r/MachineKnitting • u/badcatfiberarts • 8d ago

Getting Started New to Machine Knitting

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So I picked up a Brother KH890 with a garter stitch carriage and a ribber at a recent fiber festival. Any recommendations for resources would be great. She needs a good cleaning, the seller gave me a new sponge bar but it’s technically too long for the machine. I won’t have room to set her up until I sell my looms but I’m hoping that won’t take long.

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u/karenleannetaylor 8d ago

You’ll probably want to ensure you have the manuals (can usually download if not there) - good the check ahead of time if you have all the parts you should

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u/badcatfiberarts 8d ago

We did that at the show. Everything looked like it was there per the manual plus a lace carriage too. The only thing I think I don’t have is a pattern punch? I do have the manual and she had the brother knitting techniques book as well so I bought that too.

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u/iolitess 8d ago

I’ve had very good luck with this seller and they’ve been very responsive. You might want to ask how long the sponge bars are. If they are too long, it means you can’t close the lid, which might not be a problem if you aren’t putting the machine away.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115272680264

Along with the pattern you might want to get some punchcard pattern books. There is also one for the garter carriage available. There are some posted online but the quality of the images isn’t great. The print ones can be somewhat expensive. I don’t know anything about this seller, but here’s an example-

https://www.ebay.com/itm/206196301311

And if you didn’t get extra punchcards or a punch with your machine, that same seller also sells them.

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u/AnastasiaAri 5d ago

I was on bond machines before and i started a couple of months ago with brother, it's really cool, once you get the hang of it the results are great. I'm half way through my first piece.