How to fool your fitness watch:
Sit in front of your knitting machine and crank out 800 rows, turning holographic thread into shiny glittery (scratchy) holographic yarn. 800 rows makes about 6 metres, so it isn't much, but it's enough for jewellery making.
@knitting #Yarn #KnittingMachine

Today, instead of working, I got started on a new sweater. It's a machine-knit project, so it's going to go fast - if it goes well, that is. Otherwise it will just go badly, fast.

I knit one of the sleeves first, but when I held it up to a previous sweater it seemed like it was a little long. Did I measure the gauge swatch correctly? I re-measured... four times. And then I threw the sleeve in the washer (on delicate) and dryer (on medium), because I'm using superwash sock yarn for this sweater (muahaha).

When it came out of the wash, the stitches had fluffed up nicely and the sleeve was a much better length... so I knit the second sleeve and then the back. I will try to get the front done tomorrow, and then I can do the seaming over the weekend.

I don't have any pictures of the sweater pieces yet, but I did try to get a quick video of the knitting machine. The carriage movement isn't entirely smooth here, because I'm trying to hold the camera still while I knit. It's usually a little less jerky than this, but you can see that it does take some effort to move it.

Thanks to the magic that is a knitting machine, I made a hat in a day! (It looks too big for me because it’s meant to go to someone whose head is bigger than mine.)

https://www.knittingpirate.com/2024/10/20/in-which-the-pirate-knits-a-hat-in-a-day/

I will not buy a mid-gauge knitting machine, I will not buy a mid-gauge knitting machine, I will not--

Swatching for a hat on the standard gauge machine: https://www.knittingpirate.com/2024/10/19/in-which-the-pirate-stashbusts/