Gwen in VA Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 A friend of mine generously gave my dd2 her knitting machine. However, my dd cannot get it to work. The machinery seems to knot the yarn and drop stitches at inconvenient moments. Dd2 has given up in frustration. (She has knit a 8"x8" thing; she just can't get it any wider or longer no matter how hard she tries...and she has spent easily 20+ hours with the thing.) It is a fairly old machine (over 20 years) and I am not sure that it has aged well. Does anyone know anything about knitting machines? Should dd2 persevere in trying to get it to work? Are knitting machines more pain than they are worth? Or is this something that a knitting machine repair man would need to deal with? (I am not sure the yellow pages has an entry under "Knitting Machine Repair Man"!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 What kind of machine is it? You'll want to check the needles on the machine. It sounds like they are not working properly and may need to be replaced. I have a knitting machine but mine is about four years old. knit VERY SLOWLY and see what the needles are doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I don't, but I wonder if you could get some expert advice on one of these forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 This thread is so timely - my MIL just gave me her knitting machine! I'm not sure if I really want to use it or not but I do want to check out this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Realized there are a *lot* of forums there. Here is the one devoted to knitting machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen in VA Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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