Artisan Knit Blankets and Passap Knitting Machine Parts
This month’s review is yet again another hand knitting book but an excellent resource for machine knitting. The book is 200 Fair Isle Motifs by Mary Jane Mucklestone . This book has a photo of knitted swatches with corresponding charts. There is a black and white chart stating stitches and … Read More
I have knit several Sunshine blankets for clients. It is a favorite for all ages even TEENS!! Since it is cold and wintery here, I think any sunshine would be nice!! I have listed the digital download pattern on my shop. The patterns includes a detailed pdf file of instructions, … Read More
I am sharing a simple 3 color blanket design. The Designaknit and Wincrea files are for your personal use. This blanket can be knit on any double bed electronic knitting machine with 200 needles. This is a small blanket good for a baby blanket size. A fine yarn like one … Read More
We often camp with our horses. I designed a “camping theme” blanket for our horse trailer camper. This Passap machine knitted blanket has been very popular with my “camping” clients. I have listed this pattern in my Etsy shop for anyone who wants to knit some blankets for “happy campers!” … Read More
The Passap U100E transfer lock is an amazing tool which, once mastered, will save you tons of time. You can transfer stitches in one pass. In order to successfully use the transfer lock, you must set everything up correctly. The last row of knitting (after your final pattern row) must … Read More
The Dream Space blanket is a design for a boy or girl. It is child size blanket. If you use a small font, you could add a name or initials at the top middle or lower left of the blanket. This blanket was knit on the Passap E6000 knitting machine, … Read More
This Passap blanket pattern is a great neutral design for a contemporary look. It was knit on the Passap E6000 with technique 186 which is 2 color double bed tuck. I used 2 strands (each color) of 2/24 yarn. Cast on #3 88-0-88 knit 250 pattern rows (1000 actual lock … Read More
The Musical Blanket…sort of like musical chairs but much more fun (lol). This was a design for a baby blanket knit on the Passap E6000. My daughter (13) helped with the design. She knit the blanket for her teacher. I have blacked out the baby name at the top right … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, I went on a camping/trail riding trip with my horses. I knew the mornings would be cold at around 35F. I made a quick wool cowl on my Passap to wear. Everyone loved my cowl. When I went on another camping/trail riding trip, I was … Read More
Christmas isn’t too far off. If you were thinking about knitting a blanket or two or five (LOL), I have a free pattern for you. I found this graphic free online. I edited it a bit and converted it in Designaknit. I am sharing the Designaknit .stp and Wincrea .bmp … Read More