I want a circular sock machine (CSM)! Where do I start? by Kathy Roletter (revised August 2020) You're interested in getting a circular sock knitting machine (CSM), but so far haven't found one in your basement or attic? Some folks are lucky enough to inherit a family heirloom, but most of us had to buy
OH Yes, I love Mini Things. I couldn’t resist when I saw this pin on pinterest to see if I could make one. I took a look at the Ravelry pattern (below), and it was done on a flat bed machine,…
The circular sock machines (CSM) are wonderful for knocking out one pair of socks after another and I’ve been doing the same style of socks for two years. It gets stale. I want a challenge an…
Tension setting 2 (+1 for Start to Toe finish only) For tension setting info see https://ravel.me/karenramel/cgs Things to note: Toe and Heel are built between 9-6-3 on the side of the machine c...
Socks the Old Way on a CSM: The CSM, or circular sock machine is a knitting machine that knits in the round. You can make socks, scarves, hats and mittens. In fact with a lot of practice you can make flat pieces that can be grafted together to make sweaters and such. Though it…
By Amelia © May 27, 2010 A question from a reader of this blog ... My question is: I have recently purchased a Legare 47 and need to know if it is only possible to make a selvedge "cast-on" at top of sock in 1 x 1 rib, or can it be done with 3 x 1 or others? For me it has only worked using the 72 cylinder and doing 1 x 1 rib. Won't work with 54 cylinder. Any ideas? Thanks for asking ... it's nice to do a sock machine post, as I was recently knitting on mine and even playing with selvedges. I'm going to assume you have a 72-slot cylinder, a 54-slot cylinder, and a 36-slot ribber. This gives you a few options... First one ... if you want to do a 3/1 top edge, you could put a needle in every cylinder slot, without the ribber on yet, and use an e-wrap to make a selvedge. You wrap every needle from where you would start to knit with an "e" of the yarn you plan to knit with (pull along tail through so you can get all the way around with it), counterclockwise around the cylinder, in the same order the needles will knit. Then, knit one row. This makes a selvedge that won't unravel. At this point you can put the ribber in and transfer stitches from cylinder needles (removing them!!) and onto ribber needles as you like. I admit, this selvedge is fiddly -- the number of times I have dropped a stitch in that first ribber row, I hesitate to count. I've been very pleased in the reliability of my NZAK to not drop ribber stitches, so I can use this selvedge when I want to. It has the virtue of working no matter what ribbing I want -- 3/1, 2/1, 1/1, or mock rib. Second one ... a mock rib hemmed selvedge. For this, you leave out every n-th needle. For a 3/1 mock rib, it's every 4th needle. And, you just start knitting with your real yarn once you have your waste yarn knitting cleanly. Once you have 10-40 rows (how many defines the depth of your hemmed top), you pick up the first knit row's stitches and put them around the needles with the current row, so the first row is knit into the next round of knitting. Third one ... there's a great selvedge you can do with a 36-slot ribber and 54-slot cylinder. If you use only every other slot in the ribber, you can set up for a 2/1 ribbing. Once this knits cleanly with the waste yarn, attach your sock yarn and continue like so: Knit one row with the sock yarn. Lift the first cylinder needle of each pair all the way around (well, as around as you can ... just be sure to continue with this step as you start the next one...). Knit two complete rows with that first-of-each-pair needle not knitting. Yes, this puts a bar of yarn in front of it each time. Now lower the out-of-work needles, carefully, so their latches are open and above the bars, and knit the next round. Whew! This is actually a fairly easy selvedge, and my favorite for 52-cylinder socks and mittens. You mentioned the 1/1 ribbing; you could, if you want a 3/1 sock on the 72, use 1/1 ribbing just for 3-4 rows and then convert over to 3/1 ribbing for the rest of the leg. There have been other selvedges I've played with -- e-wrap on cylinder needles, then starting ribbing needles by picking up the bar from the row below (not easy!); and a variety of sewn selvedges after taking the sock off the machine -- but I'm going to guess you're looking for a cranked selvedge, not a hand-done selvedge. So go ahead, experiment -- try out a variety of selvedges, knit short tubes, and see if they hold or let stitches run. I've been happiest with 1/1, 2/1, and mock rib hemmed-top socks, all of them pretty deep -- I'll do 25 rows of ribbing, and 40 rows before hanging the hem of a mock rib. I used to only do 5-10 rows, but it doesn't make a deep enough ribbing to hold the sock up well. 3/1 topped socks haven't stayed up that well for me, so I don't tend to use it at the top edge of a sock. The socks up at the top have a 1/1 top, 3/1 leg and foot; they are tiny ... knit on my NZAK's compound cylinder :-). ~~~~ Related posts: Sock machines: hem or ribbed top? Sock machines: How do you put a selvedge on a 3/1 sock? Sock Machines: Can you use a 36-slot ribber with a 54-slot cylinder? ~~~~ © May 27, 2010 by Ask The Bellwether, posted at http://askthebellwether.com/blog
During WW I, the war to end all wars, families in rural Canada were given circular sock knitting machines and 10 lbs of wool (enough for 30 pairs of socks) to knit socks for the war effort. Socks were in short supply, wool was rationed and service men in the trenches in winter, needed wool ... Read More about Sock Knitting and the Great War Effort
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Socks the Old Way on a CSM: The CSM, or circular sock machine is a knitting machine that knits in the round. You can make socks, scarves, hats and mittens. In fact with a lot of practice you can make flat pieces that can be grafted together to make sweaters and such. Though it…
Today I continued working on a new project I started last night - a CSM Sweater. I consider this first version (until design decided upon after much testing) a version 1 prototype of an adult sized CSM sweater. Stay tuned. :)
Wow, this was quite a journey. As you know, I love mini things. I did some looking around at what others have done and there are more than a couple of patterns and ideas for the baby sock. Until…
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
I had another play with this technique over the weekend, and I think I finally cracked it. You have to lay the yarn in and then carefully crank until it is captured by the closing latch, before you lay the next colour in. See slightly out of focus shot below, it was the best my little Nikon coolpix could manage: The multi-colour yarn is trapped, and the background (which I left threaded up) is laid in for the next few stitches. On my Imperia, there are two half-circular cut outs on the base of the yarn carrier, and I discovered that as the needle gets to the rightmost corner of the right cutout, that is when the latch closes and traps the yarn. If you try doing this in the centre of the yarn carrier, or before the feeding hole in the carrier, it very often drops a stitch and it's difficult to keep your eyes on both yarns. If you always ensure the last yarn is trapped then you can lay in the new yarn and forget about the old one. Try to keep one yarn above the other (as in handknitted colour work) so that the yarns don't get twisted. The navy is the upper yarn in this case, as I left it threaded through the mast. And the finished sample, not a dropped stitch in sight (but then the first attempt was awful and mysteriously got filed in the circular file). :) I did wonder whether using holding position would work better for this technique but I think it would probably result in two-colour tuck instead. Something to think about. Edit: because apparently left and right are interchangeable in my pea brain! =)
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
CSM Shortie Sock This sock was made on a circular sock machine (Erlbacher Gearhart Speedster) using a 60 cylinder. Cast on all needles with project yarn. With the heel spring on through the entire sock, knit 20 rows for the hem. Hang the hem. Knit 5 more rows, then set up for a deep heel. A deep heel is like a regular heel, except I add a few more needles on either side of the cylinder. So instead of taking 30 needles out of work for the heel, I take out of work 26 needles and continue to make the heel any method preferred. For my size 10 foot, I knit 65 rows, then finish with the toe. My gauge is about 10 sts per inch with my hand dyed yarn. I used a 50 gram ball and the finished socks weighed 42 grams. Happy Cranking!!!
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
In order to better reproduce a knitted item in a circular sock knitting machine one needs to know how many rows and stitches per inch per cylinder on your regularly used sock yarn. The ribber is n...
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
Row Chart Showing the Number of Foot Rows Required for a Specific Foot Length when Knitting the foot on a Circular Sock Machine. The row chart is cylinder specific. This row chart is for a 64 slot cylinder. This is an instant download of a digital file (.pdf format) for the images shown above. The Circle Diagram shows the number of needles to be raised out of work when making the heel (or toe) for various cylinder slot sizes. Calculations for the number of foot rows in the row chart are based on the circle diagram. The downloads are .pdf format and are 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size. Your files will be available to download once payment is received. Since this listing is delivered via instant download, no refund can be issued. The large red number on the chart is used to identify the cylinder slot size for Etsy listing purposes only. This number will not be printed on the charts you receive. The Row Chart is $1.59
