Just a bit of fun 😉 If your craft style had a villain origin story, what would it be? 👇

I fancy making a chunky jumper or cardigan with some lace stitches to give it a bit of a pattern - has anyone ever used a lace punchcard to select the needles and then manually manipulated the needles to make the transfers/ holes?

❓What am I doing wrong? I’m working on a Brother KH-910 knitting machine using a foil pattern for a lace pattern. The machine knits the initial stitches perfectly until I program in the pattern. The foil runs to the start of the pattern, and I knit 2 rows with the knitting carriage. That works without any problems, but then the lace pattern carriage follows, and the foil doesn’t move any further. It selects the correct needles, but the foil doesn’t advance any rows. However, the foil feed is working; otherwise, it wouldn’t pull the foil in. I also make sure to press the RR button before starting, so that the pattern is set to the beginning. But the problem persists. Does anyone have any advice? 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

Can anyone remember the 1st item they machine knitted? I went straight in and knitted a jumper (pullover) and it was huge, full of mistakes lol... But I wore it anyway 😁😁

Hand knitters versus machine knitters — ever had to defend yourself? If you've told a hand knitter you use a machine, you may have got The Look. The slight pause. The 'oh, so it does it for you?' comment. Machine knitting has an image problem in some circles and most of us have a story about navigating that assumption. The irony being that machine knitting has its own enormous skill curve that takes years to master. Tell us your best 'defending the machine' story — and what you said that ended the conversation.