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==== About the machine ==== | ==== About the machine ==== | ||
- | The knitting machine is a Singer Magic Memory | + | The knitting machine is a Singer Magic Memory |
- | It has a standard needle bed with 200 needles. | + | Theoretically you can programme |
- | The machine | + | You can still use the machine as you would a regular manual knitting machine. It has a standard needle bed with 200 needles. |
==== If you want to try out the machine ==== | ==== If you want to try out the machine ==== | ||
- | The following yarn/ | + | There should |
- | * Red yarn (DK weight | + | When getting set up, it is important to set the correct tensions for the thickness of yarn you are using. The thickest |
- | * White brushed thermal (slightly fluffy) DK weight: Same settings as red yarn above. Gauge not measured. | + | |
- | * Self striping rainbow yarn (this is West Yorkshire Spinners 4-ply): Cast on successfully | + | |
- | ==== Further debugging ==== | + | * West Yorkshire Spinners 100% Wensleydale Gems: Set tension dial to max (above 10) and yarn feed dial to 3. This produced a gauge of 22 stitches and 32 rows over 10cm. |
+ | * West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4-ply: Cast on successfully with tension dial on 5, but became a bit tight 12 rows later, so changed up to 8, which was fine. Yarn feed dial was set to 5 the whole time. This produced a gauge of about 28 stitches and 37 rows over 10cm. | ||
+ | * Katia Panama cotton: Set tension dial to max and yarn feed dial to 3. This produced a gauge of 26 stitches and 30 rows over 10cm. Is prone to not fully completing the knit on a couple of needles at either side of the work on the first few rows, so you may need to manually check and rectify. This is probably because the tension is still a bit too high even on the lowest setting. | ||
- | So far the following errors have been observed when trying 2-colour patterns... | + | It also comes with an additional carriage for doing lace, but this has not been tried yet. |
- | * The same errors tend to occur whether a punched card or selection via buttons is used. When moving pins by hand on the bed, errors do not occur (i.e. it's not the carriage at fault). | + | ==== The problem with the punched card mechanism ==== |
- | * Errors tend to consist of the contrast colour being knit when it should be the main colour instead. This is presumably because the pins have been pushed forward into position D instead of remaining at position B. | + | |
- | * Errors tend to occur at the same place in each repeat of the pattern across the bed (it has only been tested over 3 or 4 repeats of the pattern across the bed though). | + | |
- | * It looks like sometimes a pin to the left of a correctly selected pin comes along for the ride, but this could just be a co-incidence. | + | |
- | ==== What maybe needs looked at next... ==== | + | Needle selection errors occur when using either punched card or selection buttons. When moving pins by hand on the bed, errors |
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- | Look inside the machine as the pattern | + | |
==== Future hacking ==== | ==== Future hacking ==== | ||
- | It would be nice to be rid of the 12 stitch repeat constraint and instead have every needle individually controllable. This would require hacking, perhaps (servos, cams?). Ideas are welcome. It is possible to buy electronic knitting machines that bypass this constraint and are known to be hackable, but these are 100s of £££ | + | It would be nice to be rid of the 12 stitch repeat constraint, and the fault needle selection mechanism, |
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