A clash of Cymbals

 

had the opportunity to play with another Cymbal for a week.  Coloured logo, nearly all gone.  Serial no.3412, so very easy.  Single square bolt-on tray.  Bevel marks on cylinder at 35/37.  This is for balancing rib patterns.  No mention of it in  any manual!  In fact, even for ribbed socks of 5x1 they say to raise back half of needles in all three editions of the manuals seen this week.

Double level row counter.  Bottom disc revolves with crank.  Pointer revolves anticlockwise.  Numbers written on  stationary top disc anticlockwise.

Very smooth.

Sold on.

Willy Bear and Wilhelmina Ballerina

 64 slot cylinder.  Opposite way of working from comfort dolls .  For bears, the head is grafted, the feet gathered.  Ears manipulated.  After face embroidery, eyes pulled down a little to give some shaping.  Wilhelmina's skirt is hand knitted, starting with 128 sts, and a random bit if lace patterning before k2tog all across.  Willy's jumper is tweed.  Face and legs with Yarn2cone from The Yarn Pantry to try it out.

I got a new shorter claspband for the 3D printed cylinder, as it was not picking up loops onto empty needles as it should.  Worked a treat.

Oh to be in Paris ...

 ... now that April's here.

Well, that's not going to happen.  Too many medical appointments.  Also found that Ryanair have chopped the route for May, so that's that!

Another Kegworth event got through, despite Covid trying to take my supporting cast away!  New venture on trying out a 3D printed 64 slot cylinder on the pretty Cymbal.  Not counting rows properly resulted in this Dumpy Granny Comfort Doll.

Knitting continues only slowly.  A baby's jacket, more museum knits