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The “BABY” blanket is the blanket I knit the most for shower gifts. It is simple and you can either chose a color( basic pink, blue, yellow) or use a color to match the nursery decor. It is a simple hand drawn/written text I imported into DAK via Graphic Designer. I am sharing this pattern which can be knit on Passap E6000 or any double bed electronic knitting machine with 200 needles (and ribber). This blanket is knit in double bed jacquard.

I knit my Baby blanket on the Passap E6000 double bed. I have knit it with tech 179 on Passap E6000 knitting machine with 2 strands of 2/24 yarn (double strand of each color). Passap tech 179 with 176 stitches and 500 lock passes on the row counter. Tech 179 is a single bed technique, but I knit this double bed by putting the back lock on N.

The file is .stp for Designaknit and .bmp for Wincrea, or Journal 6. (Use 176 stitches and 250 pattern rows on Wincrea). The download does not have the white borders at the top and bottom. If you want white borders, you can add them by knitting a few rows of white instead of alternating colors at the cast on/cast off of the blanket.

Link to files here: Baby Text Blanket

The fine print: You can knit this blanket to sell. Do not claim the pattern as “your” design. Do not share my pattern file or post the digital file online unless it is by sharing the link to my website/blog post. Items are knit to sell by small business less than 500 items a year. I always appreciate sharing of my blog name Herman Hills Farm when sharing your finished knitted items. …Just hoping others will find some use of my blog/tutorials too. Machine knitting is a dying art. 🙁 Thank you.

It is nice to be organized and have everything you need for knitting next to your machine. My favorite tool storage containers are my 3D printed tool basket ,which fits on the Passap E6000 tension mast, and the Harbor Freight magnetic tray, which sticks to the side of a metal knitting table. Read on to see photos and links.

The 3D printed tool holder basket clips onto the E6000 tension mast (photo above). The tool basket has a solid bottom with a divider which helps keep tools upright and organized. The openwork design makes it easy to see what is inside. To mount the tool holder, simply slide the 3D printed clip onto the mast and then connect the tool holder basket. You can put two tool baskets on one clip or have a 3D printed bowl on one side and a tool basket on the other side. The tool basket is sold as a single basket (no mast clip) or as a tool basket and clip set if you do not have one of the clips. Link to the tool basket is here.

Magnetic storage is great if you have a metal knitting table. While the basic magnet containers are fairly easy to find, finding one with strong magnets is not easy to find!. Believe me, I have tried plenty in the past that would barely stay stuck to the knitting table/stand with only a latch hook in the cup. Don’t worry, there are some great ones!! The best (by far) I have found are these 2 from Harbor Freight…

The Harbor Freight magnetic storage tray. The magnets on this tray are so strong, you could load it full of heavy machine weights and it will still stay in place. There are holes on the side of the tray which can hold latch tools. The tray holds small parts, needle selectors, and everything else. The BEST thing about this tray is the magnets on the back are very strong. You can place small parts like a double eye bodkin over the magnet (on the front side) of the tray. (The magnets are behind the rectangle indentions seen in the photo). I have a small cast on comb and my double eye bodkin stuck to the magnet, not in the tray.

The Harbor Freight magnet tray is a great tool holder as it is stuck to the side of the machine table (out of the way). The magnets are super strong and hold a lot of weight. Link to the tray here. You need one! They come in a range of colors. You may want to go with the basic white color, but the bright green is super nice. I have one of these trays for each of my Passap machines and also have one on the metal leg table I use for my bulky. It may also work well on the metal Duo table too.

The other magnetic holder is the Harbor Freight magnetic strip. I don’t have a good photo, but you can view via the link.

Harbor Freight is a US company, but you may have some luck finding these items locally/online under a different brand name at a shop that sells tools/hardware type items.