And please do not throw needles, and hanks at me, but does anyone one know if it is possible to knit a tube on a USM? Look, here is the deal, I am doing Vogue Holiday 2006 Woven scarf, and I have started on the first tube, and I can’t knit fast enough. I have 5 and half to go, and I really just need to the get the scarf done. You know? It’s not for me it is for some one else, and it is getting cold, and she wants her scarf…
Any direction would be helpful.
What’s a “USM”? :??
A knitting machine.
I’m not sure about a regular flatbed machine (though I suspect it could be done) but you could certainly use a special sock-knitting machine to turn out miles of tubing.
I don’t know if these are still being made, but there are restored ones available here and elsewhere.
http://www.countryrain.com/CSMForSale.htm
You can also make tubes on a round knitting loom – essentially a knitting knobby with more pegs – but I don’t know if that’s really faster than hand knitting.
[COLOR=DarkOrchid][SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]You can knit a tube flat by hand using the double knitting method. I goes pretty fast once you get the rhythm down. Don’t know if it’ll go fast enough for you tho…
Looms to me, are slower than hand knitting and so much more boring. :shrug:
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