Ann Kite Home School
using video to provide first class teaching exclusively for machine knitting

VIDEOS & COURSES TEACHING KNITTING
ON THE MAIN BED
suitable for Silver, Brother, Creative  Knitmaster and Toyota machines
Step by step instruction with lots of big close ups

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The lessons are:   
1. Setting up the machine       
2. Yarns and threading up       
3. Parts and controls
4. Stocking stitch knitting     
5. Stitches, needles and tools - increasing and decreasing                         
6. Dealing with problems: dropped stitches, jammed carriage and damaged needles                         
7. Mock rib hem


8. The  tension swatch - knitting and measuring     
9. Front of round-neck sweater in stocking stitch         
10. Pressing   
11. Neckband and making up   
12. Cleaning the machine         
13. Pattern knitting   
14. Front of V-neck sweater in Fairisle    15. V-neckband

NO.2 PUNCHCARD KNITTING AND THE CHARTING DEVICE (KNITRADAR, KNIT CONTOUR, KNITLEADER, KNIT TRACER)

Having problems matching the tensions given with written patterns, and achieving the size you intend? The Charting Device solves all these problems.  Just knit a tension swatch, measure it and the Charting Device will tell you how many stitches  and rows to knit and when and how to shape.   Easy to use, and you don't have to be able to draw.  The charting device will set you free to knit at your tension.
KNITTING TIME:  80 hours

9. Drawing a block                   
10. Preparing to knit with the charting device   
11. How the charter works   
12. Knitting a tuck stitch sweater using the charter.   
(*) Lessons 1 & 3 contain much more detail than was possible on Course No.1.

The lessons are: 
1. Fairisle  (*) 
2. Punching extra cards   
3. Dealing with problems (*)   
4. Tuck stitch   
5. Slip stitch   
6. Knitweave   
7. Punch lace   
8. The tension swatch   

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