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2019 Aug 1 - CSM Cover

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New project: a csm knitted machine cover.
Worked a minimum 23” of flat knitting on my csm with 96 slot cylinder.

(Any cylinder could be used and panels joined with mattress stitch see SWEATER 1.0 or a different way of joining segments in the project BLANKET 1.0)

The flat knitting was hand sewn onto some recycled fabric to give it durability and to make the project less easy to snag on needles)

(I used an extra fabric pouch from a gadget called the “scrap-ma-Bob” bag. See “table organization” on SUPPLIES I LIKE)

The top flat round part was constructed using a plastic plate as a foundation so that the inside had extra durability and snag resistance. The finished result: INTRO VIDEO

Also on INSTAGRAM - REF1, REF2, REF3,

Another ready idea to cover your machine: Use a shower cap!

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2019 May 22 - Ball Chair Cover

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A view of the (currently under inflated) ball chair with homemade csm fabricated knitted fabric cover in Birkeland Wool.

Still to do: inflate ball and sew on Velcro for securing ball to wheel mount (makes it safer to use).

Initial post:

Progress update: (silent video) here is a view of edge stitch securing with my sewing machine.

The fabric shown is Birkeland Wool worked in the round using 52 stitches of a 54 cylinder on my Legare 400. I then cut up the tube on one of the two rows of unknitted stitches.

Due to this very fibre-rich, fuzzy wool the only way to get it to knit on my csm was to set it on the loosest machine tension creating a fairly dense knitted fabric. I’ve been working though my different Birkeland Wool lately in this manner with the idea of making a blanket.
This last fabric (shown here) is being made into a new side project - ball chair seat cover (being finalized in the next day or so) 

See the sewing machine stitches on the fabric edges VIDEO

See the RAVELRY project: “Chair Cover #1”

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