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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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?
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.
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!
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.
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
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!
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
Dear Diana,
ReplyDeletethanks 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
WOW!
ReplyDeleteWho 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!
What tension did you use?
ReplyDeletethanks for the video
ReplyDeleteI missed your videos for along time
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.
ReplyDeleteAs 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.
It runs with Adobe Flash Player 10. I'm pretty sure that's free software - try that.
ReplyDeleteThanks,Diana. Figured out problem, viewed video - GREAT AS EXPECTED- bought yarn today, will try knitting tomorrow. Life is good!!!!
ReplyDeletethanks so mutch, with it being short row could you put cables into it
ReplyDeleteHi, Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteSure, you could add cables. It would be easy to put a cable in the ten stitches that aren't short-rowed.
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.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Gabriele from Austria
Dear Diana,
ReplyDeleteI 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
Dear Fiona,
ReplyDeleteNow 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
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!
ReplyDeleteTension: To give 8 stitches and 11 rows; I used Tension 6.2
ReplyDeleteI 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?
ReplyDeleteIf 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.
ReplyDeleteHi Diana
ReplyDeleteI'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!
A veddy interesting idea, Tracy.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
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!
ReplyDeleteBravo bravo and thank you for your wonderful videos and this wonderful blog! Jack5959
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!
ReplyDeleteich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn die Videos ins Deutsche übersetzt würden ...
ReplyDeleteWell, if somebody volunteered to annotate them in other languages, that would be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
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?
ReplyDeleteThe yarn with the design in it is great.
Thanks