'ChartED', not 'charter'.

I would love to see your work. We have a Facebook group called "the addi queens videos and more".

Thank you so much! Thanks for joining my live as well!

Thank you for watching and for the sweey compliment

Thank you so much 💓

Same 😍

Welcome to the community! Enjoy!

Also, what were the dimensions of the blanket in the video? Just so I have a general idea of how much I'll need to scale it up... (I'll probably want to at least double the area of the blanket, so if you used 9 skeins in total I should get 18-20 skeins, I guess.)

@@CopenhagenDreaming it fits a twin sized bed which is 75 inches by 39inches

Yes! This pattern is one of my favorites

Thank you so much Linda!

Yes, it is a lot less stitching by hand than working with a smaller machiene.

I suggest a mattress stitch to connect tubes. It is "invisible" and is a nice firm hold.

@@TheAddiQueen thank you so much.

There is a video on my channel. It should be called "shelby braided join".

I am so glad you like the pattern! I bet your work is so beautiful

I've had the sweater machine for years and never could get it to work. Any tips you can give me would be greatfully appreciated!

@@sumere2001 : What particular problems have you had with the USM? What Bond/USM knitting machine videos have you watched on Ytube? Am glad to help you if I can. Been knitting with my Sweater Machine, off and on, for over 10 yrs. Have made about 10 large blankets on it (including California Kings); along with sweaters; many scarves; socks; fountain pen caddies and winter hats.

@@HJKelley47 I've had the Singer LK 100 and the Incredible Sweater Machine for more than 20 years but never master how to knit a sweater. In fact, I've never master anything beyond using them to seam sweaters, before I discovered top down knitting. Now I've a condition with my thumb that's preventing me from hand knitting. Maybe in the New Year, it's time to dust them off and give them another try. I'd be very happy for any advice/channels you could point me to.

@@bejai1962 : Absolutely dust them off and get ready to learn the wonderful hobby of machine knitting. For the Sweater Machine I would recommend: 1, Cynthia Ogden. It has been awhile since she posted a video, but the ones she has on KZfaq will help you to learn about your Sweater Machine. When she makes a mistake, she did not edit it out, but showed how to fix that mistake so that we would all learn. Cynthia has over 300 videos on KZfaq using the Sweater machine, and also has videos on making her own tools for machine knitting. I learned to master that knitter through Cynthia's vids. 2. Diana Sullivan - A Master Machine Knitter. She also has a few excellent videos on knitting with the Ultimate Sweater Machine. 3. Troubleshooting carriage jams: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7Vyfcl_u7CWe3U.html 4. FYI: Kriskrafter.com now sells cast-on combs for the Sweater machine so that you don't have to deal with the plastic hem & rods and/or your own made cast-on rag. Until you are able to purchase the new combs, Diana shows you how to make your own cast-on rag. 5. There is a learning curve in machine knitting, but once you master the Sweater Machine, there will be so many things you can make. 6. The gauge on the sweater machine is 8 mm. (considered a bulky machine) Use Light & Med. worsted weights yarn; some Bulky yarns; DK weight; Vanna's Choice, Red Heart, Hobby Lobby; Lions Brand; Big Twist & Caron. Recommendations for the LK100: 1. For set up: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aslze61nxprSdXU.html 2. Making stripes with the 100: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftl-drZ_zp_Se58.html 3. Cast on - Bind off: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icWjeamSm9XYfnk.html 4. Making a Picot Hem with the LK100 (also called the Zippy 90): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5h4i8R6ytOugmw.html 5. Can use the same yarns as noted above. 6. Gauge on the LK100 is 9 mm. (considered a bulky machine) 7. Have you checked your sponge strip on your machine? If it has been sitting a long time it probably needs to be changed. You can buy a new sponge strip for the LK100 on Ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/121412792207hash=item1c44c42f8f:g:368AAOSwFtNcUNFS Hope this information is of help to you. If I can answer any other questions let me know.

Yes ma'am!

I have the Sentro 48. I’m working on the 1st tube now. Tube 1 & tube 6 I only skip 25&26?

I have not. Honestly, I am not patient enough to make a temperature blanket!

@@TheAddiQueen I don’t either to sit an crochet but I love working with the Addi and thought Id be more apt to finish it than I would crocheting. Im thinking I would have signify a year I’d be doing 365 rows and each tube would then be alike. You have any pattern design ideas on this?🤔

300 rows, 8 tubes

I have also seen people use the glass lids that come with pots

You got it! I didn't put waste yarn over the stitches thay I would be dropping!

1 and 2 and then 24 and 25

Craft show didn't go well. Sold 4 pumpkins and only about $30 worth of stuff total

@@TheAddiQueen Oh! So sorry to hear that. I know you put a lot of work prepping for that. Maybe less people are out because if covid. Not sure which state you are in . On the bright side, your inventory will be all set for the next show. 🍁

@@andreakovach6974 it is still early to be selling fall and winter stuff. Just glad to be able to set up and meet new people!

It took 3 skeins of each, I charged $150

Depends on what I am making, but I always maintain the same tension throughout my projects

@@TheAddiQueen was the checkerboard made without tension?

@@sunnydaisy5906 it did have tension

@@TheAddiQueen would 4 tubes be sufficient to make an adult lap quilt or would it take 5 and 270 rows?

@@sunnydaisy5906 i would do 5, 4 isn't very wide

Go slow and use a dryer sheet

@@TheAddiQueen Thank You! 🥰

I just did one with rh pound of love from michael's. works up like a charm, not one dropped stitch

I do a tension swatch and go from there. I have been doing 8 tubes at 300 rows for twin

I love tubes, they are thick and warm. Winter can hit hard here, so it is nice to have a thicker blanket. I also think it makes them more durable.

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4 of each color

I do 150 or 200 to make it nice and long

I usually buy about 10 skeens just to be safe (averaging 300 yards or so a piece)

I do five stitches for every desired inch of work. Measure how long you want your blanket to be (in inches) and then multiply it by five.

2.5 skeens of each color. Took 4/5 hours

@@TheAddiQueen 👏👍💞 well done!

I used three skeens of each color for this blanket. The skeens were 380 yards each

You can unravel the waste yarn above that stitch or cut it and crochet the other stitches together

@@TheAddiQueen thank you!!!!

Amazon has them. I purchased mine from the yarn company "laughing hens"

It is a "couch sized" blanket. I haven't finished it yet, so I can't tell you for surem would fit nicely on a twin sized bed if you did 300 rows. The craft fair was decent, got invited to a few more later on in the year!

I keep a tight tension when I tie the knots and it prevents them from pulling through

No, but you can manipulate them to make it look "braided" by unraveling some stitches and going back in with a crochet hook

Yes, because you use the droped stitches to do the braided join.

For blankets this size, i usually get 4 of each color. Then, I have some left over at the end

@@TheAddiQueen thank you so much. I have learn so much from you.

Personally I like the tube blankets. A lot of people struggle with the panel knitting on these machines. It is also harder to join the panels together. Just a preference thing. You could make blankets the other way, tubes are just easier (in my opinion).

That's acute idea

@@TheAddiQueen you should try this, think I will make one for the grandkids

You could easily make checkers by knitting about 70 rows, closing both ends, and sewing together.