Actress Karen Allen Knits On A Brother!

Karen Allen best known for her role in the blockbuster movie Raiders Of The Lost Ark has her own fiber arts company; Karen Allen Fiber Arts located in Massachusetts.

Here is the link to the video of her appearance with Martha Stewart, Karen knits her creations on a Brother machine!

Martha Stewart Interviews Karen Allen - Karen Allen Knitting On A Brother Video

Click below to be directed to the Karen Allen Fiber Arts website:

Karen Allen Fiber Arts

Machine Knit Sock

I dyed the wool/nylon yarn for this sock honoring a "special request" from a good friend.  This was right off the machine.   Just pinned it to the blocking mats to take the photos, I don't block socks.

The toe needs to be grafted and the leg seam sewn.  Knitted on the standard gauge machine, they don't take long to do.

Check Out Phil's Reindeer Swatches

A talented machine knitter and nice guy!

Phil's Reindeer Swatches

Need A Brother Manual? FREE!!!

You may be able to find it here:

Brother Knitting Machine Manuals

This website has many of the manuals in PDF for immediate download! Did I mention they are free?

Here Are The Long Men's Slipper Socks

These can be worn alone or over a pair of socks for added warmth!

Warm & Squishy

Very quick to make on the bulky and uses approximately 3 ounces of worsted weight yarn.

Knitted Slipper Socks - Warm & Comfortable!

I made these slipper socks not too long ago.  The idea came to me after knitting many of my own socks (having made adjustments to the original pattern).

One day I thought, winter is coming and most of my home is tile which stays very cool; I wanted something warm to slip on over my socks.

I converted the math and tension from the standard to the bulky and knitted these in a worsted weight yarn.  Then, I added about 50 circular rows to the cuff and made a "hunters style" warm, thick sock.  The longer version is great on a chilly day!

Warm Textured Ear Flap Hat

I wanted to knit something warm without having to double up the fabric.  Also, I like texture in knitting vs. different color-ways, so here is my version 2; a skip stitch warm ear flap hat:

Skip Stitch Ear Flap Hat 

In addition, most ear flap hats have narrow ear flap ends to attach the ties.  Since I am not attaching ties, I made the ear flaps just a bit wider at the end.

This hugs the ears and comes down around the jaw, very nice, different and WARM!

Knitting Machine Yellowed To Original Color!

On another website I have been asked how I transform knitting machines back to their original color. Below is the link to the bit Diana Sullivan did on my process (including photos):

Tom's Amazing Knitting Machine Transformation From Diana's Blog Posting

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Tom's Fingerless Men's Gloves

Looked at a hand knit pattern this morning for a similar glove.  Thought about it today, then came home from work and sorted out the glove details.

Tom's Fingerless Glove

Here it is: 

Very simple to do, 1 x 1 rib cuff, a basic tuck stitch hand followed by some 1 x1 rib under the fingers.

The thumb hole is self edging!  And my favorite part, only one edge to seam.  My poor buddy who was told, "Here put this on, you are now a hand model!"  Thanks Chuck!

Ear Flap Hat

Hmmm....

Made this out of some left over  worsted yarn.  An email friend of mine, Helen, makes these and I thought I would give it a go.

Ear Flap Hat

Very easy to do and for an adult mens head it all started with 80 stitches on my Brother 260.  Feels good on the head and the flaps really hug the ear area.   No ties for me, LOL.

Now to get more creative with it!