First Knitted Hat

I found a Passap Duomatic 80 (Green) on Craigslist and finally decided that it was time to move up from the Bond USM. I was naturally a bit nervous since I knew nothing aout the machine and finding help on the Internet was not as easy as the Japenses models like Brother.  I got the machine from the original  owner who knitted a single sock and some swatches on it. It has the Deco attachment and card reader but no cards and, of course, no instructions for the machine. She did have “The Passap Handbook – Beginner Course” and that has been a bit helpful.

I tried making a sock from a video I found on Youtube but when it came time to transfer the stictches with the decker comb I realized I don’t have one. Another call to the previous owner and she thinks she has found it along with the Passap Form Computer. Hopefully I’ll pick that up and a few more goodies from her this weekend after she goes thru her closets.

On to the good stuff ….. I finally figured out how to set it up and thread the yarn and it knits GREAT. A 1000% better than the Bond plastic machine. So far I’ve made 1×1 ribbed swatches that unraveled because I didn’t know how to cast off.

And finally, on just the first day I managed to complete a ribbed hat. I’ll try and post some pictures later.