Tuesday, October 09, 2018


I remain paralysed by terror, and in addition have been pinned to the spot today by waiting in for Amazon to deliver some new bags for my new vacuum cleaner. I was afraid the package might be too big for our (big) letter box, if it looked much like the photograph. They’ve still got another two and a half hours in which to deliver it, but waiting is tedious.

I hope I’ll get started on packing tonight. Tomorrow I’ve got to go back to Waitrose because they were short on cat food on Monday.

However, today, of course, saw the reappearance of Andrew and Andrea after three weeks away, with their report on Shetland Wool Week. Wonderful!

Knitting-wise, today has been the day of the half-remembered. You might be able to help me with one of them.

The first (you can’t help) arose from Andrea’s interesting interview with Hazel Tindall. I worked out a pattern once, based on something in one of my books, which was rather like that interesting diagonal pattern she showed us. The beauty of it was that it was swatch-free. You started in a corner – or in the centre? – knitting a triangle, and kept on going until it reached half-way across the prospective wearer, and then…

I think I could reconstitute it, if I could remember which book provided the inspiration. I posted the pattern on a website I used to maintain before I started blogging. That’s a long time ago, and several hard disks in the past.

The second (you certainly can’t help here) is that Laine #6 arrived, and looks good. I haven’t really started yet, but briefly turning over the pages stirred a memory that in the only other issue I’ve bought, there was a pattern which was a serious candidate for my queue. So the question is, where is that issue?

But here’s one you might be able to do. There used (?20 years ago) to be a simple knitting machine, quite widely sold. I remember it in John Lewis. It was a bit more than a knitting frame, I think – that is, I believe it had a carrier which went back and forth. But it was pretty basic. The question here is, what was it called? I think it was a short name, perhaps only four letters, but I wouldn’t swear to that. Googling has advanced me not at all.

9 comments:

  1. LK150 perhaps? Mid-gauge plastic bed machine with 150 needles which does nicely for DK weight yarn, and often yarn either slightly thinner or heavier than DK. I ‘think’ there is also a LK100 - same type of machine but with 100 needles. Have used the LK150 and it is an easy to use machine. Karen

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    1. That sounds like the right sot of machine, including the DK weight -- but I think the name of "my" one was an actual word. I'll pursue LK100 on Google. Thanks.

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  2. the knitting machine is (was?) a Bond. I have one in the depths of the loft, and knitted quite a few jumpers on it. It was happiest with DK or Arun. The main problem I had was sweeping the carriage back and forth , by hand, tended to loosen the structure of our dining room table!

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    1. That's it! That's it! Bond! Many thanks.

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  3. eadaoine7:10 PM

    If you put in "knitting machine" on Ebay you will see a variety of machines ranging from under $50 to almost $400. Bond made one called the ultimate sweater machine that was and stil is not expensive.

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  4. Laine 6 (or 1,2,3,4,5) is/are worth the trouble, aren't they? Hope you enjoy your trip and will wait to hear from you when you return. All the best to you, Jean:)!

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  5. Anonymous12:53 PM

    Hesitate to venture a guess on either one, but in my experience a searched for object tends to usually be Under Something - so often that Under Something is practically a household phrase in our house. Alternatively with books and magazines it is Been on the Shelf All Along despite repeated searching. But your habits may be vastly different. Hope the answer for the machine is in the Comments! Have a wonderful trip! Chloe

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  6. "I have continued to think about extravagant expenditure at the EYF. Page 17 of “Laine” – see yesterday – says that a short version of the Ancasta pattern can be knit with Baa Ram Ewe yarn – and, hey! they might even be at the EYF. " from January 2017 https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ancasta
    Not sure if that is the one.

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  7. We finally tried that Jamie Oliver salmon traybake recipe - we are hooked! The relief of simply bringing out one dish to serve to guests instead of faffing about with different vegetables at serving time - wonderful! And it all tasted delicious.

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