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Great knitting machine helps me make hats for the homeless and Veterans.

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018

Was thinking of buying the Addi knitting machine, but wanted one this year so I decided to buy this one. It's well built, doesn't have the row counter but I do that in my head. It didn't have the yarn needle but had everything else.
It does drop stitches or bundles up, where it keeps a stitch and continues to knit and it's not until three rows later you notice. But I just unravel the stitches and try again. I've made four hats so far, and crochet a brim to it. Still working things out and getting the hang of using it.
It's a great machine, with patience and trial and error learning how to make things is very doable. I understand the frustration of trying to make something and it dropping stitches, but I hear that the Addi drops stitches as well.
With patience and practice, lots of trial and error making things become easier. The hardest thing was loading it, but taking it slow and making sure to do the first three to eight rows slow and easy and just keep and eye on the stitches you can sometimes catch a missed stitch and fix it. Trying New things is fun and nothing is glitch or error free.

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Emma Gibson

Save your money

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023

I was willing to give this product a chance. Dropped stitches like no other. Save your money for a better knitting machine. Or just get a manual knitting loom or learn how to knit/crochet.

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Nadja Ravenstar

Great knitting machine helps me make hats for the homeless and Veterans.

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018

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Emma Gibson

Save your money

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023

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I was willing to give this product a chance. Dropped stitches like no other. Save your money for a better knitting machine. Or just get a manual knitting loom or learn how to knit/crochet.

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Susan Garcia

Works pretty well. I bought it for making hats and ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2016

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Works pretty well. I bought it for making hats and scarves for charity, and with a few tweaks, this will serve me well.

1. (Very minor) The plastic yarn needle that should have been included was missing, which is no big deal because I have a dozen of those. Everything else was there and in working order.
2. Most knitting machines come with claw weights to pull down on the knitting, which keeps all the stitches working without glitches. The Prym does not, but I was able to make my own using an 8" embroidery hoop, paper clips, and steel fishing sinkers. (See attached picture.)
3. Each time you use a new yarn, be prepared to spend a little time playing with tension and making a guage before you try to make a finished piece. Too little tension will give you dropped stitches and lots of frustration.
4. No row counter, so I add markers every 10 rows so I can keep track. Once I know the guage, the number of rows will tell me how long the piece will be.
5. The circle that this makes is really too small for an adult sized hat, but OK for a child size. To make an adult hat, I make 2 flat panels and sew them into a tube from which I can make the hat. This is still *much* faster than hand knitting.

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VKiser

Knitting Machine

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024

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It's well made and easy to setup and use.

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Gigmaster

Very Finicky, But It Does The Job (eventually).

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2018

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It works OK, except you have to be very, very careful and watch it closely, or it will drop stitches. You need to go slowly, or it drops stitches. As ,long as you go slow and keep an eye on it as it is knitting, it will knit OK. I had to unravel and start over a lot of times due to dropped stitches. I plan on buying the Add King-SIze, and Add Express machines when I can afford them. Until then, this one does the job. Just be prepared to put up with it's finicky nature, and restart a lot of projects, several times.

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LoveMyCats

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Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020

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Edit: I was told I got a defective product and I was refunded. They were lovely to work with and very understanding.

Total scam. They change $6.00 for shipping but it's $75 for return shipping for a $50 product. The mill appears damaged and can't crank smoothly at all. They didn't ship it in a box with bubble wrap so it's shipped internationally with zero cushioning. Working with it,if you do manage more than a dozen turns there's tons of double and missed stitches. It's also loud and just horrible. It came with some yarn already knitted on, but 100% don't believe the machine I received did that work. I tried different weights of yarn, different brands, and it all comes out horrible. I doubt I'd get my money back if I did ship it back so I guess I'll just hope this plastic is ok to recycle.

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Debra L. Jensen

Not worth the time and money

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2016

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I was so excited to buy this. A friend gave me a $100 Amazon gift card for Christmas and I used it just for this. I didn't realize it was a third party though so shipping took longer than my Prime account and it came from UK. I tried reading instructions but that didn't work so well so I watched u-tube videos. Unfortunately, Prym is popular in Europe and most videos were in Italian or another language I didn't understand. I did find that there are other knitting machines that are very similar and the videos were in English so I watched about 10 of them. Still the machine kept dropping stitches and sticking occasionally as if it were starting to break. When I decided to return it I found out that shipping would be $280!! Thank goodness Amazon is such a great company and did stand behind me with their A toZ Guarantee. I would not recommend unless you are SURE you want this brand, from this manufacturer and that you live closer to the UK.

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Sheila Ulku

Well worth the cost!

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016

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I was looking at a much more expensive knitting machine but decided to try this being as it was so much less expensive than the other and was just 2 needles smaller than the one that cost more than 2x the cost of this. I am so happy I did, this worked perfectly right out of the box, doesn't stick, did not drop any stitches the first time I tried it. The only down side is that there is no row counter but well worth the cost!

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Judi Rogalski

Tears up after 5 beanies made!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2024

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Don't waste your money on this cheaper machine. It pops & grinds at a certin point every time on this wheel.
And it's hard to tyrn. I thought it was the yarn weight. But no matter what weight I used it just got worse& worse! I really enjoyed leaning to use this knitting machine. Even with "NO COUNTER"!!! But now that all it wants to do is mess up my projects. I'm switching to the middle of the list & purchased a sentro.
I have owned a Addi King. And had some of the same problems with that machine. I lost it in a hous fire this last nov.
So now I'm on knitting machine #3. Will let you know how that machine turns out.

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LadyT

Nice intro knitting machine.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2021

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I bought this for my 8 year old granddaughter. I have been trying to teach her to knit or crochet and she seemed frustrated so I thought this would help. It took me a minute to figure out the cast on but that was user error. Once I figured that out and got the tension right we were able to complete 2 projects in a couple of hours. I think this is a good machine to get your feet wet. It's definitely made me want a standard knitting machine but I really, really don't need another hobby.

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