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This shawl was a special order done in one strand of Bramwell's Silky in white on a Studio SK 580 electronic machine. It looks best in a tuck stitch design that is not heavily tucked. After it is taken off the machine it is blocked with wires and pressed to "kill" the yarn. If you have been knitting awhile then you would have no trouble figuring out how to knit this shawl. If you are a beginner start out with waste yarn. 75-0-75 sts. Do a weaving cast on and knit 6 rows. Take your comb from your ribber and push it into (from the front - don't try to push it through from the back) the knitting a few rows down from the 6th row. Hold it in place while you pull the knitting towards you right along the width of the shawl. Insert the wire. Hang two large weights.

I arranged the machine to knit the tuck pattern over 73-0-73 so that two stitches on each side would not tuck. Knit a few more rows and then knit one row at T10 with ravel cord. Change to main yarn. Knit two rows at T3. Make eyelets across the row, starting with R3 and L4 and then every 6th stitch out to each edge leaving the empty needles in working position. Knit 2 rows. Start your tuck pattern on the next row. I used pattern 5:32 from the 890 series cards but any tuck pattern that is not heavily tucked will be fine. I did 960 rows of pattern in my shawl, then I finished with 2 rows of stocking stitch, eyelets as before and 2 rows of stocking stitch and then latch tool cast off.

It comes off the machine looking a mess but don't worry, insert blocking wires into the sides and bottom take it to the ironing board and iron it with steam. I found that I had to make marks on the ironing board with chalk for the width and then iron the shawl section by section out to that width. Because I didn't have enough blocking wires and I didn't have a large enough area to iron it on full-length I had to press it on the ironing board. I did fringes 17 inches long x 8 strands for each eyelet hole. Once you have the fringe in place lay the shawl flat and trim with a rotary cutter to even up the ends. As you can see from this photo it's fine enough to pull through my wedding ring.

The pink shawl was done in Bramwell Silky too but on a Superba Knitting Machine.

I knit this on the Passap Duo 80 with two strands of white acrylic 2/24 and two strands of green acrylic 2/24 using a motor. Width on bed was L90 to R89. I did 768 rows of pattern (my design). Size when finished and washed was 25 inches wide by 39 1/4 inches long.

A relative in England had a baby girl so I handknit this little jacket and hat in Paton's yarn (I've forgotten the name of it already!). It was lovely and soft to knit but it was a pain to see the stitches (no knitting while watching TV) it's so fuzzy.

Once in a blue moon I actually make something for me. These are my bed socks made with looser than normal ribbing. I really enjoyed hand knitting these (one of my take along projects). They were made with DGB Confetti Superwash yarn (75% wool and 25% nylon) which is a yarn that makes it's own pattern as you knit stocking stitch. 32 sts and 42 rows to a 10cm x 10 cm swatch.

Another little baby set. This one was knit on the Passap Duo 80 using two strands of 2/30 in white and two strands of 2/30 in pale blue. The pattern is from Passap Book No. 59 (5929). I made the hat bigger than called for as I thought it was too small - they suggested 40-0-40 and I used 50-0-50. Booties are from Mary Weaver's book, pg 230.

I particularly like making socks on the Passap Duo 80. On the left is a pair made with Patons Kroy Jacquards 4 ply (75% wool and 25% nylon). In the middle is a pair in 60%acrylic/40% nylon, Bernat Sox (Jazzy Hot is the colour mix) and to the right is a pair made out of wool that I've had for ages (I think it's Scheepjes Invicta Extra [75% wool/25% nylon] ) with a brown contrast edging of Lady Galt Kroy 3 ply (85% wool/15% nylon) also an old yarn.

Hand knit scarf - knit in 1 hr

Handknit wool hats - using up stash

Baby blanket - oddments of 4 ply

Ladies Raglan Sweater with lace scarf - Tamm Perla

Man's fairisle cardigan - made with Bramwell 4 ply in Oak plus Denim and Sable Nep

Betty's Trailing Roses cardigan - Bramwell 4 ply in Raspberry and White

Bramwell 2000 Jacket - done on standard machine (no ribber needed)

Hand-knit afghan - yes, I hand-knit too!

Afghan - done on chunky machine

Baby blankets and baby sets - done on a standard machine, a Passap and handknit

Square hats - done on a standard machine

"Scoods" - done on a standard machine

Morlean Jacket - done on a standard machine

Weaving (not on a knitting machine - on a floor loom)

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	This shawl was a special order done in one strand of Bramwell's Silky in white on a Studio SK 580 electronic machine. It looks best in a tuck stitch design that is not heavily tucked. After it is taken off the machine it is blocked with wires and pressed to "kill" the yarn. If you have been knitting awhile then you would have no trouble figuring out how to knit this shawl. If you are a beginner start out with waste yarn. 75-0-75 sts. Do a weaving cast on and knit 6 rows. Take your comb from your ribber and push it into (from the front - don't try to push it through from the back) the knitting a few rows down from the 6th row. Hold it in place while you pull the knitting towards you right along the width of the shawl. Insert the wire. Hang two large weights.
I arranged the machine to knit the tuck pattern over 73-0-73 so that two stitches on each side would not tuck. Knit a few more rows and then knit one row at T10 with ravel cord. Change to main yarn. Knit two rows at T3. Make eyelets across the row, starting with R3 and L4 and then every 6th stitch out to each edge leaving the empty needles in working position. Knit 2 rows. Start your tuck pattern on the next row. I used pattern 5:32 from the 890 series cards but any tuck pattern that is not heavily tucked will be fine. I did 960 rows of pattern in my shawl, then I finished with 2 rows of stocking stitch, eyelets as before and 2 rows of stocking stitch and then latch tool cast off.
	It comes off the machine looking a mess but don't worry, insert blocking wires into the sides and bottom take it to the ironing board and iron it with steam. I found that I had to make marks on the ironing board with chalk for the width and then iron the shawl section by section out to that width. Because I didn't have enough blocking wires and I didn't have a large enough area to iron it on full-length I had to press it on the ironing board. I did fringes 17 inches long x 8 strands for each eyelet hole. Once you have the fringe in place lay the shawl flat and trim with a rotary cutter to even up the ends. As you can see from this photo it's fine enough to pull through my wedding ring. The pink shawl was done in Bramwell Silky too but on a Superba Knitting Machine.

I knit this on the Passap Duo 80 with two strands of white acrylic 2/24 and two strands of green acrylic 2/24 using a motor. Width on bed was L90 to R89. I did 768 rows of pattern (my design). Size when finished and washed was 25 inches wide by 39 1/4 inches long.
	A relative in England had a baby girl so I handknit this little jacket and hat in Paton's yarn (I've forgotten the name of it already!). It was lovely and soft to knit but it was a pain to see the stitches (no knitting while watching TV) it's so fuzzy.
Once in a blue moon I actually make something for me. These are my bed socks made with looser than normal ribbing. I really enjoyed hand knitting these (one of my take along projects). They were made with DGB Confetti Superwash yarn (75% wool and 25% nylon) which is a yarn that makes it's own pattern as you knit stocking stitch. 32 sts and 42 rows to a 10cm x 10 cm swatch.
	Another little baby set. This one was knit on the Passap Duo 80 using two strands of 2/30 in white and two strands of 2/30 in pale blue. The pattern is from Passap Book No. 59 (5929). I made the hat bigger than called for as I thought it was too small - they suggested 40-0-40 and I used 50-0-50. Booties are from Mary Weaver's book, pg 230.
I particularly like making socks on the Passap Duo 80. On the left is a pair made with Patons Kroy Jacquards 4 ply (75% wool and 25% nylon). In the middle is a pair in 60%acrylic/40% nylon, Bernat Sox (Jazzy Hot is the colour mix) and to the right is a pair made out of wool that I've had for ages (I think it's Scheepjes Invicta Extra [75% wool/25% nylon] ) with a brown contrast edging of Lady Galt Kroy 3 ply (85% wool/15% nylon) also an old yarn.