Sunday, September 5, 2010

New Video Today - Machine Knit a Tam

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23 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2010 at 1:46 AM

    Dear Diana,

    thanks so much for this video and all the previous videos. They have been a constant inspiration for me and have helped me to learn machine knitting on my own without the help of a teacher. I am anxious to to see what is up next.

    Petra from Germany

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  2. BellaSeptember 6, 2010 at 2:01 AM

    WOW!
    Who could resist this project!
    That is a winner, Diana, thanks for the video!
    I already know who the happy recipients will be - we had a hard frost here again this morning!

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  3. A stitch in timeSeptember 6, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    What tension did you use?

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  4. MariamSeptember 6, 2010 at 7:40 PM

    thanks for the video
    I missed your videos for along time

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2010 at 8:06 PM

    I wish I could see your video. Have downloaded Adobe 9 and installed. It shows on my startup screen. When I go to your blog it says I don't have the new adobe. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
    As a knitter and a busy lady you are doing a wonderful service in providing your knowledge and making your patterns available to us. Thank you.

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  6. Diana L. Sullivan, CPASeptember 6, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    It runs with Adobe Flash Player 10. I'm pretty sure that's free software - try that.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    Thanks,Diana. Figured out problem, viewed video - GREAT AS EXPECTED- bought yarn today, will try knitting tomorrow. Life is good!!!!

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2010 at 4:18 PM

    thanks so mutch, with it being short row could you put cables into it

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  9. Diana L. Sullivan, CPASeptember 7, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    Hi, Anonymous,

    Sure, you could add cables. It would be easy to put a cable in the ten stitches that aren't short-rowed.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 3:22 PM

    What a nice new project, thank you so much for your videos and all your inspiration! I love watching your videos again and again because there is so much information and help you give to a beginner like me. I wish I had more time for this beautiful hobby and to try all your suggestions out! I hope, time will come.

    Best wishes
    Gabriele from Austria

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  11. AnonymousNovember 9, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    Dear Diana,

    I got my Brother KH800 for 2 weeks now (borowed) and as a "newly" at knitting, I managed my first 3 pairs of socks with your beginner lessons. After those 3 pairs of socks, I felt I was ready for your Tam. It got very nice (although with some minor mistakes, but I will get better). Thank you very much!!!!!! Love, Fiona

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  12. Diana L. Sullivan, CPANovember 9, 2010 at 6:50 AM

    Dear Fiona,

    Now that you've already managed it, let me say that socks are one of the harder things to knit on a flatbed knitting machine! Now you'll have to go back and make something easier, maybe a sweater!

    Diana

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  13. AnonymousNovember 14, 2010 at 7:32 PM

    I love your vidoes! They have really been great tutorials to learn the knitting machine, the instruction booklet fell very short of showing how to use. On your tam what was the tension you used? so that I have a starting point. Many thanks, you are the greatest!

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  14. Diana L. Sullivan, CPANovember 14, 2010 at 8:06 PM

    Tension: To give 8 stitches and 11 rows; I used Tension 6.2

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  15. AnonymousNovember 20, 2010 at 10:15 PM

    I have an 230KH Brother machine, which I am told is a bulky machine, do I use the same number of needles? I have played around with a light weight yarn, and the project comes out very large, any advice/ideas?

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  16. Diana L. Sullivan, CPANovember 21, 2010 at 6:49 AM

    If you want to do this on a bulky, cut down on the number of stitches. I am getting about 8 stitches to an inch. If you're only getting 5 stitches to an inch, put on 5/8 as many stitches.

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  17. TracyKMDecember 16, 2010 at 12:42 PM

    Hi Diana
    I'm trying to make this hat turn out a little slouchier, rather than the beret style. I tried using the same number of sts, but I kept 5 sts in work instead of 10 at the beginning of each wedge. This meant more rows per wedge. Once I got it joined to the ribbed band though, it looked more like a shower cap than a slouchy hat! How would you go about making it "longer" but keep the same number of rows per wedge?
    Thanks!

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  18. Diana L. Sullivan, CPADecember 16, 2010 at 2:20 PM

    A veddy interesting idea, Tracy.

    I think I would leave the ten stitches alone, and leave the ten stitches on the other end alone. I'd use maybe 50 stitches instead of the other 25. So for 10 stitches, I'd increase one stitch every two rows, then for 50 stitches, I'd increase 1 stitches every row, then for the remaining 10, they'd always be in work. Some trial and error will be necessary to get the slouch right. I guess I need to see a slouchy hat to get the geometry in my mind.

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  19. AnonymousDecember 30, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    Waouh! Super Diana! I followed this video and then I followed your advice to calculate the points bulky ...and I knitted it on my Brother 260! I'm thrilled!! Very big thank you from France, where several of us have tried this tam. (Let me say that we have had problems with the tam in two movies: the result was not deep enough ... But they are lovely) ... This tam is super!
    Bravo bravo and thank you for your wonderful videos and this wonderful blog! Jack5959

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  20. TracyKMDecember 31, 2010 at 11:35 AM

    I've just posted my results to my blog and Ravelry! http://tracykm.blogspot.com/2010/12/wild-tam.html I hope my niece likes it! Thanks for taking the time to create this pattern. I know, from trying to adjust it myself, LOL, that there's a lot of math and trial and error with this sort of pattern!

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn die Videos ins Deutsche übersetzt würden ...

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  22. Diana L. Sullivan, CPAFebruary 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Well, if somebody volunteered to annotate them in other languages, that would be fantastic!

    I only speak English and some Spanish - no German. I do have a son who speaks German fairly fluently, but betcha he doesn't know any knitting words.

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  23. anneFebruary 19, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    I want to make one a tam for a toddler , how much do I cut it down? What kind of yarn are you using , handknitting? What weight yarn and tension?
    The yarn with the design in it is great.
    Thanks

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