Welcome to my CSM BLOG Index Page

This page will allow you to zip over to any specific category in the blog without having to go post by post to find what you might be looking for. (Most blogs are a bit hard to navigate).

I have now also started using a plastic Addi-Express 46 needle Kingsize circular knitting machine and therefore add entries here in the CSM side for items worked also on this machine.

My CSM Blog

We also have a Flat Bed Knitting Machine BLOG INDEX

Blog entries by Category

Addi-Express 46 needle Kingsize Machine Knitter

AEK Table | Scarf 002 | Scarf 001 | The Geocci Addi Adapter | Addi Care Blanket | Addi Baby Blanket | 2023 Jun 21 Addi Screw Driver Adapter | Brave Bunny |

Autoknitter

2023 Dec 30 - Servicing an Autoknitter | Museum Canadian Autoknitter |

Cast On Bonnets (Also see Universal Bonnets)

Make your Own Cast On Bonnet (Cylinder Specific) | Split Ring Bonnets | Worsted weight cast on bonnet |

Charity Knitting / Donations

Brave Bunny | Table Donation | 12 Pair Sock Donation | 20 Pair Sock Donation | Knitted Tube Donation (for Socks)

Cleaning a CSM

Cleaning a CSM | Museum Canadian Autoknitter

Colorwork (Please see Mini-Mast)

CSM Weights

CSM Weights

Donation (See Charity Knitting / Donations)

Dropped Stitch Fixing

Dropped Stitch - Easy Fix (elastics/Live Stitch Needle Lock) | Dropped Stitches - how to fix with two stitch tools

Events

Knit City 2023 | CSM Love Machine Knitting Hangout Sept 2, 2023 | Knit City 2022 | CSM EVENTSCSKMS Event - Universal Bonnet Donation | FibresWest Cancellation | Virtual Knitting Event | CSM Event - Spokane, WA | CSM Event - Lacey, WA | CSM Event - Lacey, WA |

Finishing (closing toes/casting off etc)

Kitchenering Alternative (Russian Grafting)

Flat Bed Knitting Machine

Now found in that dedicated area. See FBL HOME

Helping Others

Auto Knitter Video Chat Help Session | Sock Machine Info Sessions!

Ideas (or ‘Upgrades’)

Protective Work Mat | Legare Platform

Kitchenering (see finishing)

Machines - Circular Sock Machines

Hybrid Upgraded Cooperative | 1893 Vintage Gearhart with Rotating Cylinder | Money Maker CSM | My Legare goes to Chambord CSM spa | Chambord CSM AccuKnitter | Vintage Gearhart

Marketing

June 26/19 Marketing and Promotion

Mini-Mast/Colorwork

2022 Valentine’s Day Socks | First Mini-Mast Project | DIY Yarn Mast (to work with Mini-Mast) | Mini-Mast Creation and Design |

Misc Categories

Crochet Cover (Ear Bud Case) | CSM Love Mat | Museum Canadian Auto Knitter |
Thank You! | Don’t give up |

Patterns/Projects - Non-Sock

Cast Cover (Fingerless Glove) | Four Corner Market Knit Bag | Baby Brave Bunny | Brave Bunny | CSM Pumpkin with I-Cord Stem | CSM SPA Cloth | CSM Bog Jacket 1.0 | CSM Washcloth | Downsizing Dental Pillows | CSM Blanket 1.0 | CSM Sweater 2.0 | CSM Sweater 1.0 | CSM Cover | Ball Chair Cover | CSM Pants! | Christmas CSM Stocking | Stem Weight Covers | Double ended cast on bonnets and other alternatives |

Patterns/Projects - SOCK

Toe Up Mock Rib Shortie Sock | Cuff Down Mock Rib Shortie Sock

Powering Your CSM

Pedal Power | Treadle Power |

Refurbishing a Machine

2023 Dec 30 - Servicing an Autoknitter | My Legare goes to Chambord CSM spa | Vintage Gearhart goes to Chambord CSM spa | Museum Canadian Autoknitter

Ribber

Ribber Home Base | Ribber Problems | Legare Tappet | Ribber Combinations | Ribber Dials |

Sizing

The difference the Tension Dial setting make Oct 16, 2021 | Katrinkles Adjustable Sock Blockers (PREFERRED) | Sock, Block & Size Intro | Fibre Matters (Sizing)

Sock Swap

Sock Swap by Lisa Beer |

Sock Blockers (that SIZE CONFIRM TOO!)

Katrinkles Adjustable Sock Blockers | DIY Sock Blockers

Special Socks

2022 Valentine’s Day Socks

Supplies

Live Stitch Needle Lock | Katrinkles Adjustable Sock Blockers | Toe Up Supplies | Sock, Block & Size Intro | DIY Yarn Mast | DIY Yarn Carrier

Tables

NZAK table - Standing Height (Oct 23/20) and table upgrade (Nov 19/19) | Harbor Freight Table (Pelican Case/Foam/Ridgid Table) | Workmate Table (Mar 14/19 | My workspace (Jan 10/19) | Ridgid FlipTop Adjustable Table Oct 3/18 | Ridgid Table setup photo posted on the Lacey, Wa Event Blog Entry. | (Wood Stool “Table” )Newly Up-Styled Table Sep 9/18 | CSM Travel Storage Stand Aug 21/18 |

Tips (Also see Ideas / Upgrades)

Not a Knot Tool | Fibre Matters (Sizing) | Marketing and Promotion | Keep Scissors nearby | Keep a rag nearby | Cylinder Marking | Ribber Home Base | Legare Platform | Cylinder Storage | How to Cat Proof | Topper or Yarn Stand Top (Slotting & Threading) | Toe Up Socks (ways to add weight on the CSM) | Bind Offs | Addi-Express Stitch Tool Upgrade |

Transporting a CSM

Pelican Case (1510 & 1650) | Harbor Freight Table (Pelican Case/Foam) |

Universal Bonnets

CSKMS Event - Universal Bonnet Donation | CSM Event - Spokane, WA | Universal Bonnets Ad provided on CSKMS | Make your own Universal Bonnet Video | Universal Bonnet Giveaway | Universal Bonnet Giveaway | Universal Bonnet (Intro) |

Videos

Making your own Cast On Bonnet | Toe Up Mock Rib Shortie Sock | Video Recording and Editing | Video: Hung Hem | Video: How to Kitchener your Sock | Cuff Down Mock Rib Shortie Sock | Video: The Auto Knitter CSM | Make Your own Universal Bonnet Video | New Cast-On with any Split Ring Video | Unknit on the CSM (VIDEO) | Dropped Stitches - how to fix | | Bind Offs |

Yarn

Yarn Thickness on the CSM |

Yarn WinderS

Dec 2 - EEW Cone Winder | Yarn Swift | Silver Needles SN100 Winder | Simet Winder | HongKongKnitBox Weaver Electric Cone Winder |

Blog entries by DATE

2023

• Dec 30 - Servicing an Autoknitter

• Dec 2 - EEW Cone Winder

• Nov 8 - Punch Needle Class

• Nov 4 2023 - Cast Cover (Fingerless Glove)

• 2023 Oct 1 Four Corner Market Knit Bag

• 2023 Sept 23 & 24 - Knit City 2023

• 2023 Sept 16 - Yarn Swift

• 2023 Sep 10 - Silver Needles Cone Winder

• 2023 Sep 2 - CSMLOVE Machine Knitting Hangout

• 2023 Aug 30 - DIY Sock Blockers

• 2023 Aug 24 - Baby Brave Bunny

• 2023 Aug 22 - CSM Love Mat

• 2023 Aug 18 - Crochet Cover

• 2023 July 12 - Scarf 0002

• 2023 July 9 - Scarf 001

• 2023 June 24 - The Geocci Addi Adapter

• 2023 June 24 - Addi Care Blanket

• 2023 June 24 - Addi Baby Blanket

• 2023 June 21 - Addi Screw Driver Adapter

• 2023 Jun 11 - Brave Bunny

• 2023 June 11 - AEK Table

• 2023 Apr 23 - Simet Winder

• 2023 Mar 4 - CSM Stand

• 2023 Mar 2 - Upgraded Hybrid Cooperative CSM

2022

• 2022 Nov 12 - Vintage Gearhart with Rotating Cylinder

• 2022 Oct 29 - CSM Pumpkin with I-Cord

• 2022 Sep 45 & 25 - Knit City Vancouver

• 2022 Sep 14 - Bog Jacket 1.0

• 2022 Sep 4 - Pedal Power

• 2022 Sep 3 - Treadle Power

• 2022 Aug 27 - Table Donation

• 2022 Aug 24 - SPA Cloth

• 2022 Aug 7 - CSM Washcloth

• 2022 Mar 12 - Sock Donation

• 2022 Jul 25 - Not a Knot Tool

• 2022 Jan 30 - Valentine’s Day Socks

2021

• 2021 Nov 30 - CSM Weights

• 2021 Oct 16 - The Difference the Tension Dial Makes

• 2021 Jun 24 - HongKongKnitBox Weaver Electric Cone Winder

• 2021 Jun 22 - Downsizing Dental Pillows

• 2021 Jun 9 - First Mini-Mast Project

• Apr 11 - Dropped Stitch - Easy Fix

• Mar 6 - Yarn Thickness on the CSM

• Feb 19 - Katrinkles Adjustable Sock Blockers

• Feb 13 - Making your own Cast On Bonnet

• Jan 22 - Singer Memo-Matic 700 Flat Bed Knitting Machine

  2020

• Dec 10 - Ribber Dials

• Nov 17 - CSM Blanket

• Nov 14 - CSM Sweater 2.0

• Nov 1 - CSM Sweater 1.0

• Oct 26 - Cleaning a CSM (work in progress)

• Oct 24 - CSKMS Event - Universal Bonnet Donation

• Oct 11 - Video: Toe Up Mock Rib Shortie Sock

• Oct 3 - Video Recording and Editing

• Sep 13 - Knitted Tube Donation

• Sep 1 - Sock Swap by Lisa Beer

• Jul 31 - Sock Donation

• Jul 27 - Video: Hung Hem

• Jul 26 - Video: How to Kitchener your Sock

• Jul 25 - Video: Cuff Down Mock Rib Shortie Sock

• Jul 12 - Video: The Auto Knitter CSM

• Jul 10 - Auto Knitter Video Chat Help Session

• Apr 17 - Museum Canadian Auto Knitter

• Mar 21 - Virtual Knitting Event

• Mar 14 - Thank you!

• Mar 13 - Announcing future Toe Up Ribbed Sock

• Mar 12 - FibresWest Cancellation

• Mar 5 - Sock, Block & Size Intro
  

  2019

• Nov 8 - NZAK Table

• Oct 17 - My Legare is going to the Chambord CSM spa!

• Sep 19 - CSM Event - Spokane, WA

• Aug 10 - Universal Bonnet Ad

• Aug 5 - Don’t give up

• Aug 1 - CSM Cover

• Jul 31 - Fibre Matters (Sizing!)

• Jul 17 - Pelican Case

• Jul 15 - New Cast-On with any Split Ring Video

• Jul 13 - Protective Work Mat

• Jul 8 - DIY Yarn Mast

• Jul 6 - Harbor Freight Table

• Jul 1 - Beginning this website *

• Jun 26 - Marketing and Promotion

• Jun 24 - Universal Bonnet Giveaway

• Jun 23 - Topper Lighting

• Jun 15 - 108 Heritage Site CSM

• Jun 11 - DIY Yarn Carrier

• May 30 - CSM Event - Lacey, WA

• May 26 - Universal Bonnet Giveaway

• May 22 - Ball Chair Cover

• Apr 20 - CSM Pants!

• Apr 14 - Unknit on the CSM (Video)

• Apr 11 - Legare cranking (directions)

• Apr 8 - Universal Bonnet (intro)

• Mar 31 - Keep a rag nearby

• Mar 29 - Sock Machine Info Sessions!

• Feb 8 - Cylinder Marking

• Feb 3 - Tension Cam Stamped Numbers

• Jan 27 - Ribber Home Base

• Jan 11 - Split Ring Bonnets

• Jan 10 - My workspace

• Jan 4 - Legare Platform
  

2018

• Dec 30 - Yarn Dyeing

• Dec 29 - Ribber Problems

• Dec 28 - Legare Tappet

• Dec 22 - Christmas CSM Stocking!

• Dec 21 - Worsted weight cast on bonnet

• Dec 18 - Cylinder Storage

• Dec 18 - Ribber Combinations

• Dec 11 - Kitchenering Alternative (Russian Grafting)

• Dec 9 - How to Cat Proof

• Nov 23 - CSM Event - Lacey, WA

• Nov 10 - Mini-Mast!

• Nov 9 - Stem Weight Covers

• Nov 8 - Topper or Yarn Stand Top (Slotting & Threading)

• Nov 8 - Dropped Stitches - how to latch (simple video)

• Oct 20 - Toe Up Socks (ways to add weight on the CSM)

• Oct 20 - BIND OFFS

• Oct 15 - Addi-Express Stitch Tool Upgrade

• Oct 15 - Double ended cast on bonnets and other alternatives

THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. Please stay tuned.