My Bond Page

I have had a Bond Knitting Machine for about 4 years now and have enjoyed it a lot. But nowhere near as much as I have since I found the Bond Knitting List on the net. This has been great! So many nice knitting pals and so many helpful hints!!

Just recently I have acquired an Elite machine as well and am stubbornly working on putting together a ribber from a second main bed and the necessary hardware. I have not yet gotten everything together that I need, but hopefully soon!

Below are a couple of sweaters that I made for my girls. The Heart Sweater was my first fair-isle project.

I found this in a McCalls Needlework magazine from the 1980's, it was a size 6-8. On this one I hand-knitted and then sewed on the band. Having done fair-isle in school as a young girl, I was so pleasantly surprised at the speed when it is done on the Bond. And the tension is much more even as well.

Next I tried a sweater that I saw on the back of the Vogue Knitting Book. It was written for adults, so I used a basic sweater pattern, child's size 10-12 and recharted the design to fit the sweater. This one took me a while to figure out. I made it extra long to go over leggings.

I worked it from a chart I made with fair-isle pattern and shapings. I found that easier than the written instructions. The question is always what to make next!! I have so many patterns, one more challenging than the other! The only thing I'm lacking are extra hours in the day! For free patterns and stitch techniques, visit my knitting page at http://www.heidisknittingroom.com/ .

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