Split Knitting Personality: knitter who really enjoys using machine knitting and hand knitting in the same sentence, oh, same garment!
If you’ve been a subscriber of any of the knitting tomes, sooner or later you’ve come across an article about the Process vs. Project (I think I got that right) Schools of Thought about Knitting.
Some knitters just enjoy the Process of the deed itself – the stitch by stitch relaxation, watching the garment Grow under your hands, the visceral, organic connection one makes with FIBER…
The Project Folk are goin’ for the Gold – a race to that new jumper! Something to brighten up the grind of the Daily Landscape – a Fashion Statement that needs to be spoken sooner rather than later…
I would put myself 99% smack dab in the Project group. I consider my Stash and the End Results of my Labor as PURE WARDROBE ENHANCEMENT! If I’m not going to wear it, I won’t waste my time making it.
This does NOT, however, mean I don’t ADORE the Process.
I am truly under its spell…
How I get that hot little item in my hands is where the Split Knitting Personality comes in…
Hand Knitting — Process
___________+
Machine Knitting — ProductADD the two together and VOILA!
WARDROBE!
Nothin’ crazy about that!
AND nothing too far afield of the Sanctity of the Process…
After I machine knit the Stockinette parts of the garment, they are all finished by hand knitting.
Many people refer to their hand operated Knitting Machines as Stockinette Looms – and believe me, while you’re moving that carriage back and forth manually there is a *weaving* type vibe going on. Instead of stitch-by-stitch knitting that is accomplished with traditional needles, you are making row-by-row progress.
…to be continued
read the Complete Notes: Machine Knitting HERE
