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| model = Brother KH- | | model = Brother KH-950i <!-- Model --> | ||
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==How to use it== | ==How to use it== | ||
The knitter is a surprisingly complex device - talk to someone who knows how to use it before using it (try [[User:Solexious|Solexious]], [[User:Russ|Russ]], | The knitter is a surprisingly complex device - talk to someone who knows how to use it before using it (try [[User:Chixor]] first, but [[User:Solexious|Solexious]], [[User:Russ|Russ]], and Tom Wyatt have also used it). Being shown how to set it up and use it will save you at least an hour and will reduce the chance that you'll break it. | ||
Dispense with your hubris, and read the manual. You might think you're able to use any device without a manual, but this will prove you wrong and leave you looking like a fool. The manual is mostly good (if rather terse and formatted in a fetching, patronisingly sexist shade of pink), but you have to follow it well and take it slowly. And sometimes it glosses over the important bits. | Dispense with your hubris, and read the manual. You might think you're able to use any device without a manual, but this will prove you wrong and leave you looking like a fool. The manual is mostly good (if rather terse and formatted in a fetching, patronisingly sexist shade of pink), but you have to follow it well and take it slowly. And sometimes it glosses over the important bits. | ||
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For example, 4 ply yarn is the most popular yarn put on cone. At tension 5-7 on the main bed dial with 4 ply yarn it will produce approx 7 stitches and 10 rows to 2.5 cms. | For example, 4 ply yarn is the most popular yarn put on cone. At tension 5-7 on the main bed dial with 4 ply yarn it will produce approx 7 stitches and 10 rows to 2.5 cms. | ||
==Computer Connection== | |||
[[File:Knitter-USB-cable.jpg|thumb|right|USB Cable]] | |||
The knitting machine supports an optional Tandy floppy drive, but some clever hackers have worked out how to emulate this floppy drive using a USB-serial cable. We have a functioning USB cable for this machine (as documented [http://daviworks.com/knitting/cable_tutorial.html here]). | |||
To store/retrieve patterns using the USB cable, check out [http://learn.adafruit.com/electroknit/ ladyada's excellent tutorial] and the [https://github.com/adafruit/knitting_machine github repo]. The knitting machine used in this tutorial is a slightly different model to ours - the equivalent button to "step" is "M". | |||
Best talk to [[User:Russ|Russ]] ([[User talk:Russ|talk]]) if you have problems with the USB cable. | |||
==Some inspiration== | ==Some inspiration== | ||
