I am now officially a metro nerd. I 3D printed a #knittingloom in the exact dimensions of a circular knitting machine, so I can do the fast and easy parts on the machine and the difficult parts on the loom. Switching between them is done by knitting an extra piece of waste yarn, which is pulled off after the switch.

The loom is easy to carry around so I really do the heels in the metro when I am going to the office.

If you want to print one yourself, look at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6642683 .

Decided to transform a sunk cost fallacy project. This was supposed to become a blanket large enough for a single bed. Unfortunately loom knitting triggered my carpal tunnel syndrome, and the project entered completion limbo. Today I finished the piece, fastened the loose ends and tried it as a shawl. It's too long and bulky for outdoor use, but at ~2m length it's perfect for desk work; it covers shoulders and knees, my two coldest areas.

#knitting #KnittingLoom #SunkCostFallacyTransformation

I am making my first pair of live sized shrugs on the #circularknittingmachine. The ends are still worked off with waste yarn, so I can make the cuffs on a #knittingloom.

The pattern comes from The Snugglery: https://youtu.be/i6-Fun3JCfI

Shrugs!! ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ On the knitting machine. Addi and Sentro friendly

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And now for something completely different.

I made my first Dutch heel om the #knittingloom.

I started the sock on a #circularknittingmachine, and did the heel on the loom. That loom has the same size as the machine, so I can put it back and finish the rest of the sock with the machine.

The loom: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6642683
Instructions for the Dutch heel: https://youtu.be/NI2Se6wQ3YE

Addi compatible knitting loom by DonQuichote

Loom and machine knitting This knitting loom is especially designed to be compatible with a 22 needle circular knitting machine made by Addi. The reason for this thing is that the knitting machine does one thing fantastic, and any deviations are hard and / or cumbersome. One of the reasons that the machine is hard is that it is not easy to switch from circular knitting to back-and-forth knitting without dropping stitches. Knitting looms however, allow you to do a lot more things, including back-and-forth knitting wherever you want, but slower. For example, making the heel of a sock is hard and cumbersome on the machine, and could be far better done on a knitting loom. If only there was a knitting loom with the exact same size as the machine! Well, now there is. You can start a sock on the knitting machine, bind of with waste yarn as soon as you reach the heel location, and then put it on the loom. You then make the heel on the loom, which is much easier to do than on the machine. After you have done the heel, bind off with waste yarn again and hook the sock back on the machine to proceed to the toe. The same applies for mittens: you can do the wrist part on the machine, the thumb part on the loom, and the rest on the machine again. In short, you do the fast and easy things on the machine, and the more difficult things on the loom. Changes w.r.t. the original design I changed the cross section for better printability. It no longer starts horizontally from the printer bed, but at an angle. And off course I adapted the size to the Addi knitting machine. Also, the parameter "radius" is now the radius of the placement circle of the pegs.

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Top picture is a cashmere hat for my older granddaughter #PrincessKylie. Alternated e-wrap and purl. Second picture is a hat for my daughter. Third picture is an eternity scarf for my daughter in law. #knit #knittingloom #knitting #crafts #fiberarts
I impulse bought knitting looms from Hema last time I was in Amsterdam. 2013 probably? Anyway, I recently started using them, looked up some tutorias and ended up buying a few more on Vinted ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ #crafts #loomknitting #knittingloom
I think my husband has way more faith in me than I do in myself, but afghan has been started on the Knitting Board he got me for the holidays! ^_^
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