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Clothing, MachineKnitting, Pattern

Bulky Gauge Toddler and Child Hood Pattern

I’m going to post this here, because Ravelry is giving me a hard time. It’s a basic hood/balaclava pattern for the bulky gauge machine (with ribber) that will fit from…

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January 12, 2018
MachineKnitting

Garter Stitch

If you’ve been following along on my Instagram, you’ll know that I’ve been working with the GLTC (garter lace transfer carriage) for a few weeks now, trying out various garter…

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April 26, 2019
MachineKnitting

So I picked up two Brothers the other day…

Look at that capital B doing a LOT of heavy lifting. If you follow my Instagram you already know I am talking about knitting machines and not anything more salacious.…

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July 20, 2020
  • Clothing,  Pattern,  Sewing

    Pattern Drafting (for Sewing) with Seamly2D

    Heather / September 20, 2022 / No Comments

    Why hello! I think the title for today says it all – I want to talk about drafting your own sewing patterns. If, like me, you got your start in sewing garments from commercial, pre-printed patterns from the “Big Three” pattern companies, or the printable PDF patterns available online, it has maybe never crossed your mind to draft your own…

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  • MachineKnitting

    Superba Forma/Pattern Driver Sheets

    Heather / April 20, 2022 / No Comments

    If you have looked around the internet for pattern driver sheets to fit the Superba forma/pattern driver device, you may have noticed there aren’t too many to be found. I have a set that I found on eBay, but because they’re vintage, the women’s sizes are pretty small for a gal of 2022 proportions. You can find the blank gridded…

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  • Clothing,  MachineKnitting,  Pattern,  Tiny Clothes

    Machine Knit Elf on the Shelf Sweater

    Heather / February 24, 2022 / No Comments

    I know it’s February, and actually almost March. Consider me very early for next Christmas, not late for this past one. I made this in December for our visiting elf, but never got around to writing up the pattern until today. Here are a couple of photos of the sweater: As you can likely see, it’s a very simple roll-neck…

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  • MachineKnitting,  Sewing,  Vintage/Retro

    Needle Quest – Part 2

    Heather / February 9, 2022 / No Comments

    If you read Part 1 of this series, you will know that I was on a quest for suitable needles for a Bellinky linker. They are virtually impossible to get as it turns out, and although I have a stash, they won’t last forever, and other people are in need of them as well. I won’t keep you reading for…

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  • MachineKnitting,  Sewing,  Vintage/Retro

    Needle Quest

    Heather / February 2, 2022 / No Comments

    That’s what I’m calling what I did yesterday. Over the last while, I have heard from several people looking to buy spare needles for their Bellinky linker. And there is a shop that I have directed them to, where I myself bought some of the needles after an internet search, but they are out of the size 22. What I…

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  • Sewing,  Vintage/Retro

    Insert Industrial Revolution Pun Here

    Heather / May 28, 2021 / No Comments

    My brain hurts, make your own pun for the title. It’s like choose your own adventure! So as the weather changes, and my natural crafty inclinations swing back toward sewing, I’ve been hard at work making spring/summer things for the kids and myself. If you’ve been following my Instagram, you’ll have seen the monstrous piece of cotton fleece I ice…

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  • MachineKnitting,  Pattern

    Ten-Minute Dishcloth

    Heather / May 2, 2021 / No Comments

    This is a pattern I came up with out of necessity. What do you do when all the dishcloths are dirty or have wandered away, the washing machine is full, the dryer is broken, and you just want to clean something? Well in my case, you make a dishcloth. OK that, plus I have a lot of worsted weight cotton…

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  • MachineKnitting,  Pattern

    Three Colour, Single Row Height DBJ on the Brother and Superba – Part 2

    Heather / March 22, 2021 / No Comments

    Well if you read Part 1, you will know that I had found a method for knitting single row height double-bed jacquard, on the Superba, via a couple of different methods, but not the “offset” method that would, a) keep all the colour changes on the same side of the bed, ultimately allowing for, b) use of a colour changer.…

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  • MachineKnitting,  Pattern

    Three Colour, Single Row Height DBJ on the Brother and Superba – Part 1

    Heather / March 21, 2021 / No Comments

    Recently I started exploring double-bed jacquard (DBJ) on the Brother 940 in more detail. I had only played with it a couple of times to knit a couple of the two-colour patterns from Stitchworld, as a test when I first got the machine. Recently while flipping through Stitchworld, I noticed a couple of beautiful three-colour patterns that are in there,…

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  • Baking,  MachineKnitting,  Personal,  Polymer Clay,  Sewing

    Craft Boredom Cycles and The Very Long Year

    Heather / March 2, 2021 / No Comments

    This is a less informational/more personal post than I normally put here, so if you’re not in the mood for a ramble, you may want to skip it. I just wanted to share something that I have noticed about myself. I have seen several people mentioning it lately, so I don’t think it’s limited to just me. Crafting Boredom. Do…

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My latest make: a pair of DIY cork toe guards for My latest make: a pair of DIY cork toe guards for my new quad skates. These are a fit test, and they fit pretty well. The next pair will have improvements, including eyelets for the lace holes, a second layer of cork, and a slightly different top shape. Let's see how they hold up. My industrial Pfaff just flies through this cork, it's so nice. The skates are Moxi Rainbow Riders, for those interested, and I have been having so much fun rolling around my neighbourhood. 🛼
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#toeguards #rollerskates #moxi #rainbowrider
Got a Superba-made knitting machine with Superbakn Got a Superba-made knitting machine with Superbaknit installed? Feel like knitting some tuck stitch but don't know how? Well today we're going to fix that :) 
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#superbaknit #superbaknittingmachine #knit
So long, hat that never was. You get to be somethi So long, hat that never was. You get to be something else now. I have decided life's too short to hang onto WIPs that I'm not enjoying. 
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Music: She's The Moon
Musician: Carl Storm
PJ pants: Old Navy Christmas collection 2021😆
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#frog #ripitripit #knitknitknit
#knitting #yarn
My first attempt at a teddy bear went well! The ha My first attempt at a teddy bear went well! The hardest part was putting the face on in the right place. One of his eyes is definitely a little 🥴 so I might open him back up and fix it if it bugs me too much. (It's bugging me.) The free pattern is from the YouTube channel in the next photo. It was perfectly drafted, and the tutorial is so thorough that I felt confident I could handle it. So glad I picked up this fun fur some seven years ago at Value Village, I knew it would come in handy one day. There is a lot of hand sewing in this guy, but I wouldn't be tempted to skip it. Everything lined up so nicely that I really think it was worth the extra work. All the machine sewing was done on my industrial machine, but you could definitely use a domestic if you're careful. The only step I skipped from the tutorial was the glue. I don't feel this fabric necessitated it but your mileage may vary.
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#teddy #teddybear #handmade #handmadekidstoys #stuffy #stuffedbear #sew #sewing #sewingroom #handsewing #fluffy #funfur #fauxfur #pfaff #pfaffsewingmachine #pfaffindustrial
It's not perfect, but that's probably the nicest h It's not perfect, but that's probably the nicest hand stitching I've ever done. Worth the hand cramp.
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#handmade #sew #sewing #handsewing #stitching #backstitch #bearfeet
Ok, all my pictures came out terribly but who care Ok, all my pictures came out terribly but who cares. Decided to jump on the polymer clay peep bandwagon and made some earrings. My "sugar" is a bit too large in scale I think, but otherwise they came out cute. Waiting on smaller earring posts for the studs because of course the ones I already have are too big. 🙄 Would you wear them? They're a little derpy but I'll wear them 😂
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#polymerclay #polymerclaycreations #earrings #easter #handmade #handmadejewelry #peep
I have a theory that if you stick it in a cake dom I have a theory that if you stick it in a cake dome and drown it in glaze, no one will know you made this pumpkin loaf in the bread maker, or that it's a little over-baked. 
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Recipe is Bread Machine Pumpkin Bread from WendyPolisi.com. I've made it twice now in my Black and Decker horizontal machine. Crust colour medium was underbaked, (had to give it a few minutes in the oven) and dark was a little overdone, but it still tastes great and is dead easy.
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#pumpkinbread #breadmachine #breadmaker #loaf #homebakersofinstagram #homecooksofinstagram #food #eat
Sometimes you just need to make a stuffed bear wea Sometimes you just need to make a stuffed bear wearing a little scarf. The pattern is Mr. Foofs from Fluffmonger, and it's free. The scarf I winged on my Superba, it is just a simple tube made in remnants of sock yarn. An easy and fun little project, and good use of the safety eyes/noses I've had here forever.
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#fluffmonger #fluffmongerpatterns #mrfoofs #stuffies #handmadekidstoys #handmade #superbaknittingmachine #superbaknittersofinstagram #superba #knittingmachine #machineknitting
Sometimes you gamble and you lose. I found a parts Sometimes you gamble and you lose. I found a parts deco 340 for sale on eBay ludicrously cheap, and after some discussion about what was wrong with it, took the plunge. Unfortunately the take-up lever arrived snapped. She's basically e-waste, as although it works completely fine from a computer perspective, it will never sew (without serious TLC.) However, it was still cheaper for me to buy a second deco 330 and yoink a couple parts and accessories from the 340 that it was missing (they are almost identical) than to buy any other 5x7 machine that I could find, either locally or on eBay. Crazy right? So, although it doesn't have the usb port or the thread trimming I was hoping for, I still gain the bigger hoop area, which is the important part. Thankfully it arrived intact, and I have confirmed it does stitch beautifully. I'm still calling it a win, even though I had to buy two machines to get one functional one. Maybe in 10-20 years I can afford to spring for one made after y2k 😂
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#thegambler #ebay #sewingroom #embroiderymachine #machineembroidery #bernina #berninadeco330 #vintage
Do people like random food posts? Let's find out. Do people like random food posts? Let's find out. Here's a bunch of things I made recently in no particular order:
1 & 2. Jalapeno cheddar sourdough. Out of this world
3. Smoky cauliflower and lentil soup
4. White sourdough
5. A most excellent smoothie bowl
6. Fluffy white sandwich bread
7. Protein powder/peanut butter "cookie dough" (which was shockingly good)
8. Oatmeal egg white pancakes with all the fruit (to mask the fact that they tasted like craft foam)
9. Broccoli cheese soup with noodles
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#food #homecooksofinstagram
#homebakersofinstagram #sourdough #tasty #cheese #morecheese #eat
I know what you're thinking..."this looks like a h I know what you're thinking..."this looks like a hoarder's cave" but I swear I know where everything is. Do I need to purge some things? Probably. Will I? Not today. If I move one thing the whole system might fall apart 😆 Show me your making space!
You may recognize this hat as the inspo behind my You may recognize this hat as the inspo behind my racked rib version, (pic2) but I was still hankering for that texture between the front bed rib sections. Although the end result will be knitted on my bulky, I tested out my tuck pattern attempts on the Superba as it's electronic. Pics 3 and 4 are getting much closer to looking how I want. On the red swatch the front bed is set at 2 whole numbers smaller than the back, and I could probably even go smaller. You can see it's better than the yellow one where the rib sections get kind of wavy from being longer than the back bed. I think this is worth punching out a card now though. (My least favourite part of the process.)
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Knitting Tuck Stitch on the Superba Knitting Machine with Superbaknit
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Three-Colour Double Bed Jacquard on a Superba Knitting Machine
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More Buttonholes on a Vintage Kenmore 158.1802 Sewing Machine
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Making Buttonholes on a Vintage Kenmore 158.1802 Sewing Machine
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Whitening a Yellowed Vintage Knitting Machine (RetroBrite)
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Using the Bellinky Linker for Linking Knitting
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How to Make a Simple Pleated Face Mask with a Nose Wire
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How to Knit Reversible Double Bed Jacquard on your Superba Double Bed Knitting Machine
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Adjusting Sensors and Precise Cursor Timing for SuperbaKnit - Help! My SuperbaKnit is Mispatterning!
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Using the Superba Forma Pattern Driver
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Installing the Superba Forma on a Superba Knitting Machine (no motor)
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Lace Knitting on a Superba Double Bed Knitting Machine with SuperbaKnit
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Knitting Garter Stitch on the Singer/Superba/White/Phildar double bed knitting machines
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