I picked up a new toy. It looks like a toy, doesn’t it? I bought that beautiful new yarn and quickly remembered why I don’t knit much anymore. My hands don’t like it.

I’ve walked by a gazillion knitting machines at sales over the years. They are very intimidating. But this was a cheap option (Facebook Marketplace) to try it out.

I thought the grands could use it to make hats. Casting on was easy. Cranking it was easy.

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I didn’t do a proper cast off since I knew this would get unraveled anyway. This shows about 30 rows of knitting and took a matter of minutes.

I like the way the knitting feels. It is very even, though a bit looser than when I knit by hand. I can see the boys having a lot of fun with this.

It is NOT a replacement for a big knitting machine. But might be a good intro to it. I’d really love a circular sock knitting machine someday, but it isn’t in the budget. I found a used flat bed knitting machine on FB Marketplace, but it’s still $200. A lot for me to spend when I have no idea what I’m doing.

I still think I’ll have fun playing with this.

Have a great day!