Comments on: I’m Impatient! http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/165 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: knitting maven http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/165#comment-732 knitting maven Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:24:44 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/165#comment-732 The sweater looks great! I have never had the nerve to use a knitting machine. I bet it knits up much faster on a knitting machine. The sweater looks great! I have never had the nerve to use a knitting machine. I bet it knits up much faster on a knitting machine.

]]> By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/165#comment-733 lucia Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:44:33 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/165#comment-733 Knitting on the machine is faster. However, this particular pattern can't be knit on the machine because one of the "cool" things is it's seamless and circular. It's also in a stitch that is difficult (or impossible) on most machines. I generally develop hand knit patterns containing elements that are either difficult or impossible on a machine. I don't know about other people who both knit by hand and machine, but I would really get impatient if I kept thinking " I could just zing this out on the machine." I do notice Sonja over at <a href="http://www.fusionknitting.com/>fusion knitting"</a> likely has the same attitude. All her hand knit stuff would be difficult or impossible on the machine. Her machine knit stuff would take forever by hand. But, I still get impatient! Knitting on the machine is faster. However, this particular pattern can’t be knit on the machine because one of the “cool” things is it’s seamless and circular. It’s also in a stitch that is difficult (or impossible) on most machines.

I generally develop hand knit patterns containing elements that are either difficult or impossible on a machine. I don’t know about other people who both knit by hand and machine, but I would really get impatient if I kept thinking ” I could just zing this out on the machine.”

I do notice Sonja over at