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Sometimes a simple design is classical. This cable scarf is knitted with a lot of hand manipulation on an LK150 knitting machine. I use alpaca yarn to make it soft and luxurious. It does take some time to finish a long scarf with hand reforming stitches, but the technique is simple, so it can be meditative knitting. The design of the cable scarf Cast on as many stitches as you like based on your sample.

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon. My little boy’s elementary school asks everyone to make cards for classmates. That is why I chose to make these heart-shaped cards, custom envelopes, and knit a small heart. The origami cards and hand-made envelopes The paper craft of Valentine’s Day cards and envelopes is easy and quick. I use origami papers with colorful patterns. Simply fold and cut out the heart shapes. Kids can write messages inside. The

If you have an LK150 or LK140 knitting machine, you can easily shorten the length by taking out one or more sections. Why do you want to do that? It will be light weighted, take up little space, and look really cute! I shortened an LK150 by taking out one section, and it fits my luggage for international travel. I just need a working section, so I can still play with it during the long

This bubble texture is machine knitted with 2 colored Tuck stitches. I use a basic LK150 knitting machine and 2 different colors of yarns. The size of the “bubble” can be adjusted easily by adding or subtracting stitch and row counts. Watch the video below for a simple tutorial. Watch the 2 color Tuck stitch “bubble” texture on an LK150 knitting machine Chart of the Tuck stitches locations Below is a sample chart for the

This is a very simple and minimal-looking fingerless mitten. It is knitted on an LK150 machine. It takes some hand manipulation, but is still a straightforward quick knitting project, even for beginning machine knitters. Construction of the minimal style fingerless mitten This is basically 2 rectangle pieces. After folding in half, we can sew up the side seams, and leave the holes for the thumbs. I started with the cuff ribbing. Here I use hand-manipulated