Diana natters on... about machine knitting

I've hand knitted this, and wanted a machine knit version that was easy to make.  Here it is:

Oh, how cute are these monkey-colored socks !

12-Step Program For Rehabilitating Old Japanese Knitting Machines Suppose someone gives you an old knitting machine, or you purchas...

My mission is to help people who want to get their knitting machine out of the case, learn it, have fun with it, and make things. So, how ...

How to Improve Your Life (and the Live of Others) With an Altruistic Hobby Guest post by Maria Cannon Photo courtesy of Pixab...

Here in Austin, we have an active Freecycle community.  This is a group where items are given away free.  You put up a "WANTED" ad...

I meet a lot of beginning machine knitters, and if there's a rookie mistake most people make, it's not preparing their yarn before k...

I happen to love making socks on my machines, with my all-time favorites coming off my 100-year-old Legare 47.  It's old and rough-looki...

A couple weekends ago, the Knit Natters went on a knitting retreat in the country. The idea came up when we were contacted by Debbie Awtry...

Oh, I know I've been quiet.  Awfully quiet here, for a chatterbox like me. I've been busy and had a series of issues that kept me ...

Here's a simple, built-in I-cord edge:

After a long history of no luck with African violets, I am having real success with a windowsill in my office and self-watering pots.

This little video shows how very simple shadow pleats are to make:  -

For my last Knit Natters demo, I came up with a tuck lace afghan on my bulky machine.  I saw an idea in a magazine, then swatched, fiddled,...

I'm teaching at Knit Knack Shop's Spring Fling next weekend! Have you been to Spring Fling?  Put on by Charlene Shafer's Knit...

Here's my April video: This is one you can do on any main bed - no ribber required. 

If I owe you an email or if you're just wondering about me being MIA the last few days, well, we took a vacation and cruised with old fr...

Today was our Austin area machine knitting club meeting, Knit Natters.  We meet at a church in Leander. Today Delpha showed us her brand n...

A few years ago, when I bought a new computer for my knitting, I took the old computer apart, and it has sat in a corner of the room now for...

For March, the new YouTube video is a scalloped hem that you can do on any flatbed knitting machine.  It's just some tuck stitch along w...