Show us what you completed this week on your circular knitting machine.

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!!

I'm making progress on my blanket. It is turning out great so far. I just thought I would share.

Ever have a day when you think, "I'm done. I'm just so done." ? Today is that day for me. I think I need to walk away from all my machines today. First the Caydo motor quit. I've emailed them back and forth, now I'm waiting for their next replay. Then Amazon delivered the Geocci motor for my Addi's, so I thought the day was getting better! It works fine on the 22, though I do not currently have any projects for just the 22. So I moved on to set the motor up on the 46. But I cannot get the knob off the handle of the 46. I think I've stripped the head of the screw and now I can't turn the screw at all. I've tried 3 different screwdrivers, all with the same issue. The crosshairs on the top of the screw look more like a crater now instead of a cross. I'm done...

I’m wide awake, caught up on all of my notifications; however, son and grands are asleep on my bedroom floor so I can’t get to cranking! I’ve probably made a lot of typos in my comments because I have my iPad on dark mode and can barely read a thing!