Diana natters on... about machine knitting

  Two videos are going up today because I have a new beret pattern I’m really excited about.   This first video is the automatically short-r...

  “My” knitters love to make and give beautiful, quality socks, and I have already written two sock-making books.   One is for the standard ...

  Recently, I purchased a Tru-Knit Circular Sock Machine.  I’d been looking at new CSMs for a while, and I had tried out the Ehrlbacher, the...

I made a sock as a sample of an upcoming pattern for single bed, no-sew socks. But then I got VERY distracted by life.  Our son visited, we ...

  ERRATA As of July 10, 2024   Shawl Collection Page 2:   Change this line to read “mid-gauge or bulky” as follows:   Machine :   Yo...

Now that I've been making some digital patterns, I wanted to put up one more "Afghan in a Day or Even Less" project.  This one...

 I did this video in response to a question.  I realized that to answer the question, I needed to demonstrate and explain the following thin...

 This month's new videos were two key techniques from my new pattern set, Bargello Lace Collection.   The first video, the Double Strand...

Sponge bars on my mind lately, and I thought a little information about them might be useful to others. So, why are sponge bars on my mind l...

 I didn't know how many of you would be interested in this, but I've been fascinated with it, so I'm sharing.  I had purchased a...

 The knit club that I belong to, the Knit Natters, which is a machine knitting guild in the Austin, Texas area, has funds for charity knitti...

Round Tams My mother-in-law likes these little berets for her morning walks, just for a little bit of extra warmth.  She is having a birthda...

Don't you think you ought to be able to make very nice garments on a simple machine?  I do! My video for June is out, and it's a ver...

 I have been remiss about posting my new YouTubes here - sorry!  I'll try to do better. So, this video is specifically to help the Chica...

 Hello, dear fellow knitters, and Merry, Merry Christmas!   Over the years, since I've been teaching machine knitting online, I've g...

I think you'll get a kick out of this if you have children in your life who just love teddy bears, especially Build a Bears. Kids love t...

 I just put up two new videos for November.  I usually do one a month, but I wanted to let people know about my digital pattern for a Mukluk...

If you've never played with loopy knitting, that is, pile knitting, why not give it a try?  Here's a video where I show how to do it...

This is one of my favorite ribber techniques, and I hope you will try it!   You can create a double-thickness, fancy two-color pattern that ...

  I wore my own mukluks so often this winter! It's cold underfoot where we usually sit at our breakfast table with our laptops, becau...