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2 years ago
Hi all!

I'm Kris from Michigan. I just ordered an LK150 tonight and have been reading all the tutorials. I'm so excited this group exists!

I had 2 knitting machines in the 90s. My first one was a gift my family bought on an infomercial in 1992. It was a mid-gauge plastic machine. My first exposure to machine knitting. I think it was called "The Incredible Sweater Machine". It worked great, but the carriage had plastic tension plates instead of a tension dial. They eventually cracked and I couldn't get replacements. I made a few intarsia and hand-manipulated cable sweaters.

In 1999, I was perusing E-bay and came across a listing for an old Singer standard gauge machine. It had a 24-stitch punch card, a ribber, and did all sorts of great tuck, slip, fair isle, and lace stitches. Worked like a champ! Due to its age, I had to replace the sponge bar on it. The carriage "died" in the mid 2000s. Got a lot of use out of that machine. I had purchased an online book about creating "fabric" on the knitting machine and then using a sewing machine to zigzag & straight stitch the garment "pattern" on the fabric, cut and sew.  

Fast forward nearly 20 years and I finally have time to get back into machine knitting again. I decided to get the LK150 to start with since I have a ton of DK and light Aran weight yarn I can use on it.

I will eventually settle on getting a good standard bed with a ribber and all the accessories.

Does anyone have recommendations on a good stand for the LK150?

2 years ago
Hi Kristin!
Welcome back to the world of Machine Knitting! You will have lots of fun with your LK.

The best tables are sturdy - especially with the back and forth motion.

Here's my recommendation, (although it costs almost as much as you paid for your machine 😊).  But you can use it with your upcoming standard gauge machine as well.  

https://wwwknititnow.com/blog/21/the-best-knitting-machine-table

Sue

2 years ago

[QUOTE username=knititnow userid=6379890 postid=1332368359]Hi Kristin!

Here's my recommendation, (although it costs almost as much as you paid for your machine 😊).  But you can use it with your upcoming standard gauge machine as well.  



https://www.knititnow.com/blog/21/the-best-knitting-machine-table


Sue[/QUOTE]

Hi, Sue! Thank you for your suggestion. I clicked on the link, but only get a "page cannot be found" error.

2 years ago
I'm sorry, it should have been a link to our blog

https://www.knititnow.com/blog/

search for table

https://www.knititnow.com/blog/21/the-best-knitting-machine-table

2 years ago
Thank you! The link worked 🙂

2 years ago
Thank you, Juave

2 years ago
Juavue,

Does your machine have a ribber? Let me know if you have any pics.