Couple of things in this podcast…
I work on my Singer 151 attempting to make the ribber behave and fail miserably. (Sorry about the noise) I talk about traveling with machines and taking care of the machine as well as my love of that particular machine. Its ok I don’t wax poetic primarily because the machine does not behave. Or… was it the user? I end up good to go to CNYMK Meeting with my Singer 151 Chunky. During which you are introduced to some of the CNYMK folks and you experience the sounds our experience of a Sock Machine Demo. I wasn’t able to include as much audio from this event because of some interference noise that appeared in the recording. I spent HOURS cleaning up what I share, because I wanted to share some of the meeting with you. More from the very talented CNYMK folks in the future!
We hear a funny little story from one of the MK World submitters. Are you on the map? Would you like to include the Map on your Group or MK Related site? I am happy to collaborate and will share freely with any MK Group or MK Related site.
I got comment size and site fixed for readability… its a W.I.P. people. We had a power outage last night so I am behind by a couple hours. A video will be uploaded to coincide with my Sponge Bar Refurbishment which we discuss in the last bit of the podcast. OOPS! Bond Users… I mention in the video a technique to add a strip to your machines that was supposed to be included in the podcast. I FORGOT!!!! I couldn’t find the link right off so if you know where to find info on that COMMENT!
By the Way…. if you aren’t LISTENING to the podcasts you are missing some things. I really suggest you right-click and save target as for easy listening on your computer. Read “How to Listen” for instructions on getting the podcasts. I hope to have the iTunes delivery system working soon to make downloading easier for iTunes users.
Enjoy!
Happy KNITTING!
11 responses so far ↓
1 Progress - Sponge Bar/Needle Retainer Refurbishing // Mar 11, 2008 at 7:32 pm
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2 Monique // Mar 12, 2008 at 6:50 am
This was a really cool video! I read about how to refurbish your own sponge bar, but it’s great to actually see it. Thanks!
3 Clarisse // Mar 19, 2008 at 3:15 am
Good Job! I like to wrap a small piece of tape around the ends of the foam to taper it down for easier insertion into my machines (I use a thicker weather stripping than you did) and if you want to really clean the old foam out of the bar, give it a little soak with some Avon Skin So Soft (other bath oils may work as well, I just like the Avon SSS) , brush the gunk out and wash it with some Dawn dish soap and it’s all shiney and new looking for your new foam strip to adhere to.
4 Liz aka FiberGeek // Mar 20, 2008 at 8:20 am
Awesome video! I will be referring lots of machine knitters to this.
5 Tina D // May 24, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Thanks for showing how to replaces the sponge bars. I loved the way you explained to take
care of the sharp edges– I’m the type that
wouldn’t think and would slice my fingers.
6 isrbrown // May 24, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Thanks Tina,
I learned from experience on that little bit. I re did my first sponge bar and LITERALLY wandered around for days with injured fingers. Some aren’t bars aren’t so bad but I thought of it as I was fixing up those bars.
Glad you like the info here.
Heather
7 M. Cutler // Jun 24, 2008 at 8:30 am
Good Job!
8 Charlene aka wizdmzchyld // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:05 am
Outstanding video. I’ve heard of this many times but this is the first time I’ve seen it in action. NOW I can give it a go. Thank you so very much for making this available.
Sincerely,
Charlene
9 How To Make A Knitting Machine Needle Retainer Sponge Bar Part 2: Cut and Glue Foam | Machine Knitting, Hand Knitting, Passap, Designaknit, Blog | knittsings // Jul 22, 2008 at 9:40 pm
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10 Joy Williams // Jul 21, 2009 at 1:16 am
Hi! I just realized that this was probably why my knitting kept getting jammed and such. Just got a used Brother KX-350 at the thrift store for $10. All the parts are there – the video is unopened, but I don’t have a VCR!, but it kept jamming and I did a bit of a search and ended up here. I have no idea how old the machine is, but it doesn’t look very used, and it’s pretty clean, but I flipped it over, and sure enough the sponge is pretty ratty. But it isn’t a metal sponge bar. I read on another site
http://208.106.154.204/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=93369
that she sewed the old strip to the new and just pulled it through. Does that sound right?
Thanks, I’m totally new to knitting machines!
11 Episode 5 // Oct 6, 2009 at 5:03 pm
[...] this podcast was published here: Podcasting for Machine Knitters Episode 5 This podcast discusses some work I was doing on my Singer 151 Chunky Machine. There is also [...]