I just wanted to remind everyone that as you level up, there are rewards to collect. It's our little way of saying thank you for all your makes, help, and chat in the group. If you haven't looked in a while, pop over to the Rewards area in the Classroom and see what's new for you.

I’m so glad you’re here. This community was created to help circular machine knitters move from overwhelmed and confused… to confident creators finishing projects they’re proud of. Whether you’re brand new to machine knitting or have been cranking for years, you’re in the right place. 📌 Your First Steps To get started, here are the first things I recommend: 1️⃣ Watch the Beginner’s Course (CMK or iCord depending on what you’re learning) 2️⃣ Introduce yourself in the community feed Tell us: - What machine you use (Addi, Sentro, etc.) - Your experience level - What you’re excited to learn - 3️⃣Participate and earn rewards by liking and commenting on other's posts. 💛 As you engage in the community and earn points, you’ll begin unlocking rewards starting at Level 2. You can see all of the rewards in the Classroom section. 💛 Our Community Culture We work hard to keep this a supportive, spam-free community where everyone feels comfortable asking questions and sharing their projects. A few quick reminders: • No spam or outside promotions • Be kind and supportive to other members • While we love all crafts, please keep posts focused on Circular Machine Knitting except for our Show & Tell Post on Sunday. This helps keep the community helpful and easy to navigate for everyone. 🧶 Membership Options Everyone starts with Standard (Free) membership which includes: • Access to the community • The Beginner’s Circular Machine Knitting Course with 2 Patterns • The Beginner’s iCord Course If you want access to more patterns and learning, you can upgrade anytime. 💛 Premium $1usd a month or $10usd a year • Beginner’s Pattern Library • Two new beginner patterns added each month • Yarn Reviews • Additional learning resources 🚀 VIP $10usd a month or $99usd a year Everything in Premium plus: • Full Pattern Library • Courses and advanced classes • Crafting hours with the admin team • Design and business training • Strategy support VIP is where many members go when they want to deeply expand their skills, design their own projects, or even start turning their knitting into income.

Today is day three of four of doing crafts shows this week and I have sold probably $1000 in stuff, (not that I get to keep all of that by the time I buy yarn to replace what I have used.) Everyone keeps telling me that thos a good problem to have and I agree, but it is exhausting. I get up at 4:30 to make as much as I can before the show. Every spare moment during the show, I am making things and I will go home and work until 9pm tonight making more. This is where batch knitting becomes important. I focus on a specific product at a time. Today at the show is the tubes for the loop shawl and then as they come off the machine, I close one end and cinch the other, so when I get home and have more sitting space, I can sew them together. I am getting low on loop scarfs, so tonight I will make the pieces for them tonight, then get up early tomorrow to finish some, before coming in today. I alao track what inventory I have so I always know which ones to make. By batch knitting I can produce more in a shorter space of time.

Okay... it looks like our community has been moving so quickly that THREE members reached Level 8 and I may have missed giving them the celebration they deserve! 😂❤️ So we're fixing that right now! Please help me give a HUGE CMK congratulations to our newest Level 8 Inner Circle members: 🎉 @Gaelene E 🎉 @Stefanie Byrd 🎉 @Jeanne Im Reaching Level 8 is a BIG milestone! It represents the time you've spent participating, contributing, helping, encouraging and connecting with other members throughout CMK. ❤️ And reaching Level 8 also means you've earned your place in our CMK Inner Circle—members who have demonstrated a real commitment to this community and get some extra opportunities to have input, share ideas and help us continue making CMK better. Gaelene, Stefanie and Jeanne, thank you for everything you've contributed to get here—and I'm sorry if I missed the exact moment you crossed that Level 8 finish line! 😂❤️ But we're celebrating you NOW! 🎉🎉🎉 Everyone, please help me fill the comments with congratulations for our THREE newest Inner Circle members! 👇🧶❤️ 🎊 WELCOME TO THE INNER CIRCLE, GAELENE, STEFANIE & JEANNE! 🎊

It's time for our weekly CMK Leaderboard Shoutout! 🎉🧶 Before you look at the leaderboard this week and think... “Wait a minute... something changed!” 😂 You're right! You're going to notice some names moving up and a couple of familiar names disappearing from the leaderboard. ❤️ WHERE DID AMANDA & SUSAN GO? Don't worry—they haven't gone anywhere! 😂 Our two newest Admins, Amanda Berridge and Susan Weller, are no longer shown on the community leaderboard because Skool removes members from the leaderboard when they become Admins. So with Amanda and Susan stepping into their new Admin roles this week, their names have come off the leaderboard—and that means some of YOU have moved up! 🎉 Amanda and Susan are still very much here, participating, encouraging, helping and supporting all of you. They just won't be competing for those leaderboard positions anymore. 🏆 THIS WEEK'S LEADERBOARD! 🎉 @Barbara Amarillas 🎉 @Dd Stoller 🎉 @Tina Bryner 🎉 @Christine Wharton 🎉 @Linda Simard 🎉 @Chris Muggleton 🎉 @Janie Dillon 🎉 @Susan Sams 🎉 @Sharon Dove 🎉 @Michelle Childers 🎉 @Louise Brau 🎉 @Jeanne Im 🎉 @Vicki Lynch 🎉 @Angela Skelton 🚀 AND A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO LOUISE BRAU! I have to recognize Louise Brau this week! 🎉 Louise joined our community on September 15th and she is ALREADY AT LEVEL 7! 😲🔥 That's an incredible amount of engagement in such a short time. Louise has jumped right in, joined the conversations and become part of our community incredibly quickly. Way to go, Louise! ❤️🧶👏 A HUGE congratulations to everyone who made it onto the board this week! ❤️👏