I managed to save a tube I knit on my 40 pin. I only managed to get the tube half knit before the machine threw a fit. I will see if I can sew it up and turn the tube into a doll. There are dropped stitches but the tension is good and the fabric looks nice.

Well ots not perfect but I got it done. Now to practice and do it on a real project.

Manual vs Electric I have both manual and electric winders and was using both this morning so I wanted to do a little review on what I think of them and which I prefer. I think there are pros and cons with both manual and electric winders. I’ve found that some manual winders work better than others. The one that I feature in this post is the grey one in the photos. I am very impressed with this manual winder. It’s very smooth and winds fast. Will wind a whole 100gram ball with no problem. Very rarely tangles. I only have one electric winder and I like it very much. It winds a nice cake of yarn while you do something else! lol.. however, I have found that if you have it winding too fast, the yarn will catch and tangle and you can spend a lot of time unraveling. It winds nice and even and takes a 100gram ball easily. Winding tension is much better with the manual machine, you get a much firmer ball with the manual. The electric one winds looser and can unravel when knitting. You can see in the photos the manual wound vs the electric wound. I think that it’s down to how you like your yarn wound. I’ve found that tighter wound cakes work much better on the machines and knit a much more even tension. Also… I can manually wind 100gram quicker than the electric one does it! 😁 Hope this has helped a bit!!

Making some more Chill Pills. Can’t decide which eyes I should use. Red with black center Clear with black center Solid black

I was able to get a handicap parking spot at both McDonald’s (food was brought to our table) and the library so I didn’t really need to use the tether. But since we were early at the library event, we took a short walk to see how it worked. The little ones are being trained to always hold each other’s hand, so I only needed one loop for Hampton and Sullivan to put their hands thru. Thanks all for the suggestions.