Beginning Knitting Techniques by Donna Seitzer #601

For first time Brother machine knitters, this will help you become familiar with your machine and how to do general maintenance.  You will learn how to select yarns, cast on and cast off, use waste yarn, make hems, shape with your transfer tools, and do partial knitting (shortrowing) with your part buttons.  60 minutes

Beginning Ribber Techniques by Donna Seitzer #602

Learn how to attach the ribber to the Brother machine, and how to keep it properly aligned.  Learn how to do all type of ribbing from the basic 1x1 to the English and Fisherman's rib, full needle ribbing, circular knitting and U-shape knitting.  Also learn how to shape while doing ribbing and how to add a ribbed neckband to your garment.   100 minutes

Knitleader Skills For Pattern Freedom by Donna Seitzer #603

Learn how to attach the knitleader to your Brother machine and what the knitleader does.  You will also learn how to draw a pattern, knit and measure your tension swatch, and then knit the garment from the shape you drew.  60 minutes

Double Bed Color Changer by Donna Seiztzer #604

Although written for the KRC900 double bed color changer, most of the information applies to any double bed color changer.  You will learn how to eliminate those annoying long floats when knitting in multiple color by making double bed fabric.  The information applies to standard and bulky Brother machines.  60 minutes

Creative Design for the 930 Using PPD and Disk Drive by Donna Seitzer #605

This tape teaches how to use the disk drive and the PPD100 (the original PPD).  Also applies to the KH940, and even, somewhat, to the 965i.  Learn how to fully use your machine's design and memory capabilities.  Learn how to design on the PPD and then store to the disk drive.  60 minutes

Advanced Ribber Techniques by Donna Seitzer #606

Learn how to create fabrics with tuck rib, cable and plating stitches.  Also how to use selvedge edges, and knit decorative bands and edges using the ribber.  Full fashioned shaping methods are also covered.  60 minutes 

Using Automatic Garter Carriage, Garter Bar and Intarsia Knitting by Donna Seitzer #607

Learn how to cast on and cast off with the garter carriages, as well as ribbing,  pattern work and garment shaping.  Learn what to do with your garter bar, and how to do Intarsia knitting with or without an intarsia carriage.   And learn how to make it all work together with the knitleader.  60 minutes

Pattern Knitting Techniques by Donna Seitzer #608

Whether  fairisle (multi-color), skip, tuck thread lace, open lace, fine lace or plating, learn all these techniques in this video, along with weaving.    Also learn how to use all these stitches while producing a garment with shaping.  She shows how on both the electronic machines and the punchcard machines.  60 minutes

Garment Shaping and Finishing Techniques by Donna Seitzer #609

Learn how to measure for the correct size, as well as do full fashioned neck and shoulder shaping.  Learn how to easily do pockets and buttonholes.  See how to finish your garments seanming by hand, with a linker, using a sewing machine or serger.  Other ways to top off your garment is duplicate stitch (Swiss darning) or a crochet finishing.  60 minutes

Exploring Isolated Surface Weaving by Donna Seitzer #610

The weaving techniques in this video will enable you to add color, texture and fun to your knitting. 60 minutes

Companion book on CD also available for $17.95

Punch Card Pattern Volume 5 in DAK format.  Includes PDF files you can print out for reference.  Contains over 850 24-stitch repeat patterns for Fair Isle, Slip, Tuck, Weaving, Lace and Thread Lace, as well as 20 original stitch patterns.

$49.95

Stitch World Pattern Book, 555 patterns from Brother 930, 940 and 965 machines in DAK format.  It can now be used with any model machine.

$49.95

Stitch World Pattern Book II, Stitch World Extras, Automatic Knitting Carriage (GC carriage) in DAK format.  Includes stitch patterns that were built into the 965i machine, and the stitch patterns that were sold in the design package Stitch World Extras from Brother, as well as patterns in the Brother Garter Carriage book. Approximately 500 pattern stitches.

$49.95

Graphic Files for Graphic Studio, Original Shape Files.  This is a learning CD.  It includes a variety of pictures of animals, landscapes, and buildings that have been prepared for import into DAK Graphics Studio. It also gives you shape files of slacks, princess style jacket and other garment shapes which you can use in Original Shaping mode to alter to your measurements.  To be used with Designaknit, this CD is meant to give you a jump start to creating your own shape files.

$49.95