CSM Working Notes

Bonnet on EON on cylinder.
WY for a couple of rows
TWO weights for Cyl only
AT LEAST THREE weights for ribber.

Bonnet and Buckle placement:
Pinch bonnet so the buckle goes sideways from front to back, in line with where the centre of the heel will go. This makes placement of the centre heel weight so much easier.

Ribber Weighting.
The ribber post interferes with the correct knitting off of all stitches on that side of the machine when the ribber is attached (NOT when using cylinder only), at least three weights is needed on the buckle to force the stitches to be correctly knitted off around the post. And as the buckle is lined up on the edge near the post - make sure it's FIRMLY in place so maximum benefit of the weight if placed, right where it's needed the most.


Experiments:
prefect toe up
8ply EON
"Scotch" heel

** INCOMPLETE** photos for me so I don't forget what worked best and more notes to follow

The Modern Victoria Automatic Knitter (aka CSM)

My friend and I went halvies in a Circular Sock Machine. It has been refurbished and it my turn to have at it. and here it is:

Owen has already made us a "bonnet" which is like a cast on rag.

So this afternoon, youtube and I will be exploring the possibilities... I'll come back later and put in some photos of how it went.

Update:
I've had a good much around with it. Tried out a few different experiments. I did try out the toe up version, but. I have to say I kitchener stitch a seam closed faster than I rehang the other side of the toe.

I did pick up one dropped stitch for the practice. it was not moving up the weights. I also did some 4.5 4 and 3.5 stitch sizes on the tube. I also tried putting the needles onto the ribber mechanism. Well that didn't work! so next experiment will be top down.

Photo includes dropped stitches not picked up.