Diana natters on... about machine knitting

Hope you're having a terrific day! At our house, we didn't feel like having turkey or ham, so we ate a non-traditional meal - po...

Check out these beautiful MK stockings: http://margsknittingplace.blogspot.com/2015/11/christmas-stockings-2015-every-year-our.html

This is fairly simple, really, just a way to add mock ribbing at the end and have the transition from every needle to having some needles ...

My last 2015 machine knitting seminar is in Dallas near the DFW airport.  Anyone looking for information about the upcoming Dallas seminar c...

I had a great emailed question today from a lady who is about to get a new machine.  She's already enjoying knitting on a simpler machin...

I've just taught a two-day seminar in Princeton, Minnesota (Thank you, Cindy Schmatz and awesome knitters).  This was a grand experience...

I had a knitter email, linking a picture and asking about a stitch like this.  Then I saw a number of posts about stitches like this on one ...

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...