❓What am I doing wrong? I’m working on a Brother KH-910 knitting machine using a foil pattern for a lace pattern. The machine knits the initial stitches perfectly until I program in the pattern. The foil runs to the start of the pattern, and I knit 2 rows with the knitting carriage. That works without any problems, but then the lace pattern carriage follows, and the foil doesn’t move any further. It selects the correct needles, but the foil doesn’t advance any rows. However, the foil feed is working; otherwise, it wouldn’t pull the foil in. I also make sure to press the RR button before starting, so that the pattern is set to the beginning. But the problem persists. Does anyone have any advice? 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

Hand knitters versus machine knitters — ever had to defend yourself? If you've told a hand knitter you use a machine, you may have got The Look. The slight pause. The 'oh, so it does it for you?' comment. Machine knitting has an image problem in some circles and most of us have a story about navigating that assumption. The irony being that machine knitting has its own enormous skill curve that takes years to master. Tell us your best 'defending the machine' story — and what you said that ended the conversation.

Can anyone remember the 1st item they machine knitted? I went straight in and knitted a jumper (pullover) and it was huge, full of mistakes lol... But I wore it anyway 😁😁

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. Machine knitting has a beautiful learning curve — and every snag, dropped stitch, or tension mystery is actually moving you forward. Even the most experienced makers still hit the occasional head-scratcher. That's not failure. That's the process. Whether you're just starting out, returning after a break, or already knitting regularly — there are common mistakes that catch almost everyone out at some point. Some show up early, others only appear as your skills grow. But they're all solvable, and none of them mean you're doing it wrong. Over the coming weeks I'll be sharing a series of '𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 — 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗶𝘅' posts covering the most frequent challenges machine knitters face — one problem at a time, nice and steady. No overwhelm, no judgement. Just straightforward help when you need it. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 🧶 💬 𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 — 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵? 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 👇 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦!

Rate your crafting motivation this week: 🔥 On fire (ironic, given the weather) 😊 Ticking along — slow and steady 😴 Gone. Completely gone. Don't look at me. Drop your emoji below 👇 we're all in this together! 🧶