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.

🧶 You carefully follow the pattern, use what seems like the same weight yarn... and your finished project turns out a completely different size. What happened? Many people assume that if two yarns are both labelled the same weight, they'll produce the same result. Unfortunately, that's not always true. Different fibres, construction, and gauge can all affect the finished size of your project, even when the yarns have the same weight category. To help explain why this happens, I recorded a video that walks you through: 🧶 What yarn gauge really means 🧶 Why two "same weight" yarns can knit up very differently 🧶 How to substitute yarn more successfully 🧶 How to avoid projects turning out too big or too small 🎥 Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/IyE27PHDmGY Understanding gauge is one of the biggest steps you can take toward becoming a more confident circular machine knitter. Once you understand it, choosing substitute yarns becomes much less of a guessing game and you'll have far more success with your projects. 💛 Have you ever had a project turn out bigger or smaller than you expected? Tell us what happened in the comments!