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Gauge
Converting between machine gauges
Converting sweater patterns to fit your swatch gauge
Estimating knitting gauge using WPI
Gauge conversion using Excel
Gauge hints
Grand unified yarn theory
Gauge:
The truth about gauge
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the vagaries of gauge
How to knit a gauge swatch
Knitting gauge tutorial #1
Knitting gauge tutorial #2
Patterns for machine knitters (how to check gauge against a handknit pattern)
Stitch analyses
Swatch calculation tool
Yarn conversion chart
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Miscellaneous
2 teeth claw weight
Abbreviations used in knitting machine patterns
Another way to do the thumb on a mitten
Another way to measure your swatch
Beading on km with wire
Charting - how to chart and proof straight line shaping
Charting in excel
Converting stitch and row gauge in knitting
Creating a pattern from a garment
Creating knit graph paper with a Mac and Excel
Customfit - design your own sweater online
Daisyknits hints and tips
Foreign language mk channels
Hague linker looper set up
Hobbyknitter's videos
Install a zipper into knitting
Interactex - some interesting MK techniques
Jim's knitting companion
Knitmaster Weavemaster demo *NEW*
Knitting machine hacking - how I helped bootstrap the movement
Knitting machine tips
Knittsing's 100+ MK videos
Lego knitting machine
Lots of machine knitting videos in Russian
Machine embroidery on knitted fabric
Machine knitting videos (Russian)
Matching gauges of knitting patterns
Narrow rolled neckband finish for a round neck
Reading an intarsia chart
Reading a lace chart
Sewing machines for sewing sweater knits
Silver needles electric cone winder
Sizes for making various items
Sleeve holes and armscye calculations
Slick tricks
Standard bed and blanket sizes
Striptease knitting
Swatching
Swatching for all machines
Turn your knitting using a stiff wire
Using a large ball of yarn without rewinding
Using a schematic to design your own pattern
V-bed basic techniques
V-Bed Techniques - 10 Gauge Universal Knitting Machine
Winding yarn on a cardboard cone
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Tools
Build your own mast
Cone holder
Cover for your knitting machine
DIY cast on comb
DIY decker comb
DIY transfer tools for midgauge machines
Home-made Bond yarn mast
Home-made cast on bar
Home-made claw weights
How to make a knitting machine weight
How to make a needle holder
How to make a leash for your bodkin
How to use blocking wires
Knit contour
Knitting calculators
Knitting machine tilt stand
Knitting machine weights
Labelling cast on rags
Labelling your knitting machine parts
Make do needle pushers
Make your own garter bar
Make your own swift
Make your own weights
Making custom mylars
Making ribber covers
Manual yarn changer
Passap knitting machine drop stitch tool
Silver Needles cone winder
Turning your work with a handknitting needle
Using a drill to make i-cord
Using the Brother hinged comb on any knitting machine
Using the de-knit tool
Using the garter bar on the knitting machine
Using the yarn brake
USM cast on rag (video)
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Useful Articles About Machine Knitting
Demystifying knitting machines
Garter bar tutorial
Handknitting and machine knitting - differences and similarities
How to alter knitting patterns
How to make a sweater on a machine, handknitter's guide -
part 1,
part 2
How to pick the best knitting machine for you
How to use your tilt table
Introduction and basic techniques
Japanese pattern charting
Machine gauges - a rough guide
Machine knitting abbreviations
Machine knitting to dye for
Needle positions on a machine bed
Pattern drafting by height
Selecting your knitting machine
Uses for i-cord
Weaving in the ends
What is a knitting machine?
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Yarn
Different yarns for different knitting machines
How to calculate WPI (wraps per inch)
Machine knitting yarns info
Some facts about yarns
Yarn 101
Yarn preparation
Yarn Standards
Yarn Standards (USM/ISM/LK150)
Yarn substitution made easy
Yarn tensions
Yarn thicknesses and counts
Yarn weight systems (Aboutknittingmachines)
Yarn weights (Diana Natters)
Yarn weights (Halycon Yarn)
Yarn weights (Knitpicks)
Yarn weights/WPI
Yarn winder tutorial *NEW*
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