Knitting machine help! Please?

[Aki Yasu]

Here is the deal. I recently inhereted a passup duomatic 80 (the green one) and I have no idea how this thing is supposed to work. I got it assembled, but past that, I'm lost. There is no instruction manual, I can't find anything online, and the only thing resembling instructions, that I have been given, look like a bad attempt at pictionary instructions to assemble a bomb or somthing.

Can anyone help me? even a hint? If this is my ninja final, I'm screwed.  

[Kanhoro]

this is the first thing that popped up. sorry i cant be of more help. http://dancingbarefoot.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/first-attempts-with-the-passap/
First attempts with the Passap « dancingbarefoot

but it seems like a regular knitting matchine, just either contact that blog's author and maybe that person might be able to help.  

[Aki Yasu]

I had noticed this blog when looking online. Honestly, you would think there are only a handful of these machines out there, as scarce as information on them is. Thank you for the help, though.  

[damnatio memoriae]

here's the link to youtube where you can find many videos demonstrating how they work. also check ebay for an instruction manual. they look like fun!  

[Minyaagar]

I think my mom has one of those..or something like it.
I could never figure it out either.
Knitting machines are normally used for knitting big pieces, like if you were going to knit a blanket or something that would take forever.
Ugh.
But I do know you have to use certain yarn weights...it can't be thin or chunky or feathery. So...look around before you try it out.
I wish I could be of further assistance.

 

[ellayaxP]

Well, I'm not exactly sure on how to use a knitting machine since i dont have one but if you're looking to buying a new one with a clear instruction manual there is a beginner's one at michaels that i have seen. mrgreen  

[Zahra Ovaci]

They should all work fairly much the same. My old boyfriend's mom had one, and I know that we used them to make Harry Potter scarves back in the day when the first movie came out... We used a worsted weight yarn, which I believe to be standard, and *as far as I can remember*, what you did was thread the yarn on to the carrier (the thingy that goes back and forth over the needles) with all the needles pushed... I think they were pushed forward to start with, and you did one slow, careful pass to cast on, then were able to go with a little more speed on the subsequent knitting rows. I remember that when we were just starting, it was so light that it had a hard time working, so we would hang weights from the end with clothes pins. That's all I can really remember, though - wish I could be more help.