do you still have your bond knitting machine? in the mega clear-out i have found three magazines devoted to it. would you like them? if so, can you give me your address in the comments?
That is very kind of you, but after about 3 semi-successful attempts I decided that really I liked knitting by hand and I offered it on freecycle to a woman who knew all about how to use it and promised to get good use out of it!
It knitted beautifully, but I tried it for one of The Boss' jumpers and even with the extension it couldn't cope with 160 stitches across; I tried it on smaller jumpers and either the yarn was too uneven (Collinette) or the ribbing was too ridiculously fiddly to do ...
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Date: 2008-09-05 01:01 pm (UTC)It knitted beautifully, but I tried it for one of The Boss' jumpers and even with the extension it couldn't cope with 160 stitches across; I tried it on smaller jumpers and either the yarn was too uneven (Collinette) or the ribbing was too ridiculously fiddly to do ...
I know, I'm a big Give Up Girl, aren't I?!