• Why should a hand knitter need a knitting machine?

    Before my baby was born, I was never interested in knitting machines. I didn’t even know how they look like. I like knitting as I like the tactile experience. Then my baby came and I had almost no knitting time left. The few knitting time I had I was knitting exclusively baby things in stockinette stitch using fine yarns. Not exactly what I would like to knit. But I needed those clothes for my fast growing baby. Then I’ve got my first knitting machine, a much dated Brother KH 830 standard gauge machine. It suits my needs perfectly. The knitting machine does the boring stuff and I could finally knit…

  • Machine knitting

    I have received my Brother KH830 knitting machine two weeks ago. I didn’t know anything about knitting machines and they seemed pretty complicated. I have read some articles on the Internet but the terminologies sounded so unfamiliar. I didn’t even know what parts ought to be come with the machine. Despite so I took the risk to buy a used one. In the worst case, I can resell it. Overall I am very happy with the machine. It is not complicated at all. I have already made a baby sweater, a baby body, a scarf and I am making an adult cardigan. All in two weeks! All of the items…

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