Knitting machine

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 4, 2011

So I dusted off the old knitting machine that I’d bought off Craigslist a year or two ago, and gave it a go.  After four hours of pulling my hair out, I am pleased to present the following: Getting started was extremely frustrating – the manual was written in very bad English and almost useless [...]

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A faaaaabulous funky hat!

By Tien Chiu | Published: December 26, 2009

Yesterday I cast on the first stitches for my new Funky Hat, and believe it or not, I finished it the same day! Here are the photos: (Note the pom-pom.  It is imperative that every Funky Hat have a pom-pom. ) I like it!  I admit cheerfully that the cable I put in (barely visible [...]

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Sock blank

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 7, 2009

Mike’s uncle lives way out in the country, well out of coverage range for my wireless provider, and doesn’t have Internet access, so I’ve only been able to access the Web on my iPhone during our trips into town. As a result I’m woefully behind on reading email, so if you’ve sent me anything recently, [...]

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Let's talk socks.

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 1, 2009

Our vacation in North Carolina (Asheville area) is approaching fast, and try as I may, I haven’t been able to think up anything dress-related to bring with me, especially since my laptop is dead.  So, I will have to fall back to my old standby: socks! Towards this, I offer this photo: The yarn is [...]

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Contrast between knitted blanks

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 9, 2009

I dyed the second half of the knitted blank yesterday, and wove up part of it on my lunch hour.  This one I did not do in regular stripes, instead I did it in blobs of color. The intent was to provide more organic shapes than straight lines.  The first blank, which you may recall [...]

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