy to see what you are doing. 😊
Made my FIRST machine-knit shawl today and learned a ton of troubleshooting fixes. Bought from Knitique Yarns and had first lessons from owner Danielle. (-: Next up, your hat pattern or sweater! Thanks so much.
Thank you for the double winding suggestion. I have concluded that almost all of my knitting machine woes are linked to yarn misbehaviour. Whether it’s static electricity or hairy sticky yarns or stiff yarns or me trying to knit up some mystery cheap and wiry yarn, possibly recycled steel wool, yarn defiance is what drives me away from knitting for months at a time. I feel I will be forever searching for THE perfect yarn, and when I find it, I am going to buy all of it. But I will also try double winding, as I have observed that my cakes are too tight for my hair trigger carriage cams. Thank you for an excellent, well-paced and very informative video.
I would suggest you make a record of the best tension with what yarn. This might prove helpful in the future and save ttime
I am hoping by the end of next year you will have covered the following: scarf, socks, jumper, cardigan, skirt, trousers, fairisle, intarsia and shortrows. Love your videos😊
Very appreciative of your teaching. I was gifted 2 machines but I’ve never knitted before. Can you do a video on rehanging the sides to close a hat?
I'm considering buying this machine and been looking for clear instructions how to use before purchasing. I would be interested in how to make a cardigan and jumper on a later video as I'm wondering how complicated it is. With this video I would feel competent enough to attempt a hat. Thank you.
You are awesome! I just got the exact same machine as a Christmas present 😁, I love it! I managed to do a hat and that is all. I dared to go for a sweater in 3 colors (I know very ambitious for a rookie) … a total failure 😅. Can you please maybe guide us through the process of knitting a sweater? 😁
I love to hand knit but your video makes me want to buy a machine.
Amazing
I agree with others; your video came at a good time. I recently bought a LK150. Regarding the tension swatches, I was thinking of storing my swatch decisions in a folder so I can use them for future work (thus saving yarn). Are these tension swatch decisions related to the yarn or related to the yarn and the item produced?
This is helpful indeed. Very thorough instructions. I am going to do this hat for my first project! Thank you!🧶
WOW!
I have some wonderful sweater patterns that I’ve been too intimidated to hand knit because I knit slow. I would be interested in a tutorial for converting hand knit patterns to machine knitting, looking at a used machine locally (sk280) mostly for those sweaters and some blankets/throws
The American grading system for yarn weight is pretty inconsistent, I recently purchased some US brand yarn in what should have been 4, and was shocked to find that if the yarn was not the same range, but the same brand, the actual weight of the yarn varied hugely, even though they had all been graded as a 4!
In the UK the system is different, and your 4 is approximately an Aran weight here. I've not yet encountered that inconsistency with UK or European brands.
I had to switch brands as the US yarn could not be used in my project.
Does this machine do anything other than stockinette stitch with manual manipulation?
I'm wondering if it would be easier to use a curved upholstery needle?
what about pure cotton yarn - what are your opinions on that?
Hey! Thank you so much for this video! I have ordered one of these for Christmas and found no oil included. Can you recommend a good oil to use when it needs lubricant? I have watched other videos and saw WD40 is very bad 😂
Gun or sewing machine oil will work.
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is it possible to use fine yarns (0-1) with the LK 150? I'm looking for a new machine and having trouble figuring out which are suitable for my yarn.
Standard gauge machines work best with yarn weights 0 and 1.
I lumpy scarf lol West knits anything is dream knitting
One with a basic bream. And one with not using waste yarn.
Given that this doesn't have a ribbing shuttle, how would you go about producing a similar effect with this?
You can reform purl stitches into knit stitches with the latch hook tool. I used this technique in the sleeve island video: ua-cam.com/video/lfoBAIAq-pA/v-deo.htmlsi=FwKi6Q42yKYcfzMA
Cheers thanks for that.
Thank you. How can I get this machine?
There's a link in the description.
You mentioned that we can message you in your other video that you have a way of getting one of these knitting machines for free if we are interested to connect with you
How many needles for test hat ? I knit baby hats for charity ?
*without manual manipulation?
My first flat bed is a singer 700 Andi can't figure out how to translate this pattern into this bed . There is just more buttons 🥲
I also don't have a cast on comb for the singer 700, it doesn't come with one I assume because it's not meant to be used on it so I'm scared to buy one