On May 14, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Lavolta Press wrote: > The computer control sounds cool. > > Earlier I was looking at some bottom of the line machines where you > had > to get a machine for either fine, medium, or thick yarn--but you could > not use all three on the same machine. Are there any machines that you > can just adjust to your yarn thickness?
Carol K appears to have far greater knowledge on knitting machines than I do, but I can answer this one. Knitting different size yarns by hand requires different size knitting needles. Knitting different size yarns by machine requires different size knitting needles, and this necessitates different needle spacing. The only way to "adjust" to different size needles would be to replace the whole needle bed, and that's the largest part of the machine. Even the high-end machines have these limitations. It is possible to run thicker yarns on machines designed for thinner yarns if the needles allow, but the needle spacing can still be an issue. One of the tricks is to move alternating needles into the "non- working" position to create extra space, but you're effectively halving the size of your machine when you do this, and probably wonking up the punch card or computer-controlled patterns. andy _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
