I’ve been thru the basics of operation and made several test pieces and they all came out right. I can’t belive all the information that I got with the machine. The one thing I was missing, and I really wanted, was the cable to go between the PC and the console. I had to go back to the lady’s house that I bought it from to pick up some more goodies and we found the cable. I also got about 25 lbs of Yoeman yarn to start using.
On to what I learned
- Knitting tubular CX/LX for a bunch of rows and then switching over to N/GX for about twenty rows and then to GX/N creates openings in the tube for armholes or whatever. You can then go back to tubular and decrease to form a neck. Instant sleevless sweater.
- There is a little box mounted on the left side of my console with a switch. It has a handwritten lable that says “Up Normal”. I spent about an hour trying to get my USB/Serial adaptor working and trying to download a pattern into the console. No luck. I finally figured out that the little switch has to be down for the pattern downloads to work. Tomorrow I am going to try and make a holiday afghan.
That’s it for today. Hopefully I’ll get the afghan mad and can post some pics.
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September 8, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Jeszica
Hi Kevin.
I got your comment and posted a short “how to” on K2tog YO for the knitting machine. However, it seems like you have a much fancier machine than I do. Mine are old and very manual, though the concepts should still be the same.
I’m just not sure how having it hooked up to a PC changes the process since it sounds somewhat automated. Good luck and hopefully my notes helped. If not, I’ll be happy to try and brainstorm with you a bit.
Best, Jeszica from blackflagknitting
February 26, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Jeff
So I’m assuming you also have acquired DK7 or some similar patterning program or did some software come with the E-6000 to load? Just Curious