_“Y Getting the Knit-knack A Picture Guide for Beginners orotheri Keitting Er Errors = Dropped stite * When the car Hello. I'm “Knitting Nell.” I'm going to help you learn to knit Really, it's easy. And it's fun. Just read the book with me. Study the pictures, follow the simple directions. You'll be surprised how quickly you'll learn. Now, shall we start?Introduction Until a few years ago, machine knitting was extremely difficult. it took a lat af time—a lot of training —a lot of patience. Machine knitt= ing was for the expert. But Auto L changed all that The revolutionary Knit-Leader* has taken the choreand confusion auto’ knitting. With Brother Auto L. you can knit anything quickly and easily This little book will tell you haw ta begin. This booklet, then, is for you, the beginner. Itwill teach you the basic principles for all machine knitting Aiter reading the instructions and studying the pictures, you'll be able to knit a beautiful child's sweater And you will learn the techniques that will enable you to knit more uifficult. patterns later. Once you get that “knit-knack”, you'll be able to knit anything, and you'll have fun doing it Keep this book right next to your knitting machine Hf you have any difficulty in your knitting, refer to the book again. As you read and practice, your knitt= ing will become easie” and easier Iv you follow this booklet very carefully, we are sure you'll master the knack of knitting. You'll get that “knil-knack” right away. “The joypression of diticaky which many people hac about kniting machines, was fliminsted by the introduction af Krit= Leader (pattern calculator able to got ay type of cling by setting your pattern on the KnitLeader This | epacally gave for beginners ofFundamental Knowledge Names of parts First, we have to get to know the knitting machine 2% Auto | very well. Study all the different parts, i and memorize the names of the important ones. When you know the names, it is really easy to follow the instructions. Accessory tray (cover of accessory bor) Yarn tension unit Row-counter ae Castion comb, small Extension cal | Yarn guides Yarn tension unit -Sot lever Needle selector buttons Pattern celector buttons 5 \ Holding cam lever Slide dial Set laver knob, Slide indicator Handle | Reverse knob Plastic thumb screw Needle hed _Extension rail stopper iM nO TTT An TT, Tt ‘Yarn feeder Cast-on com ey large Button for laying-in pattern brush fm TTT TTT Sinker plate Accessories kit Oil bottle Accessory box /j Hand beush fo a Crochet a Hanser tol afer. aAfeio Table clamps | \ | | i id | 36, J6 needle pusher 24 needle pusher ae Bee srwerecaes | || | Latch tool | 1x2 transfer tool 2x3 transfer tool Cast-on thread2% Knit-Leader Sheet button Cluteh : | = \ a ey IRegulator for cm i Lead diat ReBtlator for m/on Feed lever stand 2 7 Sheet guides Stitch measure scale , manera SE is sheet case Felt pen Ruler for stitch measureNotes before you start There are six things we musi do each time before we start to knit and then we can start I's important ta remember these things, because we follow the same order every time. Lot's do these things now, (1 Slide the carriage completely to the end until it clicks. (2) Confirm that the yarn is being fed smoothly and not hooked fon the gate pegs. (3) Make sure there is nothing near the sheet that may interfere with smooth travel of the sheet, (4) When knitting lace using the “L” carriage, do not forget to install the extension rails, (5) Set the tension dial at the posi- tion used in gauging, (©) Move the carriage until it passes cover the feed lever of the Knit~ Leader. Otherwise, it cannot deliver the sheetTension ding to the size The tension of the ted by the Tension differs a f the yarn used. jarment should be adj ize of the yam. In this ca Tension Dial. The uated (10, The larger the figures, the sision Dial is grad: e, use the —— 40 itches —— greater the tenston. In order to deter nine the tension, 2 test piece is made. ‘This is called “Gauging”. In the Knit Leader, measure 40s ly and 60 rom ‘machine to measure the tension. The verticall Thus, you knit by the tension in the test pioce.Child’s Sweater We're olmost ready to go now. We're going to start with the back of a child's sweater. Materials: Knitting Yarn: 200 grams (4 plyy ~~~ Red Spare Varn: 50 grams. Blue Tension Dial 5 plain knitting Tension 40 stitches measuring 12.4em, 60 rows measur ing 144em (Note) The tension will differ according to the size of the woo en yarn with which you wish t0 knit. (Refer to Tension, P. 0) Here it is supposed that 40 stitches equal 124m, ancl 60 rows 14.4cm, By ceferring to the "Stitch Measure Scale Table”, you will find that 12.4em falls under green sheet No.2, Insert the scale in the machine carefully with the numbers 124 at the upper right. Gee fig. 2Press the clutch of the Knit-Leader with your left hand and position the ¢) (See fig. 3 regulator to 14 and the mim regulator to 4 Tracing: (1) Use the pattern for a chile’s sweater that comes with this booklat, Take a sheot from the case and place it over the pat~ tern. Trace the pattern with a felt pen the front and back bodiees Wh right and lot of the ' Pare teinaresymmetcal, draw only { tone side ofthe front and back 8 bocices upto centerline ofthe pattern, {See tig. 4| has completely dried, roll it from the t | | Jheet so that its center coincides with the center of the stitch (See fis. 6 Child’s Sweater tracingBack All right. Now we'll start They include ! working on the back of the terms we have to use the sweater. and the steps we have to — Some basic principles are take to knit anything. ' the foundation of all machine Please study these points knitting, carefully and be sure that you understand them — pertectly. Start knitting the back bodice. The feed lever, however, is set at the rest position. ‘1) Pull out 88 needles, 49 to the leit and 49 tp the right from the center. Check to see that the Knit-Leader and tho carriage of the Knitting machine are in the same as in fig. 7 10 20 30 40 50 -60 7 |Lema soe REESE Atiach cast-on comb anc knit 15 rows with the spare yarn thlue yarn). (See fig. 9) he pattern Child’s Sweater sax 1@) Place the Tension Dial lo 5 (See fig. 15) and knit up to Line «, (See fig, 161 ee 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' to 20 30 40. 16. (8) Cast-oit 4 stitches. (See fig, 17) Refer to POINT 2 Casting-of, fig, 18 to 25,P. 14,15, 16,17. 30 40 50 60 8 (Note) Do not forget to cast off stitches at both sideseee =n aa Se aene tlow SESSA ware yt)pe I SY ee ye) Paar ny or ey (TS er SA SE OAT YR TY ery PM Ne SDD SeeCO Todt By Ae ed REE WC eae 25. Ril | ! ii Il i ulm ny ftIntinue to decrease siitches according to the pattern on the sheet. Refer to |10}, P.17, for the method of decreasing stitches G6: Knit up to Line f and cut the yarn leav Now feed spare y arn feeder and knit 18 shuches Then rernove ins side ck the garmene rom Kaliting Machine and place the needles ack to A position the needles at E position. ( A7) Now knit lat shoulder part on needles at E position Juin the feed dial of Knitting Machine to set it at the Line e. Keop both the hold | Ue 31 |} __s2 (NOTH) When backing the sheet, return the sheet down further 5 rows below Line e and again turn the a sotit st Line eChild’s Sweater back Getting a little tired? Roally, you're doing fino. We're about half finished already. lei’s take a litle rest before we start again aFront Next is the front of the sweater. Actually, this is just a review of what we have already done. We knit the front in the same as we knitted the back, (1) Tension: 5 Holding cam levers: Position | (both sides) Plain knitting nit up from Line a to the Line g as was done for the back. Procedure: #98 stitches (49 to the right and 49 to the left} Waste knitting: 15 rows *Cast-on thread: 1 row Position the sheet on the starting line (Line a) Change caso tread tothe ting yarn and knit up to tine Be Hang the first row on the needies as describ- ced in fig. 11 & 12, P12, ‘Knit up to Line without de- creasing. *Cast off 4 stitches at Line and knit up to line d by de- creasing,27 ——+-—10---10--+- 27 — ‘n mn: Q)At Line g, place 47 needles counting from the left end [10 te the right and 37 to the left of the center) to E position, Set both the holding cam levers to I. (See tis. 34) (3) Knit and decrease atitches trom Line g fo Line f. (Rafer to POINT 3, P. 17). At Line f there will be 18 stitches remaining. (4) Cut the yarn leaving about 39 cm. Feed spare yarn and knit 15 1ows and remove it from Knitting Machine, (5) To kait the left side, ist uneall the shaot back to Line g. iRefer to Note of step 17, ?. 19). Push back 27 needles from loit side 10 D position. 10 needles each to the left and to the right from the center are kept at E position Inn _swooptimesy mEr, (6) Keop beth the holding cam levers at Il and kit by decreasing up to line {. Cut the yarn leaving about 30 cm. Feed spare yarn and knit 15 rows and remove it from Knitting Machine. (See fig. 35) (7) 20 stitcher on the needles st £ position are knittod with spare yarn with holding cam levers at 1 position, Remove the garment from Knitting Machine.How to seam shoulders Now that th shoulders ar and front are com) ped together accor v shown below. sutches faci portion. Ne ale. At seamed,Neck ly rr 7 as Si q78 we i (1 Line described in ted in Fig 41 is hooked on needles, Hook all stitches {about T06stitches) with the putt stitches acing yourself. When the stitch [oops are too numerous or 2 alitch loop is too emall and the needle cannot go into it skip them and insert the needle to the next stiich !o0p. (0) Ta hook the stitches on the needles, start from the right end using a transfer tool. (See fg. 42) (3) After picking up stitches, pesition the working needles to 8 position. (See fig. 43) (4) Set the Tension Dial at 4, holding cam levers at | (NOTE Generally, when ribbing, the Tension Dial is set at lower number than that of other knittingni \ \ beni ) easSleeves SLEEVE All right. The biggest parts cre finished. Next we'll do the sleeves. Well, we're almost finished now. It looks great, doesn't it ? Just a few more minutes and your first sweater will be finished (1) Wipe off patterns of front and back bodices on the sheet with wet cloth. (2) After the sheet has completely cried, copy the sleeve pattern. (See fig. 48) : 1B) As the sleeve Is knitted fom the cul, it begins with the ribbing knitting Place 25 noodles each from right and left to B position. Push hack every oiher needle 10 A posi= tion between the third needle fram the right end and the second needle from the left. Set Tension Dial at 5. (Return the feed lever to the rest position.) (@) Feed spare yarn and attach cast-on comb. start knitt- ing and knit 10 rows, Change the yarn to cast-on thread and knit tT row, Gee fig. 49) (5) Set the Tension Dial to 1. Place the feed lever on the working position. Turn the teed dial so that the sheet gets into Line hand change the yarn to knitting yarn. Knit 3 rows fram the left endbo dire Carine PEELS Bo a Oc Z1k, there are 24 stitches s te the right Cast-off the the yarn sideFinishing After making ll the seams, steamviron the garment for shape adjustment. As you cen see in the picture below, white stripes may be worked into the pattern Gee fig. 67) In this event, the desired pattern should be included in the drawing ‘ofthe original pattern sheet. } | There— you did it! Alter a little more practice, What do you you'll be ready think of it? to try something "il bet a litle more complicated. you never thought But now it's time it would be so easy. to take it easy for a while.Knitting Errors and Hints Everyone makes a mistake once in a while. So even if you did have a little trouble, it's nothing to worry about. Hore are a few of the common errors, and some ideas about how to correct them. (1 Errors ++ dropped stiteh @) if one stitch is dropped (b) iftwo stitchesare cropped 2 when the carriage is jammed * undoing rows (2) Hints how to move the carriage without knitting ++how to replace the damaged needles,Errors %* Dropped stitch TONITE D ih titra sare oe ZZ) eS ey Nepataysv. nan ae ea) | Ly SayersKnitting Errors ana Hints trorsLift the front of the & ows) and attach the sinker pi + Undoing rows (Unravelling) he yern slight'y upwards. (See fig. 75) above (See fig. 74), and unravel the incorrect rows, pulling, Knitting Errors and Hints erors 88Hints + How to move the carriage without knitting g, the following metiods are employed Le » the end of latch tool and withdraw it from Knitting Machine uetl the needle you wish to change Is Knitting Errors and Hints sins shank of the needle is taken away ul he nee forward from the needle 6ll say “good by’ for now. But I'll be back soon. In our next book, Welll work together on more complicated patterns.