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 something more interesting. I’ve since then taken up designing again.