[NFB-Krafters-Korner] The black needles on my crank knitting machine?

[Sharon Hooley]

I got the Addi king-size knitting machine from Amazon.  It usually cost me around $200, but I got it for less than $170.  You can also find it on Ebay, but that’s much more expensive, especially because you would need to pay a lot more for shipping, as it’s produced in Germany.  And yes, you can indeed knit flat material like scarves, if that’s what you mean by straight.  There is a switch you push up.  then you crank
clockwise until it stops, then crank counterclockwise until it stops.  You keep going back and forth like that.  At least, that’s the way I remember from my child-size machine that has basically the same shape.

Hth,

> On Aug 31, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Henry Osborne via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Sharon, where did you get this machine, and how much was it?
> Can you also do straight knitting on it?
> thanks.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> Do the needles stay in one place, relative to the outside of the machine? Could you put a piece of tape on a non-moving part, like the edge of the machine, next to where those needles are?
> Tracy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sharon Hooley via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] The black needles on my crank knitting machine?
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> Hi,
> 
> I got me a king-size addi knitting machine.  Maybe no one on this list is familiar with it, but basically it’s around with hook-like needles and notches between them that, as you crank, goes round and round as the needles alternate up and down as you first thread it, then continues as it adds rows.   So, if I’m knitting in a circular pattern, I need to know how to tell when a row ends and another one begins.  There are three needles that are black in color that need to be positioned at the front where the tail is first attached via a vice.  If those are  indicators for this, what would you use to mark them?  Once I’m at the ends, I can then use a counter bracelet.  Any input would be much appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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