Machine Knitting Joys

I became interested in machine knitting, when I figured out that it was wonderful and doable alternative to my clumsiness and inability to get manual knitting down to an art. It was in the year of 1996, that I purchased my first Bond Ultimate Sweater Machine (USM) and began my adventure in machine-knitting. Today I own two Bond USMs and a Singer/Studio SK560.

I remember well the hours of frustration from dropped stitches, yarn snags, missteps in reading a chart or following a pattern, etc. You know, those...AAAAAhhhhh, I want to throw the machine into the wall, while stomping my feet and morphing into a growling bear with a sore tooth...those this is not a good time to talk to me moments!!!

Yet, all those hours were and still are well worth it, as in the end I have been blessed to experience many moments of exhilaration when a stitch, pattern, or piece finally comes together.
These are the moments when I praise God, "do a little dance", and want to shout from the rooftops my joy of accomplishment.

God is good and His mercies endure forever! His tender promptings are also pretty "Right-On"!

What do I mean?  Well, while stationed in Holland with the USAF, I continually felt the urge to frequent the yarn shops and to purchase a number of magazines and booklets. The downside, or so I thought at the time, is that all of them are written in Dutch, so reading them was impossible. But I've never thrown any of them away, tore pages and all. They are a treasure trove filled with various types of crochet and knit patterns.

Therefore, since reading them was and still is beyond my language abilities, I became adapt at following the schematics and charts. It is a blessing that these are on large poster size pages that fold out. This makes it easier to enlarge a specific section on the printer. Then once I have deciphered the stitch count, I can more easily translate it to machine knitting. Plus, the multitude of pictures included are great reference guides. {It is amazing how much you can learn without speaking a language.}

Besides creating my own personal designs, it is also my goal to translate some of those patterns into English; and to provide modifications for machine knitting using the Bond USM, and/or the Singer/Studio SK560. 

The machine-knit patterns, which make up the offerings found on this website are the results of continuing forward and overcoming. I hope you enjoy them and find a favorite!  You can access them by clicking here, or from the drop-down menu above. 

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