knitting machine classes

[Sarah Simmonds]

Hi all,

Starting 7pm Wed Sept 18th I'm thinking about running a 1hr class on wed nights on how to setup and use the knitting machine and ribber. There's a lot to learn so I want to keep the classes down to max 6 people if I can.

There will probably be five classes:

- Setup, basic knit and trouble shooting

- Designing and knitting your own multicolored patterns in fair isle (using on-board computer) and intarsia

- Ribber setup and basic knits

- 1/2 Putting it all together: knit your own a sweater

- 2/2 Putting it all together: knit your own a sweater

So what I want to know is:

- Are you interested?

- Does the time/day work for you?

Cheers,

Sarah

[Charles Yarnold]

Sounds great, would rather a different day (any) but that's just due to existing commitments (dnd, laser training).

Will tentatively put my hand up for Clare too. :-)

Sol

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[Matt Peperell]

Yes please. I'm very much interested. Time and date fine with me.

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[Adrian Godwin]

I'm a possible. Will pull out if it's oversubscribed (which I think it probably will be)

[Clare Greenhalgh]

I would love to but again Wednesday is not great for me for the reasons Charles said....

[Marc Barto]

Thanks Sarah for organising this, would love to attend if there is still room. 

[Benjamin Blundell]

Me too! Im totally game! Wednesday's are great for me! :)

[Benjamin Blundell]

ARGH! Can't make the very first on the 18th! >< But I can make all the ones thereafter! :)

[Sarah Simmonds]

Hrm... I could possibly also maybe consider running duplicate classes on Mondays starting 23rd Sept. 

This way if you miss the previous Wed class, you can still attend the next Mon. 

Or if you attended the previous Wed class but ran into trouble over the next few days, it'll be repeated the next Mon.

I'm going to have to make the first and third classes (Wed 18th/Mon 23rd and 2nd Oct/7th Oct) mandatory because if someone manages to break the knitting machine or ribber due to not knowing how to look after it, that'll destroy it for everyone.

[Sarah Simmonds]

Does this sound fair? Trust me you wouldn't want to miss classes 1 and 3 anyway, I have a few protips to share you won't find in the books that makes everything else easier ;)

Guess on numbers so far:

Weds 4

Matt

Artg

Oni

Marc

Mon 2

Charles / Sol

Clare / Noko

Oni (first class?)

[joanna z]

Dear Sarah
I am definitely interested in participating. Would there still be a place to join. Both days and times are good to me.
The program sounds amazing!
Joanna (Ashka)

[Tola Adegoroye]

I'm really interested, Please can you put me down for Monday class if there is a space left.

Thanks

Tola

[Necati]

Hi Sarah

I'm interested in the class.on Wednesday. Thanks for organising it.

Regards

Necati

[stephane Malenfant]

hi there,

if that's not oversubscribed yet, i'd like to attend this.

stephane

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[Mark Steward]

I'd also like to come to this - looks like there's space on Wednesday?

I've added the classes to the calendar - the Monday classes coincide with the 3D printing/NJA meetups, and Wednesdays with D&D and Mind Hacking, but I don't think any of these evenings are short of space.

Mark

[Erica Calogero]

Hi there,

I'd sign up for either the Monday or Wednesday dependent on availability.

Thank you for organizing this Sarah!

Erica.

[Erica Calogero]

Hi there,

What's the latest on the courses, are they all full up? In the meantime, I have found a lovely lady called Gemma Ledden (see her work here): http://www.gemmaledden.co.uk/collections.html who is willing to give lessons for £15 plus travel costs from Hitchin (about £17 a time). I've agreed for her to come on Sunday 8th (this Sunday) for a couple of hours. Let me know if anybody wants to join the lesson and share the cost (£47).

This might be good for people who can't make the proposed dates.

On Monday, August 19, 2013 10:15:37 AM UTC+1, Sarah Simmonds wrote:

[Sarah Simmonds]

Thanks all, great to see so much interest in this :) Here's the list so far, looks like all classes are full and everyone fit in nicely.

Weds 4

Matt

Artg

Oni

Marc

Necati

stephane (was this the class you wanted?)

Mon 2

Charles / Sol

Clare / Noko

Joanna (Ashka)

Tola

Mark

Erica

Oni (first class only?)

Erica: I'm curious about Gemma's class this sunday, but what will she be teaching exactly? Setup of the machine for absolute beginners or something more advanced? Could she show us how to latch the floats on fair isle or how to do jaquard for example?

Cheers,

Sarah

[Erica Calogero]

That's great news! Looking forward to it.

Re: this Sunday

To begin with she's just going to teach the basics as I've got to start from ground zero on the machine. However, i've spoken to her on the phone and she seems to have deep knowledge, so there will be the opportunity to ask how to demonstrate advanced things, and arrange a future session on them (or add it on to the end of this one if there is time once we've done the basics).

I for one am quite an experienced hand knitter and love cabling and lace (I've never done and am not that interested in colour work) so I'll be wanting to know quite soon how to do cables and lace with the machine.

Sarah, feel free to come along to ask any questions you have. She seems quite flexible and said she can stay for extra hours if there is a need, so you can play it by ear on the day and extend to include time to address your specific questions.

Best,

Erica.

P.s. I thought jacquard was another term for fair isle. If not, then I don't know what it is, but if you want to check if she knows I can give you her number off the list.

[Sarah Simmonds]

Ok sweet, I might pop by then. Can you clarify that Gemma will be coming to the hackspace or do we need to travel to Hitchin? I'm a bit confused what the £15/£17 means exactly.

I've tried cables on the knitting machine. It's a bit fiddly for my taste because you have to use the same tension for all knits regardless if it's part of the cable or not, but the results are very satisfying! I've been dying to give this pattern a go: http://katedaviesdesigns.com/designs/o-w-l-s/

From my limited research, jacquard on the machine is used to back knit fair isle with the ribber attachment. So I guess it can be done at the same time as fair isle or fair isle can be done on its own. So you're not wrong, it's a technique for fair isle knitting afaik. There's a lot of interest at the hackspace to hack the knitting machine / print in two colour knit so I'm trying to find a solution with maximum flexibility for designs and best results :)

[Benjamin Blundell]

Wednesday is good for me this time around, though I will have to do laser cutter training also on that night (Im learning to give it) so hopefully they wont clash. To clarify, its tomorrow, the 4th right? :)

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[Sarah Simmonds]

Nope, classes start Wed 18th Sept :) I'll send a reminder closer to the date.

[Adrian Godwin]

18th, I think.

If it's the 4th, my place is available.

[Benjamin Blundell]

Ok cool. That was the wednesday I couldnt do but the monday, for shure! *remembers*

[joanna z]

hi Erica

I would like to join this Sunday class and share the cost. But need to leave around 6ish pm. what time does it start?

a.

[joanna z]

Sarah

Thank you for putting me on the list. Looking forward to it.

a.

[Erica Calogero]

Hi there,

Gemma is coming to the Hackspace for 1pm on Sunday. I initially asked her to come for two hours to go through the basics and start using the machine. So it will probably replicate the material that Sarah will teach in her first class on the 18th. After we have mastered the basics of casting on, knitting a sample of fabric on the machine and casting off, there is leeway to ask her to show us whatever we fancy. This may take longer and we can play it by ear. On my list of things to ask her is: ribbing, shaping, cables and lace. If we don't get through it all in one session, we could organize more (if they are things that Sarah can't or doesn't have time to cover), but let's discuss that on Sunday.

See you there!

Kind regards,

Erica.

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[Sarah Simmonds]

Yep sounds like Gemma will cover the same stuff I'll be covering (basics and start using the machine, ribbing, shaping). I'll be focusing on how to do multicolour tho not cables or lace.

Now we can communicate with the knitting machine via computer I'll probably cover that side of things as well (haven't quite worked out where yet, might need to add another class - stay tuned!).

[stephane Malenfant]

hi sarah,

Yes, that's the class I wanted...i think... (beginner)?.

thanks

stephane

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[Sarah Simmonds]

Yep I'm gonna take you through from absolute beginner to knitting your own sweater :)

I'll send a reminder email out to everyone on the list closer to the start date.

[Marg Cobb]

oh yes please it would be good to have the basics

[Mozsáry Zsuzsanna]

Hi Erica, 

This looks really interesting, I would also like to come to the Sunday session with Gemma at 1. 

See you there?

Zsuzsanna

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[Erica Calogero]

Hi there,

Just confirming tomorrows machine knitting class starts at 1pm in the Hackspace and we're expecting Zsuzsanna, Joanna and myself. If this is the final number that would cost us each about £20.

See you there,

Erica.

[Benjamin Wilson]

Hi Sarah,
I'd love to be included in any of the beginners' classes. Is there still room left?

[Sarah Simmonds]

Sorry Benjamin, the classes I'll be running are all full I'm afraid.

[Benjamin Blundell]

Hi Sarah.

Could I trouble you please to put the information for the classes here:

http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Workshops/Knitting_Machine

At present next wedensday, is when I believe I'm down for but not sure.

Cheers

B

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[Benjamin Blundell]

Hi Sarah.

Could I trouble you please to put the information for the classes here:

http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Workshops/Knitting_Machine

At present the monday after the 18th is the one I'm down for but cant remember :S

Cheers

On 11 September 2013 03:11, Sarah Simmonds <sa...@chixor.net> wrote:

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[Sarah Simmonds]

A free spot has opened up in the Wednesday classes starting next week.

Details here: http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Workshops/Knitting_Machine

If you're interested let me know.

[Sarah Simmonds]

Aaaand taken.

[Tola Adegoroye]

Hi Sarah

I won' t be able to make the knitting class tonight.  Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.

Tola

[frances...@gmail.com]

Hi Sarah, 

I met someone at Loop a couple of weeks ago who told me about these classes - maybe it was you?! Are there still weekly classes or is there any sort of intro lined up? I'd love to come by and check it all out. 

Thanks so much, 
Francesca

[Sarah Simmonds]

Hi Francesca! Yep that was probably me :) We have an open day this Sunday so if you swing by early afternoon I'd be happy to give you an intro to the knitting machine.

[Marg Cobb]

I might come in too.....

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[Stephen Lavelle]

Provided I wouldn't get in the way, I feel I would also quite like to be party to such an instruction : )

[Andrew Schein]

Hey there, 

I am looking on a friend's behalf into when/how one gets trained on the knitting machine. We're new to Hackspace (haven't actually formally joined yet!) so we don't know how training works in general. 

Best,

Andrew

[Sarah Simmonds]

Hi Andrew,

I've run training in the past on a purely unpaid / voluntary basis but I've been extremely busy recently and haven't had any time. There are a few members around who know how to use it so if you ask around nicely you might get lucky.

Personally I learnt by reading. There are tutorials on youtube and the instruction books for the machine can be found in the right most plastic crate on the shelves. Please be very careful with the machine and make sure you read the instructions carefully on maintenance as there are a lot of delicate moving parts.

Cheers,

Sarah