Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Troubleshooting: Needle's won't grab yarn to knit

On Ravelry, someone posted this photo of their machine and asked why it was doing what it's doing:
So, lets try to trouble shoot this.

There's knitting on the machine, so the machine is knitting.

Whenever this happens to me, there's one of two things wrong:
  1. The tension is too tight - adjust the tension screw down to loosen up the knitting. By loosening the tension, the weights should bring the loops down to where they're evenly distributed.
  2. The weight has hit the ground or is hung up somewhere - the fabric behind is not being pulled down uniformly.
So - check you weights and loosen your tension.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM

    Shelly that is my picture of the yarn not grabing on the needles..that is a
    BRAND NEW" NZAK. Just to let you know what the problem was - it was the needles. I got all new needles put tension all the loose and it works! Thank you for your webiste and you have taught me.. I appreciate you.. post more please.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2018 at 1:25 PM

    My stitches fall of my needles when I make my first pass on my csr. The needles are down and not catching the wool. What am I missing?

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