You may have already mastered the basic types of knitting stitches so you want to learn more stitch patterns you can experiment on in your Addi Knitting Machine that is why you came across this article.

If that is the case, welcome aboard because in this blog, we will be giving you our own collection of the best Addi Knitting Machine patterns that we have compiled just for you.

Where to Find Wonderful Addi Knitting Machine Patterns Any Beginner Can Follow Through?

There are actually tons of patterns out there that can help you create the most wonderful knits your Addi knitting machine can do. The friendliest advice we can give is to join or follow online groups such as those on Facebook or Instagram.

The “Closed Addi Express Groups”

For example, by simply joining and following through threads in a group called Addi King Loomers and Knits in Facebook, you can be warmly welcomed and accommodated by other Addi knitters with your questions.

These groups are usually closed and exclusive groups and you would have to fill out information forms before you can actually join. If you do get accepted in the group, you’ll be overwhelmed with a lot of brilliant projects from both novice and experts.

Plus, you get to access tons of free Addi knitting machine patterns. It’s a world you would want to be in especially if you truly and deeply love knitting using your Addi.

Different Patterns for Addi Express Pro and Addi Express King

Since there are two types of Addi Knitting Machine, the Addi Express Professional and Addi Express King Size, we will present five knitting projects with awesome patterns from avid knitters done with each type of machine.

There are different types of projects you can do with the smaller and bigger Addi so let’s first go through each.

What Can You Make With the Addi Express Professional and Addi Express King Size Machines?

Hats and scarves are the most popular projects done with Addi Knitting machines but once you were able to master creating flat fabrics using these machines instead of circular ones then you will have endless possibilities. You can create pillow covers, sweaters, bags, toys and others so don’t let your imagination limit you.

Some of the most common projects created with Addi Knitting Machines are the following:

• Socks
• Mittens
• Cozies
• Gloves
• Hats
• Scarves
• Bonfire beanies
• Sweaters
• Skirts
• Afghans

Knitting smaller items with an Addi Knitting machine will only take you minutes but larger ones such as sweaters will take a few hours. Since this machine has a small learning curve, you can learn many techniques such as doing limited fair isles, adding brims and borders, and ribbing.

Just to give you an idea of the difference between the Addi Express Professional and the Addi Express King Size machines and what you can do with them, below is a short comparison between the two.

Addi Express Professional Machine

• Smaller machine with 22 needles.
• Suitable for creating smaller pieces for toddlers and kids.
• Can create circular knitted tubes of about three inches in width.
• Can create larger pieces but you need to knit them in flat panels first and then join the pieces.

Addi Express King Size Machine

• Larger machine with 46 needles so you have more options.
• Suitable for creating knitted pieces for adults (hats, scarves, etc.).
• Can create circular knitted tubes with about 21 inches circumference.

By the way, if you want to know more about the types of Addi Knitting Machines and what you can do with them, you can check out this article. So without further ado, let us now dive in to another knitting adventure!

Popular Addi Express Professional Machine Knitting Patterns

The pocket slippers pattern in this section was from Littlejohn’s Yarn and the other four were selected from Yay for Yarn’s video tutorials for Addi Express Pro machine knitting patterns.

#1 Pocket Slippers

This pocket slippers pattern was originally created by Loretta Elmore. On the video tutorial in the next section by Alysha Littlejohn, she added a little of her own style on Loretta’s original pattern. She used worsted weight yarns in two colors: Red Heart Super Saver (variegated) and Gray. The entire tube is 18.5 inches long with a total of 100 rows in which 65 of those are of variegated color and the remaining 35 is of the gray color.

How to Knit the Pocket Slippers Pattern

The first thing you need to do is create the tube using your Addi Express Pro knitting machine and then follow the video tutorial below on how to complete the pocket slippers piece.

VIDEO:

#2 Fingerless Gloves

This fingerless glove/mitten pattern features a long tail cast on with a ribbed cuff and clean finish edges. The ribbed cuff has a hole for the thumb part which you need to knit once you are done knitting the rest of the mitten using your Addi Express Pro machine. Also, the glove uses a bulky weight yarn and has 15 rows of ribbed cuff.

How to Knit the Fingerless Gloves Pattern

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#3 Cell Phone Wristlet

This is Addi Express Pro knitting machine pattern from Yay for Yarn uses worsted weight yarn. The cell phone sleeve is composed of 60 rows which fits an averaged-sized cell phone. For larger phones, you just have to make the cell phone sleeve longer by knitting more rows.

How to Knit the Cell Phone Wristlet Pattern

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#4 Mitten

This mitten pattern is similar to the fingerless gloves pattern above except that it is not fingerless. It also has a long tail cast on, a ribbed cuff, and a separate thumb all knitted using bulky weight yarn: Yarn Bee First Love in Thrill color. The ribbing for the mitten’s cuff is knitted using 10 rows of regular Stockinette stitch made by the Addi Express Pro and purl ridges manually created from the unravelled columns of the piece.

How to Knit the Mitten Pattern

VIDEO:

#5 Two-Color Braided Infinity Scarf

This two-color braided infinity scarf pattern uses Bernat Sheep(ish) yarns in teal and magenta colors. These two sections are joined together using a braided knot and the ends of each knitted tube are grafted together instead of seamed. You need to use two balls (teal and magenta) in three ounce skeins worsted weight yarns with approximately 167 yards per ball for this project. It is composed of two knitted tubes for the two yarn colors and has 245 rows each tube.

How to Knit the Two-Color Braided Infinity Scarf

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Popular Addi Express King Size Machine Knitting Patterns

#1 Reversible Fair Isle Beanie by Margaret Olander

This fair isle beanie pattern is suggested for intermediate to advanced Addi Express King Size machine users. The fair isle technique is done by running two colors of yarn in one row making some stitches knitted in a single color and some in another color to make very beautiful patterns. In the video tutorial below, Margaret used pink, purple, and mustard yarn colors and created 130 rows in total for the beanie.

How to Knit the Reversible Fair Isle Beanie

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#2 Double-Layer Ribbed Brim Beanie by Melissa Sutcliffe

This pattern is recommended for intermediate users because ribbing on the Addi Express King Size machine can be tedious and frustrating. In Margaret Olander’s version of Melissa’s pattern in the video tutorial, Margaret used a very heavy American worsted weight yarn so hers came out longer. The Beanie has a gathered closure on each of the knitted tube’s ends and has a total of 111 rows.

How to Knit the Double-Layer Ribbed Brim Beanie

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#3 Ralph Lauren Fringed Scarf by Melissa (The Crafty Ginger)

For this pattern, Melissa’s inspiration was from one of the Ralph Lauren collection pieces from the Fall 2015 worth more than a thousand US dollars at that time. The piece looks like a scarf with very long fringes but Melissa’s piece have shorter ones because the yarn she used is quite expensive. With Melissa’s fringed scarf pattern, you can create a piece with an heirloom quality. Also, you need about a thousand yards of yarn to finish this project.

How to Knit Ralph Lauren Fringed Scarf

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#4 Crossover Cowl by Alysha Littlejohn

This cowl pattern is a very easy pattern and you can finish it in no time through your Addi Express King Size machine. The crossover cowl uses worsted weight yarn and has a total of 175 rows (35-inch tube). For this project, you need to do some crocheting on the ends of the tube to finish the cowl.

How to Knit the Crossover Cowl

VIDEO:

#5 Dragon Scale Scarf by Leighla Miharo

Leighla’s dragon scale pattern uses thinner acrylic yarn and has five scales but you can make yours longer. The knitting process starts by casting on 3 stitches and then increase every other row so that the knitted fabric grows on one side. The scales are formed by crochet casting off 10 stitches and continue increasing the stitch again until the start of the next scale. The process is done repeatedly until you achieve your desired number of scales.

How to Knit the Dragon Scale Scarf

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Wrapping Up

Did you have fun with your newly-discovered knitting patterns for your Addi Express? We hope that you did just as how we had fun in selecting and sharing with you the top stitch patterns for your Addi Knitting machines. Feel free to check out our website for more blogs related to knitting and other circular knitting machines aside from the Addi Knitting machine.

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To help you choose the appropriate circular knitting needle for your project, we will be discussing the different circular needle sizes and cord lengths along with the usage of each in this guide. So keep on reading to know more!

When you have a pattern you are working on, you will probably find the recommended circular knitting needle size you should be using in the pattern’s description. A 9 24-inch size needle, for instance, refers to a circular knitting needle with a size 9 needle head and a 24-inch length measured from tip to tip.

The needle head sizes often come in either metric sizes or US sizes. So you have to make sure that you know which sizing convention is used by your needle because a 10mm and a US 10 size needle are not similar.

You will also find needles in UK sizes whose sizing convention is opposite of that of the US sizing convention – the smaller the number, the bigger the needle is. But for our discussion on the circular needle head sizes, we will be using the US sizing convention. Here’s a knitting needle size conversion chart for your reference if you are using needles in UK sizes.

Let us start with a brief definition of what circular knitting needles are in the next section.

What Are Circular Knitting Needles?

You may not know but circular knitting needles are actually the handiest needles that you should have inside your knitting bags. These are two straight knitting needles joined together by a flexible cord with different lengths and are used mostly for knitting in the round. They are more workable compared to straight needles and double-point ones because you can use circular knitting needles in the same applications where you would use these two. Read this article link for a brief description on what straight needles and double-point needles are.

Circular Knitting Needle Head Sizes

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 1 and Below

These are typically used for lace projects and those that require intense patience. Small needles like these are hard to find and are mostly specialized. Newbie knitters can ignore these needle sizes.

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 1 to 3

If you are addicted to knitting cozy socks, this size range would be ideal. Many socks are knit with size 1 and size 2 needles using sock yarn but you will also encounter patterns designed to use non-sock yarns but are heavier. Aside from socks, you can also knit shawls with these needles using sock yarns.

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 3 to 5

For sport-weight yarns which are a bit thicker than sock yarns, size 3-5 needles are used. You can knit up socks, sweaters, baby blankets, and others with sport-weight yarns using these needles.

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 5 to 7

These needle sizes are perfect matches for DK-weight yarns which are slightly lighter compared to worsted-weight yarns. They are common in knitting anything from gloves to scarves to sweaters.

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 7 to 9

Size 7-9 circular knitting needles are possibly the most popular ones and are usually used to knit worsted-weight yarns. These are recommended for newbie knitters.

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 9 to 11

As the circular needle knitting head size grows larger, you will also create faster knits. For quick knits, chunky-weight or bulky yarns are the most famous ones. You can practically use any type of knitting needle for bulky yarns but circular knitting needles are the best ones for knitting large projects. Do note that the sizes in this range are 9, 10, 10.5, and 11 US sizes.

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes 11 to 17

If you are into bigger projects using bulky yarns, choose this size range. But do not be surprised if you will not find 12, 14, and 16 US needle sizes because these are only available in odd sizes (11,13,15 and 17).

Circular Knitting Needle Sizes Larger than 17

Needle heads larger than US size 17 are for jumbo weight yarns for creating really thick knits. Wood and metal circular knitting needles are not ideal materials for thick knits because they add to the heaviness of the yarns. It is recommended to use plastic needles.

Circular Knitting Needle Cord Lengths

9-Inch Circular Knitting Needle Cords

These are good for socks, narrow sleeves, baby hats, and other projects with very small circumferences. They are the shortest needles you’ll find in the market. Since the cord is short, the needles also need to be very short. For projects requiring much smaller circumferences, double point needles would be ideal because it is very uncomfortable to knit using circular needles for these projects due to the needle head sizes.

16-Inch Circular Knitting Needle Cords

For projects that are a little large for double-pointed needles, 16-inch cords are ideal especially for in the round knitting. Sample projects you can do with this cord length are the following:

• Hats for kids or grown-ups
• Booties and sweaters for babies
• Sleeves and Collars of adult sweaters
• Brims of hats

24-Inch Circular Knitting Needle Cords

You can use 24-inch circular needles in almost all projects especially sweaters. If you want more space on the needles when knitting, you should stick to shawlettes (smaller shawls), flat knit sweaters in pieces, smaller cardigans, smaller adult pullovers that are knit in the round, and children’s cardigans and pullovers.

29 to 32-Inch Circular Knitting Needle Cords

29-inch cord lengths are perfect for knitting medium-sized projects in flat or in the round knits. When you are following a pattern starting with 340 cast on stitches, these lengths would be the best option to start with. They are good fits for the body of sweaters, shawls, baby cardigans or blankets, and pullovers that are knit in the round.

36 to 40-Inch Circular Knitting Needle Cords

This range of cord lengths are ideal for large or heavy projects knitted flat and projects with small circumferences knit using the magic loop. You will be more comfortable when knitting heavy projects using these cord lengths because all of the weight will be put onto the needle cord which allows for faster knitting. They are also suitable for larger circular shawls, cardigans, and pullovers (like men’s pullovers) that are knit in the round.

Over 40-Inch Circular Knitting Needle Cords

Unless your projects are particularly large (such as bed-size blankets), you won’t be needing long needles with these sizes that much. You can use them when knitting smaller projects knit in flat but you will have to deal with the extra cord length which can be very inconvenient.

Interchangeable Kits

When you are doing a lot of different projects requiring varying needle head sizes and cord lengths, having multiple needles can be very inefficient. The solution is to get interchangeable kits which contain needle tips in a wide range of sizes that you can attach to various cord lengths. They are very handy and gives you a lot of options for your knitting projects.

By the way, if you already have your own circular needles and are not sure what their cord lengths are, you can read this article on how to measure length of circular knitting needles. And if you’re still a beginner in circular knitting machine, check out this video on how to knit in the round for beginners.

Conclusion

In choosing a circular needle size and cord length, the application is not only the influencing factor but also your personal preferences. You can experiment using each needle size and cord length to discover your own tastes.

But do remember that the circular needle size and cord length you will be using will still depend on the project you are intending to create as we have discussed in this article. It will be easier to figure out which needle would be appropriate for your project if you already know the weight of the yarn you will be using. In fact, most yarn labels display the recommended needle size for the yarn.

As for the circular needle cord length, you just have to know the size of the project you want to do. Shorter cord lengths are ideal for small-sized projects and longer ones are for big chunky projects. Feel free to check out our blog for more articles about circular knitting and circular knitting machines.

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At the same time, you get to use your time creating engaging projects for yourself or for your loved ones. These may be hats, shawls, socks, sweaters and blankets.

Whether you are a beginner or an avid knitter, it will always be a wise move to choose and buy a perfect set of circular knitting needles that you find most suitable with your hands.

To do you a simple favor, we have compiled these hot leads on where you can buy the best circular knitting needles – metal, bamboo, plastic and aluminum.

Plus, we’ve added a little bonus on the best knitting needles knitters raved about this 2019 and where you can purchase them.

Where to buy these needles? Here’s a list you should go to.

#1 Amazon Circular Knitting Needles

Have a look around Amazon and you can find great deals for circular knitting needles with sizes

ranging from 16 to 48 inches. Sellers also offer a wide variety of cord thickness depending on what you need.

What you can find on Amazon

Just key in the search bar for “circular knitting needles” and you will find products with different brands. You may also take a look at Amazon’s Choice and Editorial Recommendations, just to see if you fancy the product and its price.

The Amazon’s Choice tells you that these knitting needle products are buyers’ favorites and many of them were satisfied with their transactions with the seller. If you want to stay on the safe side, you can opt to choose from the said list.

#2 Ebay Circular Knitting Needles

Ebay is another haven for purchasing knitting needles. Most Ebay circular knitting needles are usually cheaper in price than on Amazon. But unless you pay via credit card or purchase through paypal by funding it through a credit card can you only be protected from possible scams or fraudulent sellers on Ebay.

Hence, affordability is typically the main catch for Ebay knitting needles buyers but Amazon ensures more protection for you.

For example, you can buy a Hiya Hiya Sharp Interchangeable Sock Knitting Needle Set on Ebay for only US $80 whereas at Amazon it costs US $90.

Ebay is also a great place to find vintage circular knitting needles at a very low price starting at less than US $10.

#3 AliExpress Circular Knitting Needles

AliExpress is a great platform for finding down-to-earth prices of circular knitting needles from China manufacturers. AliExpress also offers a wide range of prices for knitting needles with a variety of quality range and brand selection.

You can buy needles and accessories for knitting at very affordable prices as AliExpress sellers are comprised of China manufacturers and exporters who cater both B2B and B2C orders.

#4 Walmart Circular Knitting Needles

Walmart knitting needles are offered in a wide array of brands and choices. In terms of price, circular knitting needles at Walmart doesn’t vary much as compared with Amazon knitting needle prices. But it’s not rare that you can find more affordable wooden knitting needles, sock circular needles and interchangeable knitting needles at Walmart than on Amazon.

The biggest advantage in shopping at Walmart is you can ensure reliability of service from suppliers. This is because they have more intricate rules for sellers which require them to have a good reputation in other ecommerce platform before they can actually sell items on Walmart.

#5 Circular Knitting Needle Suppliers

You can also purchase directly from knitting needle and accessory suppliers where most of the knitters recommend.

Here is a quick directory of knitting needle suppliers and where they are situated

Circular Knitting Needles in UK

• Wool Warehouse
• Abakhan
• Hobbycraft
• ADDI Knitting Needles

Circular Knitting Needles in the US

• WEBS Yarn Store

Other Awesome Online Circular Knitting Needle Suppliers

• Michaels Knitting Needles
• Joann Circular Knitting Needles
• Overstock

How Much are Circular Knitting Needles?

Circular knitting needle buyers are typically looking for needle sets that best suit their capabilities and budget. So we have classified typical price ranges for these knitting needles according to the following table.

BEST FOR BEGINNERS	BEST FOR EXPERIENCED KNITTERS	BEST FOR LONGEVITY
Cheap Price	Mid-Range	High-End
Under $25	Between $25 and $50	Above $50

Best Circular Knitting Needle Sets in 2019 and Where to Buy Them

If you want to explore more options for purchasing top-of-the-line circular knitting needles, you may find the following useful.

#1 Addi Circular Needles

Addi offers olive wood circular needles, lace circular knitting needles, addi Turbos, and bamboo circular needles. You can purchase their products directly through their website or through Amazon.

#2 Knitter’s Pride Interchangeable needle sets

Knitter’s Pride is one of the best suppliers of amazing sets of circular knitting needles made from a variety of materials. They offer laminated birch wood circular knitting needle, carbon fiber, chrome-plated brass, Japanese bamboo, acrylic, and natural birch. These are available in all lengths and sizes.

You may directly purchase needles through their website or through retail online shops

#3 LYKKE Driftwood Needles

The Lykke driftwood circular knitting needle set is a noble-looking gift for a real knitter. Lykke is proud of the beautiful handcrafted sets they sell for passionate knitters. Their circular knitting needle sets are truly a work of art.

You may purchase products directly on their website or through online retail stores.

A Piece of Advice for First Time Buyers of Circular Knitting Needles and Beginners

Buying the perfect set of circular knitting needles is a precious moment. With this wonderful tool, you can create boundless knitting projects your heart desires.

A word of advice: if you are still a novice, try bamboo or wooden knitting needles first. They are perfect for the hands as they don’t slip easily unlike aluminum or plastic needles. Also, it is best to buy a set which contains 6 needles of 4mm width or 7 needles of 4.5 mm. Length can be 10 inches as this is convenient to handle for a beginner.

Nevertheless, it’s always good to buy different sets of circular knitting needles for you to on each. Then you can decide which suits your hands best.

Wrapping Up

We hope this article has given you a headstart on where you can select and buy circular knitting needles for your knitting projects.

Remember that it greatly depends on your compatibility with your knitting needle that you can create perfection in your projects. It is therefore best to try out different sets to find the most suitable material, gauge and length for you.

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I know how excited you are in creating your very first knitted piece using a circular knitting machine but the problem is you’re having a hard time figuring out what knitting pattern you should be starting with, right? If that is the case, then you’ve come to the right place!

In this article, we will be discussing four of the most basic circular knitting patterns. There are actually a lot of knitting patterns, but mastering these four will get you through almost all the knitting patterns.

After running through the basics, we will give you more advanced but easy patterns you can use for creating your own stunning knitted clothing designs in your circular knitting machines. So keep on reading to know more!

4 Most Basic Knitting Patterns You Can Stitch In the Round

#1 Stockinette Stitch

The Stockinette stitch, also known as the Stocking stitch, is the most basic type of knitting pattern that is not explained much in many references because it’s mostly included in every crafter’s repertoire. Because it is the most common knitting pattern, you should be able to know this before you carry on knitting patterns on a circular knitting machine.

Characteristics of a Stockinette Stitch

• Creates what is widely known as the “knit fabric”.
• The right or front side of the fabric looks like a series of “V”-patterns.
• The wrong or backside is similar to multiple rows of waving ridges.

There is also what we call the reverse stockinette stitch made from purling the first row and knitting the second one. Through this, the wavy side of the fabric becomes the front.

How to Knit the Stockinette Stitch?

The knitting process starts by doing the knit stitch and then the purling. Unlike the stockinette stitch done with straight needles wherein you need to purl on the wrong side, circular stockinette stitch only requires you to knit on every round such as in the video below.

What Can You Make With a Stockinette Stitch?

You can use stockinette stitch in almost all kinds of knitted fabrics: socks, sweaters, scarves, hats, blankets, and others.

#2 Garter Stitch

This stitch pattern is among the easiest and commonly used stitch pattern for knitted fabrics. Beginners choose this pattern because you don’t have to purl. That is if you are using straight needles. However, the opposite happens when knitting garter stitch in the round.

Characteristics of a Garter Stitch

• Characterized by horizontal ridges produced by the top part of the knitted loops in every row (bumps).
• Right side and wrong side of the stitch look the same.
• The striped texture does not curl.

How to Knit the Garter Stitch

Circular garter stitch is created by knitting the current round and then purling the succeeding one repeatedly. This works because the knit and purl techniques are opposites. The purl ridges give you that bumpy texture which you see in fabrics made with garter stitch. Check out this video on how to do garter stitch in the round:

Alternatively, if you are not fond of doing purls, you can check out this video on how to knit garter stitch without purling:

What Can You Make With a Garter Stitch

With garter stitch, you can make shawls, hats, sweaters, and even slippers.

#3 Seed Stitch

The seed stitch pattern got its name from how the knitted fabric looks like – a pattern which looks like scattered seeds. This pattern is a little complicated compared to the stockinette and garter stitch patterns but once you have mastered it, you’ll be able to create pieces with interesting textures.

Characteristics of a Seed Stitch

• Consists of horizontally and vertically alternating knit and purl stitches.
• Tiny purl bumps on the knitted fabric.
• Similar patterns on both sides of the fabric.
• Flat-laying stitch ideal for cuff or sweater borders.

How to Knit the Seed Stitch?

The trick in creating the tiny “seeds” on the fabric is by knitting in each purl stitch and purling in each knit stitch of the previous row when creating the next row of stitches. To give you an idea of how the seed stitch is done via circular knitting, check out the video below.

What Can You Make With a Seed Stitch?

Due to the versatility of seed stitch, it can be used in any project from baby hats and booties to neck and hand warmers to washcloths. Since both sides of the knitted fabric have similar looks, seed stitch patterns are ideal for creations where both sides would be visible.

#4 Rib Stitch

Every knitter must know how to knit a basic rib stitch pattern because they will be quite helpful in creating various advanced knitting patterns. Through ribbing, you can create stretchy and form-fitting fabrics.

There are three most common types of rib stitch patterns: 1×1, 2×2, and 7×3 rib stitch patterns.

1×1 Rib Stitch

This rib stitch is similar to the Stockinette Stitch. The difference is that it is very stretchable and both sides are identical. So the 1×1 rib stitch is ideal for knitting garments for extra gives especially in knitting hats.

2×2 Rib Stitch

The 2×2 Rib Stitch is thicker compared to the 1×1 stitch so they are great for knitting winter garments. It has repeating patterns of knit and purl stitch techniques for simple and stretchy projects and you can create chunky scarves using it.

7×3 Rib Stitch

This rib stitch pattern is composed of seven wide stockinette stitches separated by three garter ribs so the pattern lies flat but still having a little stretchability.

How to Knit Rib Stitch?

You can read this article on how to knit 1×1 and 2×2 rib stitch patterns. On the other hand, you can go to this article on how to knit a 7×3 Rib Stitch. For a short video on how to knit a rib stitch in a round, you can view the video below:

What Can You Make With a Rib Stitch?

The list of the applications of rib stitch patterns is endless but the most common ones are:

• On cuffs, borders, and neckline on sweaters
• Cuffs on hats, socks, and mittens
• Waistlines
• Scarves
• Hems
• Bags

If you want more hand-knit patterns for both straight and circular needles, you can check out this link.

Plus 5 More Easy Knitting Patterns For You

The knitting patterns that will be discussed in the following sections are variations and combinations of the four basic knitting patterns mentioned above. So once you have mastered these four, you can easily follow the knitting patterns below.

#1 Beaded Rib Stitch Pattern

This rib stitch pattern is one of the vintage designs composed of ribbed rows. These ribbed rows are separated by alternating small seed stitches that account for the additional texture to the fabric which helps it to lie flat. Moreover, this pattern is not reversible because the fabric’s right side shows the design and does not look the same with the wrong side.

Recommended Usage

The beaded rib stitch is ideal for knitting blankets and scarves because of their thick texture.

How to Knit the Beaded Rib Stitch Pattern

#2 Seeded Rib Stitch Pattern

Characteristic of a Seeded Rib Stitch Pattern

• The ribs create thick textured pieces of knitting.
• Though this pattern is stretchy, fabrics made through seeded rib stitches are still able to hold their shape.
• Also known as the English Mock Rib stitch pattern and is composed of ribbing and seed stitches for spicing up your creations.
• It is reversible which means that when you look at the right and wrong sides of the fabric, they will look identical.

Recommended Usage

The seeded rib stitches do not pull in that much compared to the regular ribs so they are not ideal for knitting cuffs on sleeves. However, they will work well for allover stitch patterns or on some edgings where tightness is not needed. You can use the seeded rib stitch pattern for knitting eye-catching pieces such as tea towels, dishcloths, hats, scarves, cardigans, and pullovers. This pattern also looks great on guys.

How to Knit the Seeded Rib Stitch Pattern

#3 Andalusian Stitch Pattern

The Andalusian stitch pattern is an update of the Stockinette stitch pattern and was named after the Andalusia community in Southern Spain.

Characteristics of Andalusian Stitch Pattern

• Not a reversible stitch pattern but the wrong side still has a clean look which you would probably not mind to be visible.
• Similar to a Stockinette stitch pattern but with only one row of ribs (knit one and purl one) which turns the look of the regular Stockinette stitch to a grid pattern.

Recommended Usage

You can pretty much use the Andalusian pattern on anything just like where you would use the Stockinette pattern such as sweaters but they would perfectly fit knitted darling baby blankets in a single solid color.

How to Knit the Andalusian Stitch Pattern

#4 Chevron Seed Stitch

Characteristics of Chevron Seed Stitch Pattern

• Composed of textured zigzag patterns
• Formed by combining alternating knit and purl patterns similar to the seed stitch.
• Not a reversible pattern.
• The front/right side has the zigzag patterns and the back/wrong side has an inverted texture.

Recommended Usage

Perfect for knitting chunky scarves or on the ends of scarves, cuff edges, lapels, or pockets. If you combine multiple colors, you can create amazing Navajo-inspired designs such as in the image below.

How to Knit the Chevron Seed Stitch Pattern

#5 Tile Squares Stitch

The tile squares stitch pattern is composed of Stockinette blocks vertically separated by a seed stitch rib and a horizontal purl ridge.

Characteristics of Tile Squares Stitch Pattern

• Each stockinette block is composed of 5 rows and 4 stitches.
• The blocks rest atop ridges of textured stitches or purls and delineated by a row of seed stitch rib.
• Not a reversible pattern. The right side displays the pattern design while the wrong side does not.

Recommended Usage

Due to the stockinette blocks composing the tile squares stitch pattern, it is ideal for knitting up pillows and blankets.

How to Knit the Tile Squares Stitch Pattern

All of the knitting patterns we have discussed in this article are for hand knitting but you can also do them on your own circular knitting machines. But of course, you need to know how to convert these hand-knit patterns into knitting machine patterns before you can start knitting them on your machines.

Conclusion

The pattern that you will choose for the knitting process will greatly affect the overall look of your resulting piece. Different patterns will give out different feels on your creation and it is up to you to figure out which pattern will best suit the type of clothing you are intending to knit. Feel free to experiment on the ten circular knitting machine patterns we have laid out for you in this article and unleash the creativity inside you.

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#1 Knit Stitch

The knit stitch is the most basic form of stitch. In knitting patterns and diagrams, this is marked as “K1”. Plain old knit stitch is also used to form garter strings.

Characteristics:

• Each knit stitch forms a letter “V”.
• As this is the very basic of stitching, one can use this to form purl stitches, rib stitches and moss stitches.
• You can also use this to form garter strings.

How to Do Knit Stitch?

What you need:

• Worsted-weight yarn, any color or colors
• Size 8, 14″-long knitting needles
• Yarn needle with big eye
• Small scissors

Making knit stitches requires casting on the knit to doing the first knit row then finally binding it off.

• Casting on means doing your first preliminary stitch from the spool of yarn.
• Making the cast on row completes stage 1 of knitting knit stitches. This will be followed by making your first row.
• In the binding off stage, you would have to thread the yarn end into the yarn needle and weave end to secure your knit stitch.

To make it easier, here’s a video on how to do knit stitch.

VIDEO:

What can you make with knit stitch?

Garter Stitch Scarf

With just knowing the basic knit stitch, you can already make this cute cozy knit scarf to give as a gift. It’s easy and chic. And here’s a free tutorial you can easily follow from Flax and Twine Tasseled Garter Stitch Color Block Scarf.

Baby Booties

For stay-at-home moms, you can divulge into making the perfect cozy little boots for your baby. Garter stitch is used to make these nice and simple comfort shoes from Gina Michelle. Very Easy Knit Baby Booties

#2 Garter Stitch

Garter stitch is one of the most basic and simple type of knitting stitches. It’s one of the things you need to learn to create other knitting patterns.

Characteristics of the Garter Stitch

• Easily distinguishable by the knitted loops on every row forming horizontal ridges.
• It doesn’t curl like what’s happening with the Stockinette stitch.
• Great for making thick and stretchy fabric.
• Makes wavy pattern.

How to knit the Garter Stitch?

VIDEO:

Things You Can Do with the Garter Stitch

You can make hats and cardigans with this type of stitch like the ones below.

#3 Stockinette Stitch

Another popular stitch type is the Stockinette stitch. This is yet another easy knitting stitch that you can learn to produce wonderful creations. Learning stockinette stitch can also be a great advantage in perfecting your purling and knitting skills.

Characteristics

• Stockinette stitch has a right and a wrong side. The right side has a smooth texture and is called the stockinette or knit. The wrong side is called the reverse stockinette or purl and has a bumpy, wavy texture.

• Stockinette fabric tend to curl on the top and bottom edges like in some sweater designs. Why stockinette stitch curls is attributed to the difference in size between knit stitches and purl stitches.

If you take a closer look below, you’d see a wider V-shaped knit stitches on the right side in contrast with the bumpy purl stitches on the wrong side. Both sides tend to push the other horizontally and vertically, which causes the fabric to curl.   In many cases, this is viewed as a decorative style of the fabric, but you can limit the amount of curling on the edges if you want to do so. One creative way is to add a border to it.

How to knit the stockinette stitch?

The first step is to make a knit stitch for the first row. Then on the second row, you’d do a purl stitch. You can follow through with this tutorial on how to make a Stockinette stitch.

What Incredible Things You Can Make with the Stockinette Stitch

You can knit pillows, mug holder, sweaters, scarves and anything you think would fit with this type of knit. For a knitting bonus, here’s a link on 52 Free Knitting Patterns for Stockinette stitches you can try on now!

#4 Seed Stitch

The seed stitch is one of the easiest knit and purl stitches that can do to make dimple patterns on the fabric. It’s called as such because the texture actually looks as if seeds are scattered on the knitted fabric.

Characteristics of the Seed Stitch

• It doesn’t curl
• Consists of knits and purls that alter horizontally and vertically.
• Reversible fabric – It looks the same at both sides.

How to Knit Seed Stitch?

Follow through this simple tutorial by Kristen McDonnell to learn on how to knit Seed stitches and make your first piece!

What you can make with Seed Stitches

Seed stitch lies flat like garter stitch, and is reversible, making it great for blankets and two-way scarves. This also makes a good edging for cuffs and sweaters.  

#5 Bamboo Stitch

The Bamboo stitch is an easy stitch that is ideal for men’s apparel and garment such as men’s scarf. It’s thick-like structure is also great as kitchen use cloths or washcloths. This type of stitch is ideal for beginners for its very easy method of stitching. Bamboo stitch is called as such because it looks as if bamboo shoots are lined up in the stitch pattern.

Characteristics of Bamboo Stitch

• With a two-row, three-stitch repeat.
• Thick and masculine look.
• Consists of only two rows.
• Easy to master with practice.

How to Knit Bamboo Stitch

How to knit Bamboo stitch is very simple as shown in this clear and crisp video tutorial by Kristen McDonnell.

What can you make with Bamboo stitch?

You can make socks, mittens, and men’s scarf with bamboo stitch patterns such as these:

#6 Herringbone Lace Rib Stitch

  A series of crisscrossed diagonal stitches are made between the lines. On the reverse facet of the fabric, these stitches will show up as parallel rows of stitches.

How to Knit Herringbone Lace Rib

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGoO0HYylo

What can you make with Herringbone Lace Rib Stitches?

You can make socks, sweaters, scarves and bonnets using the herringbone lace rib stitch.

#7 Netted Stitch

Summer outfit reminds me of this type of stitching pattern. The Netted Stitch is one of the most beautiful stitches. It is made with a balance of decreases and with increases. It is very easy to knit even if it looks tricky to make. Netted Mesh stitching requires looping and knotting of knit at their intersections until you form something.

Characteristics

Also called the Mesh Lace stitch, it has a lacy texture done in repeated four rows. It is commonly used for summerly garments.

How to Knit Netted Stitches

Here’s how you can make Netted Stitches.

What can you make with Netted Stitches

You can make trendy lace scarves like this:

#8 Linen Stitch

The linen stitch can also be called Fabric Stitch that can create vintage-looking fabric especially when you expand its color scheme. Its texture may trick you into thinking it’s woven. Slipped stitches are used to form small bars across the cloth.

Characteristics of the Linen Stitch

Linen stitch is a firm, reversible fabric that is suitable in making bold-colored fabrics. It creates a lovely effect with finer weights of yarns.

How to Knit the Linen Stitch Pattern

In this video, Kristen McDonnell explains how you can make a linen stitch in a fun way.

What you can do with Linen Stitch patterns

A lot of knitters love this type of stitch for cowls and scarves. You can also make a lot of projects with this type of stitch.

Linen Stitch Scarves

Linen Stitch blankets

#9 Basketweave Stitch

The Basketweave Stitch is more complicated than the earlier types of stitches, but all you need to know first is how to do a purl stitch to make it easier to follow through. Also, it’s the most basic form is the moss stitch, but on a bigger scale. So if moss stitch is not new to you, you can easily make this amazing type of stitch. As you can see, it actually has an alternating feature of the knit and purl stitch every few rows.

Characteristics of the Basketweave Stitch

This type of stitch looks like a woven basket exterior. Purl stitches weave in and out of the stockinette pattern.

How to Knit a Basketweave Stitch

You can knit a Basketweave stitch by just following this video.

What can you make with Basketweave Stitch

You can make scarves, hats, blankets, pillowcases, pouches, mug holders, bags and many more.

#10 Purl Ridge Stitch

The Purl Ridge Stitch is a simple variety of Stockinette Stitch and is under the Knit and Purl Family. It’s an ingenious way of adding more intricacy and sophistication to simple stitch patterns.

Characteristics of the Purl Ridge Stitch pattern

• Consists of alternating layers of stockinette stitch with a row of purl stitches, creating a textured ridge pattern.
• The ridges are only visible on the right side of the fabric, with the wrong side looking like a standard garter or stockinette (WS) pattern.

How to Knit Purl Ridge Stitch

This video tutorial shows how to make Purl Ridge Stitch for beginners.

What you can do with Purl Ridge patterns Neck warmers, bonnets, beanies are some of the most incredible ideas you can produce with purl ridge knits.  

#11 Cartridge Belt Rib Stitch

The Cartridge Belt Rib Stitch is has a rib pattern. It’s also reversible.

How to Make Cartridge Belt Rib Stitch

Here’s how you can knit a cartridge belt rib stitch.

Where can you use this type of stitch

You can make a lot of pieces with this unique stitch type such as afghans, sweaters, and scarves.

#12 Herringbone Stitch

This type of stitch makes its way into making embroideries and crocheting. See the bony structures it makes like the spine of a herring fish? That’s where the herringbone stitch got its name. In weaving, Herringbone stitch makes an intricate decorative texture design.

Characteristics of Herringbone Stitch

• It can be woven into all fabrics or fiber combinations using a twill weave.
• Made by cutting and reversing alternate vertical sections.
• Arranged into vertical columns and staggered along the vertical line.
• Used in everything from suits to day wear to homewares.

How to Knit Herringbone Stitch?

This is a video where Mary Corbet explained the way in doing the Herringbone Stitch

What can you make with Herringbone Stitch?

You can make wool blankets, throws and alpaca blankets allowing a brighter colour to be paired with a more neutral tone.

#13 Single Rib Knit

Single Rib Weave design is shaped by rotating sews and purls stitch to create vertical columns. It produces a really flexible reversible fabric that’s for the most part sewn on a littler needle, than the most texture to keep it firm.

How to knit Single Rib Stitch

What can you make with Single Rib Knit?

Single Rib Knit Stitch will help you make and have cool scarf and hats.

#14 Tiles Stitch

Tiles Knitting Stitches make up beautiful mesh style patterns. It’s moderately open, which makes it ideal if you want it not to be too warm. What’s more is it doesn’t have a strong diagonal pull, like open mesh knits tend to.

How to Knit Tiles Stitch

The best way to learn the tiles stitch is to watch this video.

What can Tiles Stitch Make?

It is ideal for summer cover-ups or warm winter sweaters.

#15 Diagonal Basketweave Stitch

The Diagonal Basket Weave stitch is also an easy stitch. You can utilize it for small or large areas of stitching. It looks similar to the Mainland stitch but the back looks a lot like a thick woven container.   Characteristics of the Diagonal Basket Weave Stitch

• It is durable and thick
• Gives body to an object

How to knit Diagonal Basketweave Stitch

What can you make with Diagonal Basket Weave Stitch?

With Diagonal Basketweave Stitch you can knit blankets, socks, bonnets and jackets which is good during cold days.

#16 Raspberry Stitch

The Raspberry Stitch is design could be a finished bobble fasten with stunned of fastens that take after a raspberry bush. Moreover called the Trinity Stitch or Blackberry Stitch. This is made by repeating 4 stitches among 4 lines. With this raspberry stitch, your work will have a decent, nearly sew like design.

How to knit Raspberry Stitch

What can you make with Raspberry Stitch?

Raspberry Stitch is a great way to add dimension to blankets, scarves, bonnets, washcloths, pillows, headbands and purse.

#17 Diamond Honeycomb Stitch

The term is connected to weaves which take after nectar comb cells. The cellular arrangements show up square within the cloth. They are shaped by a few closes and picks interlacing tighter than others and so creating a better pressure. Ordinarily, single cloths are made by continuously extending and shortening both twist and weft drifts to make edges and hollows on a square design, to provide a cellular appearance.

2 Types of Diagonal Honeycomb Stitch

• Ordinary Honeycomb
• Brighton Honeycomb

How to Knit Diamond Honeycomb Stitch

What can you make with Diamond Honeycomb Stitch?

This weave is particularly suitable for hand towels, glass cloth, dispensed roller towels, and bath mats.

#18 Chinese Wave Stitch

Chinese wave stitch is worked employing a single flat and two vertical straight features. This fashion of stitch is diverse from standards cross-stitch, which is worked diagonally to form a small X-shaped stitch.

How to Knit Chinese Wave Stitch

This is a video on how to knit the Chinese Wave Stitch

What Chinese Wave Stitch Can Make

This kind of stitch can make such as bonnets, table cloth, scarves, and some clothes too.

So, what do you say? Isn’t it fun to follow and learn these knitting stitches? Are you ready to make your own beautiful pieces? We hope this article has been helpful to you in understanding the different types of knitting stitches and hopefully, you can apply them soon in your knitting projects. Happy knitting! PS: If you want to know more about knitting, knitting machines (link to knitting machines for beginners), circular knitting machines and anything about making your own patterns, apparels and more, you can read our other articles and blogs solely written for the love of knitting.

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Sourcing and buying your circular knitting machine is not a walk in the park. This is especially true if you’re either a newbie buyer or inexperienced in the textile industry arena. We know, we’ve been there and we understand.

Prior to contacting a circular knitting machine manufacturer, you’d most certainly lookup all over the internet for any reviews. And sometimes, if you are already hooked into buying a machine because of its affordable price and handsome features, you will suddenly halt when you see a negative review about it. Chances are, not all of the negative comments are true. And unless you have a first hand experience with a particular circular knitting machine can you only judge it fairly.

In this article, we have gathered the top global manufacturers of circular knitting machines for producing tubular and seamless fabrics. We even ranked them according to customer reviews, global market and price per unit. In this way, it would at least relieve you from the stressful and daunting task of looking them up for yourself.

First, where to find the top suppliers?

Global manufacturers of circular knitting machines have always been routed from the China region and European countries. As the CAGR rate increased each year, so does the competition grew. More and more advanced circular knitting technologies have sprung and knitting techniques and machinery parts have been enhanced.

The global market has forecasted that by 2023, circular knitting machine revenue would increase from $630 million to $710 million opening more doors for technical advancement in the textile industry sector.

What are the Applications of Circular Knitting Machine covered in this Review?

We have trimmed down the applications in the following as we picked the top 10 most wanted circular knitting machine manufacturers this 2019.

• Fabrics for sportswear
• Underwear in body widths
• Fashionable outerwear
• Mattress covers
• Car headliners
• Outerwear and technical textiles

Major Circular Knitting Machine Options

The major basis of this list mainly covers the following machine options from manufacturers.

• Single Jersey
• Double Jersey
• Single Jersey Jacquard
• Double Jersey Jacquard

Now, let’s get on with the list.

#10 Baiyuan Machine

Quanzhou Baiyuan machinery Co., Ltd. or popularly known as Baiyuan Machine is one of the top circular knitting machine manufacturers globally. The company is a joint venture of Taiwan and Hongkong Associates. The company is not as old as other companies but undoubtedly one of the best since they have expanded quickly over the last few years.

According to our review, the company has over 1000 sets of circular knitting machines produced each year and has a very large workshop area (40,000 sq.meter) with 300 employees. As expected, the 2019 global market survey has ranked Baiyuan as one of the top players in the manufacture of single jersey circular knitting machines.

The company is also flourished with honorary titles and awards such as the “Top Ten Technology Innovation Enterprise”, “Advanced Unit of Science and Technology”, “Province Famous product” and many more.

Benefits:

• Baiyuan has many imported parts from Japan and Taiwan such as their computer vertical lathe , CNC machining centers, NC milling machine , cylinder slot milling machine, CNC engraving machines and large high precision CMM.

Product Range

• High Speed Interlock Knitting Machine
• Single Jersey Terry Plush Knitting Machine
• Polar Knitting Machine
• Electronic Jacquard Knitting Machine
• Double Four/Six Color Striper Knitting Machine
• Rib Knitting machines
• Big Diameter Circular Knitting Machine

#9 Terrot

When you google Terrot, you’d find in the company website that they produce both electronic and mechanically controlled circular knitting machines. Beyond their website, you’d find that most Terrot buyers are satisfied with their service, solutions and high-quality circular knitting machines.

Terrot is a German company and has been a circular knitting machine manufacturer since 1862. They have been developing knitting machines guaranteed to increase productivity and business success.

One of the newest releases of Terrot is their state-of the-art Pattern Preparation System which is a quick and easy-to-use software for analyzing pattern ideas through the Terrot web module.

Benefits

• Good social review and customer feedback.
• Features technological advancement in their circular knitting machines.
• Has been a renowned brand for centuries.

Product Range

• Single Jersey Circular knitting machine series
• Double Jersey Circular knitting machine series

#8 Santoni

Santoni is a world- renowned circular knitting machine manufacturer that originated from Italy. The company has its headquarters situated in the city of Brescia, Lombardy. Santoni is one of the most trusted companies in terms of quality and machine performance. It started in 1919, manufacturing its first sock machine manufacturer.

Even today, the company remains competitive in the Seamless production of fabrics from their electronic circular knitting machines.

Benefits

• The company also has their line of shoes and clothing which makes them highly experienced in the manufacturer of their circular knitting machines.
• Reputable manufacturer
• Have a set of automatic machines

Product Range

• Seamless circular knitting machines
• Large diameter machines
• Automatic sewing systems
• Footwear, socks, K-Fabric circular knitting machines, etc.

#7 Sintelli

Sintelli is a China Circular Knitting Machine Manufacturer that started out as a fabric seller in 1990. Since then, the company ventured in making their own line of circular knitting machines which has eventually spread out through great reputation. Now, the company has over 1500 to 2000 machines produced each year with 85% client retention rate.

Sintelli is one of the most sought after professional manufacturer, earning recognition from the versatility and performance of their circular knitting machines. In terms of price, the company has the most competitive machine costs with high customer satisfaction. Sintelli has a wide variety of machines that are becoming popular at a faster rate than other mid-range competitors.

Benefits

• Wide array of machine portfolio
• Great after-sales service.
• Has over 40,000 items of spare parts and accessories for a wide range of machines.
• Sells high end to midrange machines depending on your budget.
• Offers ODM/OEM service

Product Range

• Single jersey knitting machine series
• Double knit jersey knitting machine series
• Computerized circular knitting machines
• High speed single jersey, double jersey, open width, etc.
• Spare parts such as yarn feeders, cylinders and cams.

#6 Hang Xing

Dongguan Hangxing Knitting Machinery Co., Ltd. is a China-based circular knitting machine manufacturer founded in 2009. The company has an extensive research and development sector which ultimately raised up their potentiality in the manufacture of circular knitting machines. Hang Xing has a computer knitting machinery production which integrates the technological advantage of the company.

Product Range

• Double computerized
• Single open width series
• Computerized Terry
• Double Open width
• Double rib

#5 Taifan

FuJian TaiFan Industrial Co. Ltd. or Taifan is a circular knitting machine supplier and distributor with over several decades of experience in the market. Through the effective integration of resources, with the vision of globalization and professional management mechanism, the company imported the computer-control equipment, making up of international standard production line, becoming “high and new technology company” in Fujian province.

Product Range

• Single Jersey Circular knitting machine series
• Double Jersey Circular knitting machine series

#4 Orizio

ORIZIO SRL is one of the world players in the circular knitting machine industry. The company is based in Gussago and has been manufacturing textile-mechanical sector for almost sixty years. They have devoted themselves in the production of many types of circular knitting machines. The company also carries electronic knitting machines.

Product Range

• Doppiafrontura
• Electronic Double Heading
• Electronic Monoblocking
• Single jersey machines

#3 Wellknit

Wellknit Machinery Co. Ltd. is a Taiwan circular knitting machine manufacturer since 1987. The company made it to our 3rd spot in this list as it has embarked on a large scale production of large circular knitting stitching machines. Wellknit has exploited more on the R&D side which earned them as one of the top producers in 2019.

As of today, the company has over 2000 sets of different circular knitting machines with high technique and high quality per year.

Wellknit has earned the title “Enterprise with high Technology of Fujian Province” in 2003 and also had the title of “FUJIAN TOP BRAND”.

Benefits

• 300 engineering technicians and well-trained workers
• Owns machine tools from Japan, Germany and Taiwan
• Abundant machinery manufacturing technique.

Product Range

The company stores about 40 types of knitting machines. Some of the machines were patented by the company.

• Computerized single – knit electronic Jacquard machine series
• Computerized double – Knit Electronic Jacquard Machine
• Computerized single knit Electronic Jacquard Machine with Auto – Stripper
• The well-known PF Series

#2 Mayer & Cie

You have undoubtedly heard of Mayer & Cie if you are keen on circular knitting machine trends. Mayer & Cie is a German company and is one of the oldest circular knitting machine manufacturer and supplier with almost 114 years of experience.

What’s more is the company stands firm as being one of the top performers in the textile machinery industry with 2000 to 3000 repeat customers. You will have the assurance that they give their best to give you what you need.

Mayer & Cie has over 50 circular knitting machines for modern textiles. The company’s focus is mainly on their R&D department as they continually develop new and enhanced and environmentally-supportive circular knitting machines from time to time.

Benefits

• High-quality and top-of-the line circular knitting machine.
• More than a third of the models we currently offer have only been in our product range since 2010 or later.
• Relanit machine, for example, uses around 30 per cent less energy than a conventional circular knitting machine.
• Mayer & Cie. serves both the high-end and the mid-range market segment.

Product Range

The company has a vast portfolio of circular knitting machines with almost 50 types of modern machines for modern textile.

#1 Fukuhara

If you are aiming for the world-leader of circular knitting machine brands, you have probably heard of Fukuhara. Not only is this company one of the greatest manufacturers of circular knitting machines this 2019, but it has been recurring in the top picks for the last decade! When it comes to innovative textile making, you can choose

Fukuhara as your supplier as it is popular for producing high-quality circular knitting lines. Fukuhara knitting machines have been around this 1938 and has cultivated the textile industry both in the western and eastern regions of the world.

Benefits

• Machine and parts have less heat generation that average machines
• Economical portfolio of machines
• Wide array of circular knitting machines

Product Range

• Fukuhara-made needles/sinkers.
• Single jersey series
• High-speed jersey series
• Double knit series

The Verdict

High quality and reasonably-priced are two of the most common factors in choosing circular knitting machines. There are tons and tons of circular knitting machine manufacturers out there offering the best products and solutions. Which can be trusted?

We have summarized in this blog the ones that are top notch industry picks from a bunch of customer reviews and coupled with the company’s years of experience. We hope you were able to choose from the list above.

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Hand knitting vs. Machine Knitting: What hand knitters ought to know before buying a knitting machine

Talk about speed knitting and surely, knitting in machine would come to mind. If you are a hand knitter wanting to make more knitted creations in a matter of less time, I’m sure you thought of buying a knitting machine.

This is also the case with hand knitters wanting to take their knitting hobby into the next level by knitting for charities. Or perhaps it’s because you’ve developed a buying market for your hand knits and wanted to knit for profit.

Any knitter can do best with a knitting machine IF they have thoroughly looked into every aspect of it because for sure, even if you have lots of years of experience with hand knitting, you wouldn’t be an instant expert in producing knits in a knitting machine.

But with a little know-how on some frequently used domestic knitting machines and the manner they function, coupled with your creativity to tweak some of your knitting designs, you can definitely bring out the best in knitting machines in creating your chosen knitting projects.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Hand Knitting and Machine Knitting (Weighing pros and cons between knitting by hand and by machine)

1. As mentioned earlier, speed and efficiency is the number one advantage of knitting machines over hand knitting. Knitting machines have automatic features that can create your patterns in minutes while maintaining consistency of the design.
2. Flexibility in changing design patterns in the middle of a knitting session can be easily done with hand knitting than in machines.
3. Intricate designs can be done both on a knitting machine and with hand knitting. However, if you are not actually good in hand knitting, you can still knit colorful garments with intricate pattern with machine knitting.
4. For large projects, knitting in machines is a wonderful way to finish it in a much quicker time.
5. You can be more creative with hand knitting. Hand knitting is also a calming way to release stress and tension in your mind. Depending on the machine used, some knitting machine produces loud noises while stitching.

Different Yarns for Different Knitting Machines

In hand knitting, the size of the knitting needle or the hook size for crocheting varies for different yarn sizes. For knitting in machines, 4 gauges are basically used. This covers lace weight to bulky weight yarns. There are different types of knitting machines according to its gauges.

• Lace weight yarn: This is the lightest weight yarn that can be used for lightweight items such as thin garments, doilies, and shawls. This is not recommended for beginner knitters.
• Super fine, fine, light yarn: This yarn is a fingering weight or sport weight yarn for knitting smaller items, such as baby hats, socks, mittens, and smaller garments.
• Medium yarn: also called the worsted weight yarn or “aran weight.
• Bulky and super bulky: Thicker needles are used to knit this yarn. It is suitable for knitting bulky blankets, comforters, curtains and sweaters.

If you know these yarn sizes by heart, you can easily input this knowledge in choosing the right yarn for your knitting machine.

Sport, fingering, bulky and worsted weight yarns can be used in knitting machines depending on which type of knitted material you would want to produce. Never use a large yarn on a fine gauge knitting machine as it can definitely be wasted when your knitting carriage jams the yarn.

So, be wary to know which range of yarns you can use in your knitting machine to avoid damaging it.

Selection of Suitable Knitting Machine Gauge

Gauge is used both in hand knitting and machine knitting to indicate fineness size. It can be measured in two ways. In hand knitting, the gauge is measured by counting the stitches. In knitting machines, it’s by counting the number of needles over several inches then dividing by the number of inches in the width of the sample.

Fine Gauge Machines

• Produce an extremely fine yarn and lightweight knitted texture.
• Needles are set at 3.6 mm distance on the knitting bed.
• Suitable for sport-weight knitted garments.
• Knits the thinnest yarns that a person uses in knitting lace weight to fingering weight items.
• In a cylinder knitting machine, it holds 200 very thin knitting needles (1/50th of an inch thick).
• Ideal for business wear, casual wear and for everyday use.

Standard gauge machines

• The needles are set 4.5mm apart.
• It’s a standard gauge machine that knits commercial-grade fibers.
• Knitters use a coned yarn in this type of machine to knit socks, gloves, baby weight yarns.

Mid-gauge machines

• Its needles are 6.5mm apart from each other.
• One of the most recommended knitting machines for hand knitters.
• A knitting machine built for flexibly knitting all types of yarns – from sport weight to a light worsted yarn.

Bulky or chunky machines

• Used for knitting the thickest and heaviest yarns.
• Needles are 9mm apart from each other.

Express Machines

• Highly recommended for beginners.
• It is smaller than the ones being used in fabricating a large volume of knitted garments, making it a portable type of machine.

Flat Bed Knitting Machines vs. Circular Knitting Machines

Domestic knitting machines that any beginner can learn easily are Flat Bed Knitting machines and Circular Knitting machines.

The difference between flat knitting and circular knitting is that in flat knitting, the stitch is always knitted from the same side. This can somehow complicate things with using a Flat Bed as compared with a Circular knitting machine since the same stitch (as seen from the right side) is produced by two different movements when knitted from the right and wrong sides.

Thus, a knit stitch (as seen from the right side) may be produced by a knit stitch on the right side, or by a purl stitch on the wrong side. For this reason, the gauge of the machine needs to vary in alternating rows of stockinette fabrics. You can use needles with different sizes to correct this.

Circular knit fabric has a gauge of 12 to 22. The higher the gauge is, the thinner the fabric. On the other hand, flat knit is made with a machine that knits the fabric in sheets (or flat) and the gauge is 2 to 10.

What is a Flat Bed Knitting Machine?

Flat Bed Knitting Machine makes flat pieces. It is one of the most common knitting machines for boutique producers and hobbyists. hobbyists and boutique producers. Items produced with the Flat Bed knitting machine have side seams.

One thing about flat bed is it cannot possibly knit a round item like the circular knitting machine does. Also, you cannot be able to work purl stitches or garter stitch automatically.

Flat Bed Knitting Machines Recommended for Beginners

Silver Reed LK-100/LK150

This plastic bed machine is usually cheaper as compared to metal bed varieties or bulky machines. It also helps that there are not many adjustments you need to do before using this. The plastic build does make it feel less intimidating for beginners, as compared to metal beds.

The Silver Reed Knitting Machine is manufactured from Japan and have been branded under Studio, Empisal, Singer, and KnitMaster.

Newer versions of the Silver Reed Knitting Machines can be easily used even with difficult yarns. If wires may be used in your work, the Silver Reed Knitting Machines can also be able to work with it. The patterns for this machine can be easily found.

Since they are not as adjustable as other machines, they are not manipulated easily as compared to other knitting machines. With this, having custom work and placing different and custom patterns is workable, but it needs a bit of practice.

SK 280 Automatic Punchcard Knitting Machine

This SK280 is a reliable knitting machine that will help you create beautiful stitch pattern for your garments. With a 24-stitch punch card pattern center, you can knit various stitch patterns such as weaving, tuck, fair and slip, to name a few.

Recommended for sport weight yarns, the Standard Gauge Punch card machine features a 200 Needle, 4.5mm Needle Gauge. This single bed knitting machine has a metal bed made from stainless steel, and has a 24-stitch repeating pattern area.

Brother KX350

Another highly recommended flat bed knitting machine for beginners is Brother KX350. It has a slightly smaller stitch width than LK-100, but much more versatile, according to its users. It provides a smooth operation and gives beginner the ease to use. Brother KX350 features a cast- on comb, and has a wider gauge, as compared to the standard. This makes this knitting machine a choice for easy knitting. Even with these different features, the knitting quality is recommendable as it creates tight stitches.

What’s a Circular Knitting Machine?

In circular knitting, the machine knits the garment in a tubular way. The weight is usually light and the fabric is thin. Circular knit is made with a machine that knits the fabric in a continuous circle (tube); the weight is “light.” The fabric is thin. There are many things you can knit with a circular knitting machine as a beginner.

Circular Knitting Machines Recommended for Beginners

#1 Addi Express

Addi Express is one of the most popular domestic circular knitting machines ever invented. It makes cylindrical garments such as socks, gloves, mittens and many more. It is so easy to use that any beginner, with practice, can learn to knit with it. When you do, you can knit wonderful creations in a matter of minutes up to a few hours.

There are two types of Addi Express: Addi Express Professional and Addi Express King.

Addi Express Professional

Addi express professional is a smaller circular knitting Addi Express that contains 22 needles for knitting circular knitted products.You can be able to knit small diameter pieces in minutes. You can also make wider items when you stitch patterns together. All Addi knitting needles are manufactured to exact metric sizes.

Features

• Needle diameter is 10-15cm (4”-6”). Knitted items can be around 15 to 20 cm (6″ to 8″) wide.
• Recommended yarn thickness is between 3.5 – 8 mm.

What’s in the box

Inside the package, you will find the express knitting machine, stoppers and a pattern book.

What can you make with an Addi Express Pro?

Examples of what you can make with the Addi express pro are:

• Socks
• preemie hats
• narrow scarves
• Mitts
• fingerless gloves
• Cozies
• pieced together afghans
• piece together baby sweater.

Addi Express King

Addi Express King is larger than the Addi Pro having 46 needles. It can obviously knit larger items. The addi-Express “Kingsize” model is mounted onto the table and remains securely in position. Yarns used can be 3-8 cm.

Features

• Circular knitting-35 centimeters.
• Flat Knitting-45 centimeters.

What’s in the Box?

Addi not only offers the Express machine in original and King-size, but also available are the stoppers and pattern books. Includes: 46 needles, needle holder, decrease needle, 5 replacement needles, 4 base feet, 2 screw hooks for stable table mounting, digital row counter with memory function.

How Addi Express Machine Works

How it works is very simple. Just crank the handle attached to the circular knitting machine and you’d be able to knit stitches with it. Of course to be able to handle it with ease, you need to learn more on how to use it. There are tons of information on the internet on how to use an Addi Express and many tutorials on making socks, scarves, hats, mitts with an Addi.

Where Can You Buy an Addi Express Machine?

You can buy Addi Express machines ANYWHERE. Here is just a little bit of suggestions of places that I know have a good reputation and great service.

Mary Maxim

Paradis Fibers

Woolery

Amazon

#2 The Prym Knitting Machine

The Prym Knitting Machine is a semi-automatic knitting mill excellent for creating knitted tubes with a stitch count of 44 stitches for circular knitting. Even stitches are produced when precise thread guidance and tensioning device are secured for ideal wool thread tension.

This Prym Knitting Machine can use a variety of hand knitting yarns. It is also very easy to change colors as you knit. By just adjusting the thread tension you can easily vary the thickness of the wool.

Be wary not to use a very thin yarn except when using the Mini version, as the knitting may look like it has a lot of dents.

Also, start slowly with a long piece of yarn to pull on as explained below, otherwise the machine drops stitches. If you are a beginner, you may think the machine is faulty and want to throw it away. Be patient, work slowly at the beginning and pull down on the wool until you are able to add weight to your work.

Different types of Prym Knitting Mill are the Prym Knitting Maxi, Prym Knitting MIDI and Prym Knitting Mini.

Prym Knitting Mill Maxi

By its name, Maxi is the largest knitting mill in the prym line. You can knit scarves, pillowcases and caps with ease. This knitting machine includes the Knitting mill, crank, mode switch, yarn guide, tension piece, handle, plastic needle, legs & instructions. It works well with most yarns and is also capable for hand knitting.

• Foam-backed nylon covering allows easy pinning and marking.
• Can also do the purl stitch.
• Replacement needles are also available in its package.

Features of the Prym Knitting Machine

• Dimensions: 16 x 8 x 6 cm.
• Similar to a knitting dolly but includes a handle so you can make tubes in no time.

Prym Knitting Mill MIDI

• The number of stitches: 20 when knitting in a round, 16 when flat.
• 0,22 lb of wool with a run length of 459 yards are knitted in as little as 15 minutes.

• Knits panel with a width of 4,7″, knits tubes with a dia. 2,35″. Dimension: H8,3″ x W8,3″ x D10,2″

When you start knitting on your Prym Knitting Mill (Any) drop a long string of yarn down the middle of the mill as you start so you can grab it from the bottom and place tension on it as it moves through the mill.

This knitting mill works well with all yarns suitable for hand knitting except very fine yarns,(pin sizes 2-6). Please note that the different types of yarn may need different tension, feed thin yarns through all the slots of the tension piece to produce a loose knit. Chunky and irregular yarns work well if fed through only some of the slots of the tension piece for a tight knit.

Prym Knitting Mill MINI

This Prym Knitting Machine is a really small version of the above and can only do 4 stitches at a time. It is perfect for making cords for decorative purposes or even to make into a circular mat.

It is a lot quicker than doing the job manually and you can quickly whip up cords for whatever project you desire.

How it works

Even absolute beginners can knit with the Prym circular knitting machine. You just need to follow the instruction manual on how to put it together. Basically, you will need to put the handle on and begin casting.

Watch as your creation come out of the base of the mill. The Prym knitting machine works in the air and the knitting comes out the bottom. It does not need to be fastened to a flat surface like some of the other machines of this nature.

Where Can You Buy an Prym Knitting Mill?

You can buy Prym at the Amazon Arts, crafts and sewing store. It is also available at ebay, empress mill, and hague direct.

#3 The Singer Knitting Machine

The Singer Knitting Machine is the most suitable machine for absolute beginners such as kids doing crafts. This circular knitting machine comes in a wide range of sizes, shapes and varieties. It is designed for almost any type or weight knitting yarn.

The Singer is not as popular and in-demand as the other circular machines such as the Addi, but it does have certain features that make it extremely valuable for serious knitters.

Singer Knitting Machines and attachments are readily available for nearly any yarn weight and style so even working with those difficult yarns like the ribbon yarns, the lace yarns and even the chunky yarns that sometimes create problems on knitting machines can be easily worked with. With this machine, you can knit scarves hats shoulder bags socks forearm warmers and more.

Features

• Machine measures 8-inch by 10-inch by 4-inch
• Create a flat or round stitch in seconds.

How it Works

This machine creates a flat or round stitch in seconds with a simple turn of the handle.

What’s in the box?

The package includes the knitting machine, 2 skeins of Fun Fur yarn-purple and pink yarn needle and Do-It-Yourself Project Booklet.

How Much Time Will You Put into Knitting?

People are just so busy right now that most of the hobbies we do are done during very little spare time. If you do knitting just once a week or very infrequent, I recommend starting with the affordable knitting models like the Singer. Once you develop a deeper sense of attachment and passion to knitting that you decide to knit further, you might want to invest into top-of-the-line knitting machines. Most knitters collect these knitting machines and try them out each.

What Creations are you planning to make?

If your quest is to donate to charity or make knitting as a profitable hobby, I’d recommend the Addi Express. It’s a lot more expensive but has a strong reputation among avid knitters. Flatbeds suggested above can also be used. If you want, you can also look into metal knitting machines.

How Much Money Do You Want to Invest?

By now you know how knitting can be a very expensive investment or an affordable pastime. Flat Beds are much more expensive than Circular knitting machines but some knitters prefer them depending on the type of garments they want to produce. On the part of circular machines, Addi is the most expensive, but is the most sought after because of quality and durability. If you want an affordable alternative you can try out the Prym or Singer model.

Wrapping Up

When you are sourcing for the best knitting machine out there, it really boils down to what you want to achieve and how much your budget is. A lot of knitters prefer trying out different domestic knitting machines and writing their reviews on each. Plastic hobby knitting machines have grown famous for beginners as it’s very easy to use.

If you are looking for your first machine to try, the flat bed and circular knitting machines I’ve suggested above are great to choose from as they are specifically top recommendation for beginners.

However, if you’re looking for something like the industrial metal knitting machines, you can always find used knitting machines in eBay. If you want to buy new ones at a cheap price, Sintelli offers circular knitting machines.

Keep in mind that these machines are for making huge amounts of garments in a day and are used for bulk garment orders. They are very heavy and takes a lot of space. But it’s a great investment if you want to make your own textile industry.

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A Little Background on Knitting

When you think of it, people used to knit their clothes with all the effort and hardwork. Knitting machines have changed the way we think about clothing and fabric. Since its invention in 1579, the business of making clothing transferred into small cottage industries, making hand knitting non-essential, a recreational activity.

Innovation has quickly transformed the growing capabilities of knitting machines in forming knitted fabrics and today, you can choose from a variety of knitting machines for your textile industry.

How Can We Classify Knitting Machines? (In a Broad Sense)

There are a lot of ways to classify knitting machines. Some sources have classified them according to its configuration such as either Flat Bed or Circular. In other references, it’s sorted according to its function; like for example, Fabric knitting Machines and Garment-Length knitting machines.

Indeed, there are many different types of knitting machines used for making many types of knitted fabrics. 

In this article, we have listed and classified these knitting machines as either Weft knitting machine or Warp Knitting Machine. 

Weft Knitting Machine

Weft Knitting Machines are used to make weft knitted fabrics by just a single yarn. Knitting in weft is a more common method than warp knitting. In Weft knitting, the looms are knitted horizontally in a circular form from left to right of the fabric. Weft knits are made from a yarn fed into the circular knitting machine needles.

Warp Knitting Machine

On the other hand, Warp knitting is done by knitting in a zigzag pattern along the fabric area. While weft knitting is done by knitting across the fabric, Warp knitting is accomplished by running knits through adjacent wales or columns.

Both Warp knitting machines and Weft Knitting machines can be further classified into many types of knitting machines listed below.

Weft Knitting Machine:

1. 1. Circular Knitting Machine
      1. Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine
         1. Plain Single Jersey
         2. 2 Track 4 Track
         3. Terry and Fleece
         4. Jacquards
      2. Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machine
         1. Rib
         2. Interlock 
         3. Pique
   2. Straight Bar Knitting Machine
      1. Single Needle Straight Bar Knitting Machine
      2. Double Needle Straight Bar Knitting Machine
   3. Flat Bar Knitting Machine
      1. Flat Bed or V-Bed
      2. Single-Bed
      3. Unidirectional Bed

Warp Knitting Machine

1. 1. 1. Raschel Knitting Machine
      2. Tricot Knitting Machine

Circular Knitting Machine

A Circular Knitting machine is one of the most popular knitting machines in use today. Even hobbyists make use of a small circular knitting machine such as an Addi Express Knitting Machine to create their own knitted pieces such as sweaters, gloves, scarfs and many small diameters sized creations. 

The mechanism of the industrial Circular Knitting Machines used to create apparels in large volumes and fast production rates is simple. Fabrics are knitted in spiral and cast on. The circle of stitches are joined forming seamless tubes. The layers it produces are counted on as the number of rows.

Machines of this type can produce a wide range of diameter from 12 inches to 60 inches. It can knit a variety of sportswear and fashion clothing and apparel in an incredibly fast rate.

Application of Circular Knitting Machine

This kind of machine is made for manufacturing fabrics of:

• Jackets
• T-shirt
• Ladies tops
• casual wear
• Suits 
• Dresses 
• Bath robes
• Dressing gowns
• track suits
• Upholstery
• jogging suits 
• Jersey,
• Lily
• Jersey blister
• Single lacoste

Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine

The Single Jersey Circular knitting machine is a modern machine and has a simpler design than the Rib Machine (Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machine). Also called Plain Circular Latch Needle Machine, it consists of a set of latch needle and a set of the sinker. Both revolve along different knitting cam systems that cause a calculated and accurate up and down motion. This mechanism also involves the movement of the yarn feeders that are placed at equal intervals along the circumference of the knitting machine cylinder. 

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Plain Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine

Simply put, this machine is the simplest circular knitting machine containing only 1 track of cams that produces plain single jersey fabric. Only one set of latch needle is used. The cylinder, sinker and latch needle revolve along the stationary knitting cam systems producing the desired density, thickness and ideal properties of the fabric.

2 Track, 4 Track Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine or Multi-track Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine

Two and Four Track Single Jersey Circular knitting machines can produce a variety of fabric designs for its configuration is specially constructed for high production purposes. Material ranges from cotton, yarn, pique fleece, two-thread fleece, T/C, synthetic fibers and mini-jacquard. With this machine, you can flexibly choose the number of cams for different fabric demands.

Terry and Fleece Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine

Fleece fabric, like comforters, towels, bathrobes and some winter coats are quickly made with the Terry Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine. 

Terry Knitting Machines makes plain fabric on one side with the back loop inserted with a number of wales (2-3 wales). The back area is brushed as to make the fabric warm and tingly. The threads used can be fine at the top and course for the back.

Jacquard Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine

Jacquard Single Jersey Circular knitting machine is designed with a three-position needle selection options – knit, tuck, and miss, allowing complex Jacquard fabric patterns to be made.

Jacquard fabric is the most intricately styled fabric as it has a raised texture design that usually include flowers, brocade, matelassé, paisleys, damask and animal patterns.

Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machine

This type of circular knitting machine has two forms, known as Rib Machine or Interlock Machine. In the Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machine, two sets of needles are contained in the machine. 

The cylinder has one set and the dial has the other set of the needle. The dial and cylinder needles are arranged in a perpendicular manner. Cylinder cams and Dial cams are two different set of cams takes control of the knitting action. This arrangement can either be interlocked or ribbed while producing the fabric. 

Rib Circular Knitting Machine

The most notable feature of the Rib Circular Knitting Machine is the rib structure it forms on the fabric. A rib structure is formed by the face and back loops occurring along the coarse successively while the loops of the wales remain the same. 

Two sets of needles are used in a perpendicular position with each other. Both the dial and cylinder revolves with the cam systems of the feeders remaining stationary. Cylinder needles move vertically while the dial needles move horizontally.

Interlock Circular Knitting Machine

Interlock is a 1×1 rib variant structure. Two sets of needles work in both cylinder and dial that accomplishes at least two processes. With Interlock Circular Knitting Machines, purl structures can also be made. These Purl fabrics are knitted on specialized machines allowing dual-ended latch needles and special devices of drive them and form intermeshed loops in two directions.

Pique Circular Knitting Machine

Pique Circular Knitting Machines manufacturer textures with the waffle weave look of Pique fabric. This type of fabric differs from your jersey clothing as it has a rough-look texture whereas jerseys have flat and smooth surfaces.

Straight Bar Knitting Machine

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Straight bar knitting machine have bearded needles on a vertical bar. Movement is controlled by the accurately constructed cam system. Divisions are equally distributed along the length of the machine in a number of heads. Each knitting head can knit separately in a uniform way along the garment panel. 

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Single Needle Straight Bar Knitting Machine

Straight bar frames usually have a single needle bar. This configuration, however, makes it incapable of knitting rib welts.

Double Needle Straight Bar Knitting Machine

Double-needle straight bar knitting machines have horizontal and vertical needle bar for knitting rib welts, but the performance of these machines are much slower than the previous machine type. 

Flat Bar Knitting Machine

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Flat Bar Knitting machines are most suitable for flat or 3D creations but is also applicable in creating tubular knits like circular knitting machines. In this type of fabric knitting machine, the needles are arranged on a straight bar. The mechanism follows a back and forth movement of the carriage containing the yarn feeders through a horizontal path. 

Application: 

• Collars
• Arm bands
• Sweaters 

Flat Bed or V-Bed Flat Knitting Machine

A “Flat” or Vee Bed knitting machine has two flat needle beds having an upside-down “V” formation. Needle beds can stretch up to 2.5 meters wide. A forward and backward movement of the carriage known as the Head or Cambox works to move the knit, tuck and transfer stitches. 

This type of machine can make complex knit designs and sophisticated stitching. Knitting speed can be up to 0.5 m/s.

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Raschel Warp Knitting Machine

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Raschel Warp Knitting Machine makes warp knits to form fabrics. In comparison with the other warp knitting machine, the Tricot, Raschel uses coarser yarns. In fact, there has recently been interest in knitting staple yarns on these machines. 

The mechanism is as follows. The warps are twisted and locked with a loop from a succeeding warp. This will then be shifted back by another warp to the preceding layer of knitting. Needles move in a steel plate known as the trick plate. It functions to limit the top level of loops. 

The pull of the yarn and sinkers limit the loops. This type of machine has locking belts relatively perpendicular to the plane of the shaking motion or shogging motion.

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Application of Raschel Warp Knitting Machine

• Lace fabric and trimmings
• Military fabrics
• Outdoor applications such as backpacks, pockets and pouches
• Bag
• Coats
• Dresses

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Tricot Warp Knitting Machine

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Tricot machines produce warps knitted fabrics that are finer than Raschel Machines. Compound needles are used in this type of machine. Warp yarns are fed to the needles through the situated guide bars by the shogging motion of the machine.

Application of Tricot Knitting Machines

• Swimwear
• Underwear
• Sportswear
• Gloves

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Learn about knitting, Addi Knitting machines and what you can do with them

There are lots of things you can make with an Addi Express Knitting Machine. A number of them you can find around the internet; in knitting forums, Pinterest, Facebook groups, Etsy, Instagram and many more. You can feel the amount of enthusiasm and excitement jitters that people have on their knitting activities and projects and indeed, this is one of the best hobbies you can spend your time on.

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In this article, I’ll guide you into the world of knitting: what are your Addi machine options available in the market, what projects can you do, what Addi knitting machine you can use to build your desired knitting creations, and how you can channel your hobby into making you some profit (optional).

What’s So Intriguing About Knitting?

When I was 16, there was this summer knitting class my aunt let me join into just to be productive during the long vacation. Mind you, I was not interested in knitting back then and I’m that type of person who enjoy rummaging and fixing broken things or doing anything that gets my hands literally dirty. But that short, two-month knitting class changed my life.

I instantly fell head-over-heels with the art and feel of creating knitting projects. After that class, I was doing my own patterns, just for the sheer fun of it.

Now this is the biggest takeaway here.

When knitting, you create something from nothing, share your piece with your loved ones and in return for your hard work, you get the love back from the joy you bring them. The same feeling goes for knitting for charities.

This is something that is actually unique with knitting that you can’t get every day.

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Knitting Clears the Heavy Clutters in Your Mind (Like what Yoga Can Do for You)

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And this is what really happens when you experience knitting: You’ll be having a getaway from mental stress, while giving your hands something to do.

When to do Hand Knitting and When to Use a Knitting Machine

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Doing handknit projects is a luxury for the hand. You can do handknitting if you’re making a special gift on a one-on-one project basis.

On the other hand, you can use a knitting machine when you want to knit faster than by what you can do with your hand. A knitting machine or circular knitting machine is an equipment used in creating knitted fabrics and apparel. You can use this when knitting for charity, giveaways or if you plan to knit for profit.

One of the most popular knitting machines for hobbyists is the Addi Knitting Machine.

Read on if you want to know what projects you can do with an Addi Express knitting machine (which I really recommend you try doing, too!).

What is an Addi Knitting Machine?

The Addi Knitting Machine is a circular knitting machine made of plastic, and is a cheaper and smaller alternative of the huge, cast iron metal circular knitting machine used in industries.

What are the Types of Addi Knitting Machines?

There are two types of Addi Knitting Machines that you probably have seen in Amazon such as the Addi Express Professional and Addi Express King Size. These two vary by their sizes and the number of needles they can carry.

Addi Express Professional

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Addi Express Pro is a small circular knitting machine that can make you knits and looms in minutes. When you buy an Addi Express kit from Amazon, the package would come with an instruction manual on how to use it. The simplest way though is by just cranking up the handle and watch as it rotates, feed yarn by yarn and create your knitting project.

Addi also offers stoppers, replacement needles and pattern books to go with your package. This is the Addi Express Professional Bundle.

Features of the Addi Express Professional:

• It’s smaller than the other Addi machine and features 22 needles.
• Ideal for circular/tubular knitted items about 10 cm to 15 cm (4”to 6”).
• Plain knitted projects can go for 15 to 20 cm (6” to 8”) wide.
• You can use nearly all types of yarns
• Yarn thickness of 3.5 – 8

The best comparable thing you can do with 22 needles of an Addi Pro would be things that could fit your arm. This machine does an incredible job for small projects. If you prefer bigger ones, you can easily stitch panels together to make a larger item with it.

What can you make with an Addi Express Pro?

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With an Addi Express Pro, you can make:

• Socks
• Scarves
• Hats
• Mittens
• Gloves
• Cozies
• Sweaters (pieced)
• Afghan
• Bonfire beanies
• Anything else you want to add? Let your creative juices fly!

Addi Express King Size

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The Addi King package contains 5 replacement pins, 1 threading tool, 4 feel and 2 clampers. You can easily make larger items than with the Addi Express Pro.

• Has 46 needles, more than twice the number of the original addi Express professional, allows for larger pieces.
• Has an electronic row counter that allows work to be precise.
• Measurements: Circular knitting-35 centimeters, Flat Knitting-45

The Addi Express King Size Bundle comes with a Pattern Book, Hook, Replacement Needles and Stoppers.

Choose a Secure Worktable

Though this machine is equipped with clampers and 4 mount legs, it’s highly recommended that you put it in a very secure position to make sure that it doesn’t vibrate or wobble while you are cranking as this will end up badly on your knit.

You can use Black and Decker workmate for securing your Addi King like. You can find this in Home Depot or other online stores, whichever would be cheaper for you.

I heard there’s a generic workbench table you can get at Harbor Freight for only $20. It’s also worth a try especially when you have a lot of machines.

And to go further, here’s how you can install it like what Margaret did.

What Can You Make with an Addi Express King Size?

You can knit long, trendy scarves, woolly hats and even sweaters. Smaller items only take minutes to do. Knitting sweaters and jumpers takes a few hours.

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You can knit Afghans, sweaters, wide scarves, Child to Adult Hats, skirts, boleros and many more!

Where Can I Get FREE Addi Knitting Patterns?

If this is your new hobby, I encourage you to join forums and discussions to learn more tricks about knitting. You can also find tons of free Addi Express knitting patterns in Pinterest.

You can get great video Addi knitting tutorials from these sites:

Yay For Yarn

Check it out here: Yay for Yarn

Margaret Olander’s Sheepishly Sharing

Check it out: Margaret Olander’s Sheepishly Sharing

Brome Fields

Check it out: Brome Fields

What are the Best Circular Knitting Machine Creations this 2019?

So I already tipped you on where to go for tips, tricks and stuff about knitting with an Addi Express. Next stop, here’s some cool knitting projects I’ve found going around the internet. I really love the simplicity and eloquence they put in each project and I hope you’ll love them, too.

CAMEL STITCH BRIM BEANIE

By Margaret Olander

This is a simple hat with a camel stitch brimming and it’s of the most requested tutorials!

Your Great Takeaway with this:

1. It’s cozy for the ears especially during cold weathers.
2. It’s very stylish with the color variation.
3. You can give it as a unique gift.

Image source: https://sheepishlysharing.com/2018/10/02/camel-stitch-brim-beanie/

You can find the tutorial below:

HOLDING HANDS FEEDING DUCKS SCARF

By beforesunrise

Image source: https://www.leafcutterdesigns.com/blog/scarf-knitting-patterns-best-of-ravelry/

See the colorful star patterns? This can be a gorgeous scarf around your neck. You can’t easily get a scarf like this everyday. The yarns are highlighted and formed at an intricate manner and it looks wonderful with variegated yarns.

Greatest Takeaways:

1. It’s an easy design but requires effort. The effort would surely pay off as you’ll get this nice colorful scarf.
2. Making it is not that complicated as it looks.
3. Easy to adjust various weights.
4. You can finish it in a few days.

You can get the pattern and tutorial here. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/holding-hands-feeding-ducks

GREAT WEEKEND MITTS

By Thea Eschliman

I like this one as it’s easy to make and very fashionable. Striped fingerless mitts can be made with the Addi Pro.
You can find the pattern and tutorial here.

KNITTED SWEATER

By Yay for Yarn

Simple Knit Cravings: Affordable Accessories that Go With Your Knitting Projects

Stitch Marker-Set of 5 fun sheep themed knitting stitch holder-Snag free-Knitting Accessory-Great gift for Knitters

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These sheep set looks adorable and can be a great addition to your knitting accessories. You can even buy it as a gift for knitting friends. The loop is seamless for snag free and measures approximately 8mm. It can fit US 8.0 needle.

Decorative Buttons

I just love the idea of add-ons. They liven things up a bit and for your knitted projects, you can get pretty wild with ideas on where you can put it. Maybe in your shawl, scarf or mitts.

You can get these ones from Etsy.

Can You Make a Profit Out of Your Knitting Hobby?

While a lot of knitters don’t agree with this, it’s entirely up to you if you want to sell your own creations. On one end, you would spend a lot of time to knit just one piece and that’s gonna worth something lower than you expected. Don’t give up yet.

Setting a goal is something you can do to make certain that your passion for knitting converts into a profitable exchange. You can do this by:

• Setting a name of your knitting business.
• Making a website and portfolio.
• Selling in Etsy and Social media platforms.
• Getting customers’ attention and trust in your product.
• Being super creative not just with the design, but also on how you can make the design simpler but still has a touch of sugar and spice in it.
• Finding yarn, needle, and circular knitting machine suppliers.

Scaling up from your Home Knitting Craft Business to Creating Your Own Line of Apparels: Is it Possible?

One of the oldest thoughts about finding your dream job is if you take a hobby and make it your job. Have you given a thought of scaling up from this small knitting craft business to that big knitwear brand?

“Far off!”, you’d say. This may seem nuts, but no one is stopping you from achieving something extraordinary like this, so why not go for it? Of course, you would have to start building a name with your small knitting gig then take baby-steps towards buying your first industrial circular knitting machines. There are lots of things you can learn from other Entrepreneurs who got there, so it’s not much of a Cinderella story. You can absolutely do it!

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Intro. of Circular Knitting Machine

Do you like knitted socks, sweaters, and other articles of clothing, but you never have the time to sit down and knit?

Even the simplest patterns can take days to create, but I have found a way to get the same great quality without consuming all of my time.

A circular knitting machine makes knitting so easy; in fact, creating a pair of socks will take you less than an hour. This means that you will easily be able to make anything that you want to give as a gift to your friends and family this holiday season.

In this guide, I am going to talk a little bit about circular knitting machines, the different types that are available to you, the technology behind the machines, and teach you how to use them so that when you purchase your own circular knitting machine, you will have all of the information that you need to start knitting.

The Basics of a Circular Knitting Machine

Circular knitting is when you create something that has a circular pattern without leaving a seam behind. Some of the most common articles of clothing that use this type of knitting are socks and mittens.

There are a few techniques that you can use to speed up the creative process of knitting, but a circular knitting machine can be a great option.

When you use one of these machines, the yarn will be weaved around the rim of the machine.

This is called the needle bar, and it will move back and forth as another bar pressed down on the needles to release the yarn and create a stitch. Since some machines have more than 200 needles, it speeds the process, especially when you are attempting to knit more complex patterns and use multiple colors in your creation.

Typically, a knitting machine such as this will be used as a way to produce a lot of items in a relatively small amount of time.

If you have a business that manufactures knit clothing, you will benefit greatly from this type of machine because it will cut your production time in half. In fact, you are likely to nearly quadruple your production rate, so if you are backed up on orders, this is a great way to catch up and be able to accommodate more customers.

When you use one of these machines, you will find that the knitting principles of this circular design are very similar to that of a flatbed machine. The main difference is that you can keep going with a circular machine because there is not going to be a start and a stop point because you are knitting without seams.

Parts of Circular Knitting Machines

To ensure that this machine functions as it should, it is important to know a little bit about the different parts. With a lot of use, machine parts can wear, and when you have a little bit of knowledge about the machine, you can sometimes pinpoint the part that needs to be replaced. Parts of a circular knitting machine that you should be aware of include:

Needles

Of course, one of the main parts of this machine that you are going to need to consider is the needles. Without working needles, you will not be able to knit.

There is also a needle detector on the machine that shows you whether or not there are flaws on the current needles that are being used. I prefer to use Germany Groz Beckert needles, but use whatever feels best for you needs.

Basically, there are three types of needles that you can choose between.

The latch needle is designed with a simple small hook and latch that work together to move the yarn where it needs to be.

The second type of needle is called a spring bearded needle, and it is designed with a much larger hook and a small spring surface that will bounce the yarn into place.

The third type of needle that you may use with this machine is a compound needle.

This type of needle has a smaller hook and a tongue that moves up and down to secure and release the yarn.

Positive Feeders

The positive feeders, which is also known as the MPF, is designed to give positive feed to the machine at the speed that it needs it. With a positive feeder, the yarn is fed through using loops that maintain a specific speed so that the knitting is consistent. There are also negative feeders that function using tension that are used on some machines.

Cylinder

This is basically the round part of the machine where the needle track is situated. You will need to make sure that this part is properly aligned so that your garments turn out the way that you want them to. The size of the cylinder will vary in size based upon the size of the actual machine that you are using.

Sinker

The sinker is the part of the machine that coordinates with the needle to create a stitch. The sinker pulls down the loop and holds it in place while the needle pushes the yarn into the loop. The sinkers are also designed to support the fabric once it is stitched so that it does not pull too much on the yarn.

Cams

Cams are a part of the circular knitting machine that moves the needles into position when a stitch is about to be created.

There are two types of cams that you may find in the machine.

The first is a needle cam that is designed to help the needle move. These cams are stationary, but the needles will move around their position. Sinker cams are the second option, and these cams are designed to help the sinkers move. These cams can vary in size based on the type of sinker the machine has.

Here is a diagram to show you exactly how cams work.

Oiler Lubricator

As with any machine, lubrication is important when there are multiple moving parts, and the same is true of any circular knitting machine. Spray lubrication that can be misted from a container is a great option that will ensure that you do not get oil on the yarn that you are using to make clothing.

Inverter and Motor

When you use this machine, you are not going to move the needles, by hand, which means that some type of motor will be required to ensure that it gets the job done. With that being said, motor needs to be maintained. It may not require a lot, but if you do not keep it in good condition, it will need to be replaced more frequently.

The inverter will also need to be maintained because it is designed to rotate as the machine is in use. If it is not working properly, the speed of the machine will not be consistent.

Creel

When you have a large circular knitting machine, this is the part that is designed to hold the yarn before it is fed into the machine. This ensures that there are no tangles in the yarn, and it is ready to go when you need it.

Types of Circular Knitting Machines

Knitting machines can be broken down into two main types, so before you decide to purchase one, decide which type of knitting you will be doing with the machine more often. The two machine types are:

Warp Knitting Machine

This machine is designed to knit the yarn in a vertical fashion, so you will notice that the fabric will have yarn running lengthwise in the finished garments.

Since this type of machine used a lot of threads at the same time to bind the yarn together, it is considered to be run-proof, which means that the colors will be separated. Warp knitting can be divided into three different types of knitting, all of which can be created using this machine.

• Milanese – This type of knitting uses several different sets of yarn. This creates a rib effect on the fabric that many individuals love.
• Raschel – This is a type of knitting that is often used on lacy patterns that have a lot of intricate detail. The fabric turns out to be coarse when it is finished, mainly because the stitch is so tight.
• Tricot – Tricot knitting results in a fabric that is tightly knit. Typically, the fabric resembles a mesh-like fabric, and it is often seen on sweaters.

Welf Knitting Machine

A welf knitting machine is designed to accommodate knitting patterns that have one continuous circle.

There are no breaks or seams in the design, which makes the sweater have a horizontal pattern when it is complete. Since this is one long pattern, if something happens to the yarn, it can unravel the entire garment.

This is often seen as a gag when a sweater loop gets torn, but unfortunately, this can really happen with when this type of machine is used. There are three types of knitting that you will do with this type of machine, which includes:

• Straight – A straight knit is one that is very commonly used, especially amongst beginners. This can be done with a double needle or a single needle, but the finished product will have perfectly straight lines from beginning to end.
• Flat – Flat knitting is when you go back and forth across the garment that you are creating. This is commonly used for sweaters and fashion garments.
• Circular – This is the type of knitting that you will do with a circular knitting machine because it allows you to allow the treads to by looped together continuously without any breaks or seams.

Circular Knitting Machines

If you break the category of machines down even further, you will find that there are different types of circular knitting machines （loops and threads knitting machine）that you can use.

A single jersey knit has a bit more of a stretch to the fabric, while a double jersey knit is a bit more taught. The stitch is much closer together with a double knit because it is effectively twice the amount of stitches in the same amount of space.

There are machines where the needles are anywhere between 3.6 millimeters apart to nine millimeters apart, so you can create garments with thick, bulky thread or something that has small threads so that you have a much tighter knit.

Single knit machines include:

Three Thread Fleece Circular Knitting Machine – This is a machine that will make fabric has a bit of elasticity to it. The machine is designed to run at high speeds as it combines the threads to create a fleece material that you might find in a sweater.

High-Speed Single Jersey Circular Knitting Machine – This is a single knit machine that is a little more versatile, which means that it can be used for multiple types of fabric. In fact, there is even a conversion kit that you can use to interchange fleece, terry, and single jersey with this machine.

Double knit machines include:

Double Jersey Circular Knitting Machine – This is a machine that is designed for double stitch garment creation. It can utilize several different types of double jersey fabrics, and the thread can easily be interlocked or ribbed.

Jacquard computerized machines include:

Computerized Jacquard Circular Knitting Machine – This is a type of machine that can be utilized for a number of jacquard patterns, which are typically intricate floral and geometrical patterns.

Technology and Work Principle

Knitting fabric can be a time-consuming process, which is why most manufacturers use a circular knitting machine to speed up the process. With these machines, you can create garments that are made from a number of different materials as well as yarns that vary in thickness, color, and texture. In most cases, the knit pattern that is used is intricate, so this machine has a lot of moving parts that reduces production time drastically.

Yarn Feeding Systems and Technology

One of the most important parts of any circular knitting machine is the yarn feeding system.

This is where the spools of thread are positioned as the fabric is being knit together. In general, there are two different ways that the yarn feeding system can work.

The first is a circular rack that is positioned above the machine. The yarn is guided into the machine with pegs and sensors that work together to keep the yarn form becoming tangled as it is fed into the machine.

If a knot is noticed or the yarn breaks because the tension is too much, the sensors will automatically stop the machine. This is commonly used on machines that have rotating cams.

The other option is a lateral creel, which is a large structure that feeds the machine from both sides.

Typically, this is used on a machine that has fixed cams. This option also has sensors that will stop the machine if something is wrong with the yarn. They take up a lot of space on the floor, but this machine will also be able to feed a lot of spools of yarn through the system.

When you are using a circular knitting machine, each thread guide that you see will correspond to a different spool of thread. The thread guide is located close to the needle so that it can catch any inconsistencies in the yarn before it is stitched together. When the garment is complete, the gripper will clamp down on the yarn as scissors cut the garment from the spool.

The knitting head is the part of the machine that controls the gripper, but it is also the part of the machine that controls the actual needle. The sinkers are also an important part of the machine because they hold the finished portion of the garment away from the moving needles. Each sinker is designed with two main parts, the nose and the breast, which work together with the sinker cams.

Monitoring the Machine

In order to optimize the speed that these machines function at, there are inverter drives that can adjust the speed at any time. Modern machines are fitted with computers that can help you monitor the speed of the machine, the number of revolutions each minute, the length of the yarn that is remaining on the spools, and the reason that the machine stops.

To help keep the machine from stopping, there are blowing machines and fans that keep stay yarn, dust, and debris out of the moving parts of the machine.

If you would like a visual to help you understand how the different parts of this machine work together, here is a video that shows the process of a circular weft machine.

Process

This is one of the knitting machines that have a very simple process to follow, at least when it is compared to other machines.

For the yarn to get from the spool to the knitting machine, it travels from the cone, which is located on the creel, through a tension adjuster that ensures that the yarn has the right amount of tension for the specific knit that is being used at the time. Then, the yarn goes through a tube to the positive feeder and the yarn carrier.

To continue to the needle, the yarn must then go through a knot catcher to keep it from getting tangled on the way. Next, the yarn will bypass a magnet that is inside of the machine to put pressure on the yarn, and then it travels through a feed wheel, a yarn tensioner, and a ceramic eye.

Finally, the yarn is fed through the final feeder into the needle where the knitting process begins.

Here is a video that shows how to feed the yarn through a smaller circular knitting machine that you may have at home.

How to Use

When you use a circular knitting machine, there are quite a few knit options that you can consider, but the most common knit stitches that you will use for most garments include:

• Knit Stitch – This is the most basic type of stitch that you will use. It is a stitch that is carried on the knit cam in the machine, and the loops are replaced with new yarn each row.
• Tuck Stitch – This is also a common type of stitch. With this one, the needle picks up new yarn while keeping the current yarn on the hook as well. In other words, the new and the old loop will intermesh in the pattern.
• Miss Stitch – This type of stitch is made by two loops in the yarn that are not next to each other.
• Knit and Purl – This is a combination of two different stitches; the knit stitch is a V-shape while the purl stitch is more of a semi-circle.

Making a Hat

Step One:

To create a hat on one of these machines, you will need to start by choosing the yarn that you want to use for the project. Most yarns will work in these machines, but some brands may not accommodate bulky yarn, so make sure to check if you use this type of yarn frequently.

Step Two:

Start by feeding about 12 inches of yarn into the center of the machine. Crank the handle to pull the yarn into position, and then hook the yarn on the hook that holds the beginning of the garment in place. This is typically found on the underside of the machine.

Step Three:

Turn the crank in a clockwise fashion so that it pulls the yarn tight as you loop it on every other hook. Do this until you have gone around the machine one full cycle, and then loop the yarn over the original hook again. Thread the next five hooks, and then pull it through the grove while keeping it taut.

Step Four:

Keep cranking the machine in a clockwise fashion to create more rows. Make sure that you pull down on the bottom of the tube as it comes out of the machine so that it does not snag. Make the tube as long as you want it to be, but an 11-inch tube will give you a hat with a brim, and a 14-inch tube is long enough for a double brim.

Step Five:

When the hat is the desired length, remove it from the machine leaving a strand of yarn that is at least 24 inches long so that you can close the tube to create a hat. Make sure to fit the hat to your head before you create a double knot to secure it.

Step Six:

Cut off any excess yarn, and your hat is complete. If you want to add a pom pom to the top of the hat, simply create the pom pom using yarn, and secure it where you created the knot. The easiest way to create a pom pom is to wrap yarn around a piece of cardboard. Tie the middle of the loop of yarn tight, and cut the ends.

Application

Circular knitting machines can be used to make a number of different types of clothing and other things.

The hat that is detailed above is a pattern that is easy to create because it is just a single tube. Other clothing that can be created with one of these machines includes polo shirts, t-shirts, skirts, dresses, sweaters, socks, and more.

You can even make pajamas and leggings with a circular knitting machine. Outside of clothing, you can make curtains, towels, blankets, interior linings, and more.

Final Thoughts

As you can see, a circular knitting machine can shave a lot of time off of the knitting process.

Whether you are planning on knitting at home or you have a business where you need to mass produce knitted products, you will find that owning one of these machines can benefit you greatly. In fact, in most cases, you will only need to thread the machine and let it create rows of the chosen stitch pattern until the garment is the required length.

If you are looking to purchase one of these knitting machines, hopefully, this guide has helped you learn a little bit more about the machine so that when you purchase one that works for your needs, you are ready to begin knitting.

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