Florida
Ravelry: Ch1c
Started cranking: May 2020
Favorite item to make: Haven’t made enough to know yet, but socks are likely no. 1
Favorite yarn: Same as above, no idea yet
Can you knit with sticks? Yes
How did you learn about CSMs?
I had one in my closet, inherited from my mother-in-law
How did you learn to crank?
Internet, youtube videos, Sock TV
What do you like most?
The combination of hand and machine work
Ribber preference: Half
Been to a crank-in? No
Cranking advice:
How important weight distribution is and slow is the way to go.
Pet peeves or turn-ons?
round and round it goes…
What else should we know about you?
I never knew that something like a Circular Sock Knitter existed, it was a real discovery. I grew up in Germany and the closest thing to a CSM I knew was a so called ‘Strickliesel’, a wooden tube, painted as a doll, with nails on the top that’s used to knit i-cord, the modern ones are made of plastic and shaped like a mushroom, hence ‘Strickpilz’. My mom was a machine knitter in her youth in Italy, and she too had never heard of a CSM.
Since I’m still new to the trade I don’t have big aspirations, but I can tell that I’m hooked and I’m ready to learn as much as I can about knitting in rounds on a machine with a crank.
I now live in Florida with my husband and my two kitties and I would like to find or found a local community of sock knitters, although socks are not the most used garment in these parts.
