Happy New Year and a blanket design to go along with it. :). I am sharing the Designaknit .stp and a .bmp (Wincrea) of my own hand drawn pattern design. I knit my blanket with a Passap E6000 knitting machine, but this pattern can be knit on any electronic machine … Read More
I bought the book, “Making Marls,” by Cecelia Campochiaro when it was first released in 2020. I have knit several items using the marl technique. While this technique is not new, I found the book to be inspiring and full of ideas. The marl technique is a great way to … Read More
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. … Read More
My cardigan was machine knit on Passap knitting machine with double bed. I used some stash yarn (2/30 grey and 2/24 blue doubled). I designed the pattern in Designaknit Standard Garment Designer. It is a basic round neck, straight sleeve cardigan with oversize fit in size 34. I did add … Read More
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 … Read More
I am going to review some books I find to be great resources for machine knitting. I have tons of old machine knitting books, but I realize knitters do not always have access to the old out of print books. There are many newer books which are great resources. First … Read More
If you have an E6000 and want to create and download your own stitch patterns to your console, there are currently 2 free programs that will do exactly that. Journal 6 is open source free software for the Passap E6000. The software will download your designs to the console and … Read More
I knit this blanket with Passap E6000 knitting machine in 2 color double bed jacquard T186. The pattern T186 is tuck so I did loose some detail in the photo, but I wanted the larger size tuck stitch gives. The finished size of the blanket is 62″ wide x 78″ … 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!! This is my own hand drawn pattern I am sharing for free. This blanket can be knit on any … Read More
I designed the Candy Corn blanket a several months ago. I figured I would wait until fall to knit it out. Candy corn and the fall season seem to go hand in hand. I drew the design by hand and then used Designaknit to convert it into a knitting pattern. … Read More