Beaded Machine Knitting Techniques - Eileen Montgomery 

Designers and stores are showing beads added to everything from fancy special occasion items to bathing suits and absolutely everything in between. So now is the time to learn techniques for adding beads to your machine knitting. With the upcoming holiday season, you can knit something festive and/or something to go with your new beaded jeans.

This book contains over 36 techniques and variations for adding beads to your machine knitting. You can use any machine, any yarn and most stitches. You can add beads while you knit or afterwards, a few beads or as many as you desire. Beads can be added one at a time or prestrung on yarn. If you think there are a lot of choices, just wait until you see the beads available to use!  It's a whole other stash!! 

The book contains: * bead information * how to prestring beads * how to hang beads with small holes * hanging beads on the current row * fairisle variations * hanging beads below the current row * tuck & tuck lace * creating space for larger beads * slip stitches * e-wrapping & knitweaving horizontal rows * e-wrapping & knitweaving vertical columns * beaded cast-ons & bind-offs * beaded ribbing * embellishing * everything you need to know to add beads to your knits!

 

Designaknit:  Templates & Cut-Away Shapes by Michael Becker 

Learn to make neckline templates using DesignaKnit and an existing .SHP file. Cut away templates are used to cut out armholes, shoulder and neckline details from sweater blanks or used to correct a sweater piece that has turned out too long or too wide. Instructions on how to "cut and sew" are also included. A valuable how-to book.

Exciting Cable and Tuck Stitch Combinations by Michael Becker 

Start out by learning how to make cables much easier to cross by introducing more yarn at the point of the cable crossing. Now introduce the ribber. Make purl stitches between cables using the ribber and add yarn to the cable crossing the easy way. Then discover how to make cables on the purl side of the knitting. Now combine cables with a tuck pattern to have tuck stitches between the cables. Suitable for all machines with ribbers. Basic instructions are included for single bed machines as well. Have lacy tuck patterns highlighted by wonderfully soft cables. An exciting combination!

Make Your Knitting Machine Sing! by Scott Renno and James Dixon of Distinctive Knits

A guide to fine tuning Brother and Knitking knitting machines.  

• Tables and Stands
• The Main Bed
• The Carriage
• The Tension Masts
• The Ribber and Ribber Coupler
• The Single Bed Color Changer
• The Double Bed Color Changers
• The Motor Drive
• The Transfer Carriage and Bind Off Linker
• Cleaning and Maintenance

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Workshop Handout Vol 1 by Eileen Montgomery

10 topics with lots of hints and tips over 52 pages with 75 pictures. The topics included are:
1. Appliques: knit, fabric - 3 types, thread
2. Assembling Garments: edges, markers, shoulders, seaming, sleeves
3. Babies' Necklines: neckbands, 4 types of shoulder openings, raglan opening, slit, placket, boatneck
4. Blocking: different yarns and stitches, swatches, equipment, methods
5. Boatnecks: neck shaping, 10 neck finishes
6. Buttonholes: 12 types, single and double bed
7. Cardigan Bands: 12 different bands, single and double bed
8. Collars for Round Necklines: 5 methods for knitting flaps, 6 collars
9. Crew Neckbands: 8 different looks
10. Cut & Sew Necklines: interfacing, marking, sewing, knitting a basic neckband and how to sew it on

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Workshop Handout Vol 2 by Eileen Montgomery

8 topics with lots of information over 52 pages with 91 pictures. The topics included are:
1. Fringes: 12 types with variations
2. Intarsia: fairisle, hand-pulled, slip, shortrow and manual
3. Lace: cross bed transfers, dropped and enlarged stitches, lateral transfers including lace carriages, needles out of work and thread lace
4. Joins: while knitting and after
5. Pintucks: single and double bed
6. Plackets: 7 types
7. Plating: reasons for plating, hints & tips
8. Pockets: 9 types of patch and hidden styles

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Workshop Handouts Vol 3 by Eileen Montgomery

12 topics with lots of information over 52 pages with 105 pictures. The topics included are:
1. Raglans: 14 decreases, 6 increases, 2 eyelet seams
2. Ribber Fabrics: 10 types including tucks, slips, FNR
3. Ribbing Accents: 9 interesting ribbing ideas
4. Saddle Shoulders
5. Set-in Sleeves: how to draft your own, methods of knitting
6. Shaping Formula (Magic Formula)
7. Shaping Necklines: while patterning and two sides at once
8. Single Motifs
9. Stripes: including how to correctly change colors
10. V-necklines: how to knit, neckbands and collars
11. Yarn Buttons: 11 types to match any outfit
12. Zippers: 14 methods of attaching zippers

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Workshop Handouts Vol 1, 2 and 3 by Eileen Montgomery

Get the complete set of Workshop Handouts. 
 

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This book has 26 single bed and 24 double bed band, edges, trim starts and finishes.  You should be able to use these ideas with most any yarn and on any gauge machine.     

$19.95

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This is a great collection of bands, edges, trims, starts and finishes, buttonholes for rib fabrics.   The majority of edges and bands in this book can be used in virtually any yarn and on any gauge machine 

$19.95

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A great beginner's book, this book is written row by row and includes many techniques.  If you need help with your 970 machine, this is the book for you.     Temporarily out of stock until Charlene can reprint the book following their big fire Dec 1, 2007.

$12.00 

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Learn all the ins and outs of your machine so that "you" are in control instead of the other way around!  An excellent supplement to your manual.

$9.50 

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This book book covers  the built in features of the knitting machine as well as basic techniques through the use of patterns (stocking hat, scarf, Christmas stocking, and a child's sweater).   An excellent beginner's book!   Other patterns also included are slippers, place mats, mittens, baby sweater, E-Z tuck afghan, and a table scarf.

Book $15.00

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If you're one of the many knitters who look at your 970 and wonder what to do next, your problem has been solved!  This set of books gives you all the numbers to input into the Stitch Leader in order to knit your sweater.  Each book has sizes 2-54.   

• Drop Shoulder Cardigan   
• Drop Shoulder Pullover 
• Raglan Sleeve Cardigan 
• Raglan Sleeve Pullover
• Set In Sleeve Cardigan 
• Set In Sleeve Pullover 

Book $14.00 each or complete set for $80.00 

Drop Shoulder Cardigan $14 Drop Shoulder Pullover $14 Raglan Cardigan $14 Raglan Pullover Set In Cardigan $14 Set In Pullover $14 Complete Set $80

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