Diana natters on... about machine knitting

Hat tip to My Blue Heaven knits: http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr/?season=spring&year=2016&pid=11 I like these colors!  First of...

I apologize that I haven't done a very good job letting blog readers know where I'm teaching and when.  I only do a few seminars a y...

I had a good question the other day in my email.  The knitter has a Studio 700 (nice punch card machine with an excellent lace carriage), an...

Isn't this a pretty shawl, and a fascinating-looking pattern? http://www.carissaknits.com/2015/09/bisection-shawl.html

When I did the September video, it was a long video already, and I didn't explain much about how to do this lace stitch on a different m...

Here's the Brother electronic, model KH 900, with it's ribber, the KR 900.  I had mentioned to y'all that I had never seen one o...

This month's video is a fun stitch, a very simple lace that biases automatically.  I've joined the slanty beginning to the slanty en...

I'm not very good at mechanical things, but John is, and he's been helping me clean and lube an assortment of nice, but used machine...

Go visit Helen !  She's got a new blog, selling site, links, patterns and recipes! Those of us who've been lucky enough to attend ...

Most of you know that I slimmed down .  Seriously! I went from a hefty plus size to a 6-8.  Some of you have asked for details, and I sent y...

Tom whitening formula for machines is fantastic.  You can make an old machine look new and beautiful!  And, this version looks easier to me:...

Updates - John was gone this week, and I was on my own.  Tuesday, our dog Sammy had an appointment for a one-shot radiation treatment on a...

Wedding dress wins Judge's Award at Orange County Fair: https://myblueheavenknits.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/won-judges-award-for-weddin...

Check this out: http://marzipanknits.blogspot.com/2014/07/mars-magnificent-minnesota-midgauge.html

Kristen's fully lined mittens: http://tommachineknittingguy.blogspot.com/2015/06/fully-lined-mittens.html

Hi, Lynne!  Cute cowl: http://machineknittingfun.blogspot.com/2015/06/having-fun-learning-how-to-use-my.html

Anna's blog is in Russian, but oh, the pictures!  You can use a translation app to translate the blog, which works quite well with many ...

Check this out: http://rozspot.blogspot.com/2015/07/crib-size-baby-blanket.html

Life's been very hectic, but lately I really want to at least knit a few minutes in the evenings.  Even if I only get to doodle, make sw...

Look at these interesting spiral hats: http://margsknittingplace.blogspot.com/2015/07/spiral-hats-some-time-ago-i-saw-tv.html