[Nfb-krafters-korner] Ramona knitting machine

Wed Jan 11 02:53:04 UTC 2012

I think it is a single bed machine.  I don't know what a double bed machine 
would be.

Ramona
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> Ramona, is your machine a single or a double bed machine?  JoAn
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> From: "Ramona Walhof" <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
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>> Cindy, I don't know how a knitting machine class would work.  Certainly, 
>> I am not ready to teach one.  Becky has more experience.  They are 
>> expensive, and I am not quite sure how much they vary, but quite a bit. 
>> We could have another discussion about them.  I am certainly having a 
>> great time with mine.  I do knit the beginning and the end by hand, and I 
>> need to learn more about crochet to finish the edges of things I want to 
>> lay flat.  Right now I can use the seed stitch, and I can sew edges into 
>> seams as in sweaters, but it would be good to have another alternative. 
>> I think combining various techniques is probably something that is good 
>> in a lot of projects if we know enough different skills.  I'm still more 
>> the learner than the teacher.
>>
>> Ramona
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>> From: "slerythema" <slerythema at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:23 AM
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>>>I love this idea of a class, especially since I missed the discussion on
>>> machines. At first, I wasn't sure if I wanted to bother with a machine, 
>>> but
>>> I was listening to the Knit Picks podcast yesterday and one of the 
>>> guests
>>> mentioned that she preferred to some things on the machine and some by 
>>> hand.
>>> So, she said that she would put it on the machine for part, take it off 
>>> and
>>> do the hand work, then put it back on the machine.
>>>
>>> Cindy S.
>>>
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>>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Blindhands at aol.com
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 5:55 PM
>>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Ramona knitting machine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jewel and Ramona and Becky,
>>>>
>>>> I would love to have another knitting machine class.  If  to
>>>> learn a class
>>>> or have a discussion it would be great.
>>>>
>>>> I learned so much, but need to learn more before investing.
>>>> I do have  a
>>>> knitting machine, but never opened the box due to the
>>>> experience with the
>>>> local teacher.
>>>>
>>>> Let's talk more about this.  We did the sewing machine class
>>>> for those  who
>>>> had a sewing machine.  I don't know of any reason we
>>>> shouldn't include  a
>>>> knitting machine class for those who are interested.  Maybe 2
>>>> classes for
>>>> those with a machine to do a working project and another for
>>>> those who are
>>>> afraid to open the box or get a machine.
>>>>
>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 12/29/2011 2:43:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> jjboll at excel.net writes:
>>>>
>>>> Ramona,
>>>>
>>>> Who or where did you send your machine knitting  manual to be
>>>> brailled?  I
>>>> would love to do more of the pattern  knitting on my machine, but the
>>>> scanner
>>>> will not read the operation tables  on how to set up the machine for
>>>> pattern
>>>> knitting or rib  knitting.
>>>>
>>>> Keep persevering.  You'll be knitting like a pro in time  and
>>>> with practice.
>>>>
>>>> Would love to have a machine knitting class like the  sewing
>>>> machine class
>>>> via phone conference.
>>>>
>>>> Jewell
>>>>
>>>>
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