CSM Patterns and More
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This page is designed to be a page for things to make that have written instructions/pictures
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FREE wonderful STITCH PATTERNS AND INFO
Free 108 page of Lace patterns (click on DOWNLOAD - must be saved to computer to view)
Angle, Bar, Basket, Chevron, Cord, Diamond, Herringbone, Honeycomb, Insertion, Lace, Lacework, Lasso, Lattice, Net or Filet, Pyramid, Ribbon Work, Special Lattice, Special Ribbed, Spiral, Stripe, Tidy, Twisted - listed in Autoknitter online manual - printed page 57-60/pdf 2-4
Herringbone and Lace Pattern - listed in Cymbal online manual - printed page 23/pdf page 25
Bubble Stitch Socks by Zoe Cohen CSMKS Sock Society Nov 2019 Newsletter Volume 7 Issue 4 - printed page 12/pdf page 12 of 23. Pattern info states that this stitch is from an old CSM manual. To access this you have to be a CSKMS member to access to newsletters.
Cord: Braid, Square, Round; Fringe, Flat Web, Narrowing, Widening, Striping with/without Knots, Round Toe/Heel, Cap/Square Toe/Heel, Handmade Toe, Full Fashioned, Gore/Gusset Heel, Seaming Flat Web, PLUS MORE! Fancy Stitches: Basket, Cable, Cord Link, Counter-Pane, Circular Mat/Cap Crown, Crossbar, Cross Crochet, Dew Drop, Diagonal, (Half) Diamond, Diamond, Herringbone, Lace, Lattice, Insertion, Net Work, Rope and Cord, Shell, Spiral - listed in Creelman Manual -printed page 72/pdf page 15, Fancy Stitches from page 44/pdf page 36 - Also listed in the Creelman Bros The World’s Star manual
Chain, Lattice - in the Imperia Manual - print page 30/pdf page 32
Angle, Chevron, Cord, Insertion, Lace, Lattice, Spiral, Stripe - in the Model Knitting Machine 3rd file - print page 32/pdf page 2 Basket, Lasso, Tidy, Twisted - in the Model Knitting Machine 4th file print page 36/pdf page 1
Bull’s Eye, Cable, Locust, Filigree, Zigzag - H.S. Dundas Sock Machine - print page 13 and page 14
Balmoral/Striped, Cord, Crochet, Cross-bar (single/double), Diagonal Left/Right, Diagonal Cross-Bar, Fringe, Herringbone, Honeycomb, Insertion, Lace, Lasso, Open-work, Pineapple, Plait/Basket, Spiral - listed in Modern Victoria Automatic Knitter - print page 52 / pdf page 29 *side note: this manual detailed e-wrap or selvage as Forming the Welt pdf page 10
Half/Complete Diamond, Skeleton Diamond - in the Griswold Stocking Knitter - print page 43/pdf page 42 Balmoral/Spriped, Button-Holes, Crochet, Cross-Bar (Double)/Imitation Ribbed, Diamond, Filet, Fringe, Herring Bone, Honeycomb, Imitation Moss, Insertion, Lace, Lasso, Open Work, Pineapple, Spiral - print page 91/pdf page 89
A HUGE thank you to Pat Fly of Angoravalley.com for providing MANY ONLINE free manuals to which many of the above free patterns can be found. THANK YOU!
Want to see how to READ the symbols for charted patterns? Knit Chart Symbols
After-Thought/Shaker Socks
Make socks from a knitted tube
Be sure to ask the tube maker to make the CSM tube in reverse (normal forward worked tubes on the CSM are knitted counter clockwise) so that the hand knitter can add the hand knitted segments in the regular hand knitted clockwise direction - however a counterclockwise worked CSM tube can still be worked by a hand knitter using a variety of methods. If you have a tube that is as worked on a CSM going “forward”, create your socks by…
-“I just start knitting the other direction and use the tail to close the gap when I'm done”
-“If you turn it inside out you could continue knitting cc using puri stitches. Or, slip one stitch, pass yarn through the opening, put that stitch back on the needle and knit.
(Hand knitting term is wrap and turn if you look it up to see a picture or video.)”
-“If the tube was cranked clockwise that was intentionally made for a hand knitter. Tubes are cranked backwards so one could unravel rows for a cuff, add an afterthought heel, and remove waste yarn to knit the toes by unraveling rows. If it was cranked the opposite direction of the way crankers usually crank tubes you don't have to turn it inside out. If it is one continuous tube, find the middle and split the tube by marking said row with stitch marker. You will then clip a stitch and unravel. If it is a striped tube that is a different method and you will need to find the repeat. These socks are a lot of fun to knit but there is a method. The only place there is a small hole is on the beginning stitch when picking up stitches for afterthought heels.”
-“I crank tubes to hand knit toes, heel, cuff. Just "wrap and turn" for the toe and you're then going in the correct direction. Heels...no issue since you cut in. For cuffs, turn inside out and K2,P2. Easy peasy...no reason to crank in other direction.“
Sometimes the adding of a cuff/heel and toe to a tube of knitted work is referred to as creating “after thought heels/toes”. Below are links to free instructions.
Tutorials:
-True Afterthought Heel Tutorial by Crazy Sock Lady Video
-Polka Dot Creek Video showing from sock tube to socks using 100grams of yarn
-Afterthought Heel Video with how to measure etc Video by KirbyWirby
-Afterthought Heel Video from New Leaf Designs
-Afterthought Heel Video from the Stranded Podcast
How to knit socks out of a CSM knitted tube
How to video - Baaad Anna’s post on sock tubes; Help Knit Donation Heels and Toes - by Baaad Anna’s
A clear video showing how to add cuff, heel and toe to a tube
Afterthought peasant sock heels | Knit Purl Hunter Afterthought heel with videos
Misc Patterns
Toe Up Sock instructions (Ravelry: WhiteRavenKnits / David Huelster)
Cabin Creek Studio / Sue Vunesky | Website | Email: sue.vunesky@gmail.com
Jenny Deters - The Spinsister - Free Patterns
Rox 4 Sox Free Patterns | Email: baechler@mindnet.org | For paid videos etc please see here.
Christine Smith has a huge variety of awesome patterns on Ravelry
Other places to find a pattern or project instruction (outside of YouTube):
http://Ravelry.com | CSM Supplies | Blogs and Websites listed below
Off Machine Techniques
Books and Blogs can now be found on this page
Quarterly Paid Newsletters
Sock Machine Knitting / Bonnie Smola - USA | Website | Email: bsmola@neitel.net | USD$9/Year for a Quarterly available/downloadable Newsletter. Downloadable and available on CD: “20 years of Patterns” USD$23, “10 Varieties of Heels” USD$20. “How to work CSM Entrelac” CD$20.
FREE LABELS FOR SELLING YOUR SOCKS
Have you made socks and are seeking a free resource on printing labels for the socks? See free Handmade-themed and Socktastic-themed Sock Wraps.
Paid Patterns
Sweater/Jacket; Celtic Knot Scarf; Double & Single Eyelet Rib Socks; Argyll Knee Socks: Boot Topper/Knee Socks; Watermelon Socks; Christmas Afghan; Easy Lace Beaded Scarf / Jenny Deters | Website | Email: detersj@sbcglobal.net
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