{"id":208,"date":"2008-12-01T16:07:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2008-12-01T16:07:08","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T16:07:08","slug":"wind-powered-knitting-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Wind-powered knitting machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can find the strangest things on youtube, like this video of a knitting machine powered by a windmill:<\/p>\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure vox-enclosure-center vox-enclosure-large vox-video-enclosure\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-inner\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-item vox-video-asset vox-last\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-image\">\n<object data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qvpuzMOvuB0\" height=\"260\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qvpuzMOvuB0\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"never\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qvpuzMOvuB0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-asset-name\">wind knitting machine<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>And this old-fashioned sock knitting machine. It&#39;s&#0160;mesmerizing to watch. (Okay, it&#39;s mesmerizing to watch if you like watching vintage sock knitting machines.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure vox-enclosure-center vox-enclosure-large vox-video-enclosure\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-inner\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-item vox-video-asset vox-last\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-image\">\n<object data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u40IM5V1Zg8\" height=\"258\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"320\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u40IM5V1Zg8\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"never\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/u40IM5V1Zg8\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"vox-enclosure-asset-name\">Gearhart Sock Knitting Machine<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Current project:<\/strong> I&#39;m making a cowl on the yellow Knifty Knitter loom. I started it by using the pattern found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfranklincrafts.com\/CraftIdeas\/CraftIdea-KniftyCowl.html\">Ben Franklin<\/a> site, but after about 15 rows, I decided I didn&#39;t like the look of the plain e-wrap stitch. I was using just one strand of a Cascade wool in blue, and it was looking very ladder-ish. So, I frogged it all and began again, this time using the mock crochet stitch (instructions <a href=\"http:\/\/ladydove.wordpress.com\/free-patterns\/mock-crochet-loomed-stitch\/\">here<\/a>). It&#39;s a very easy and pretty way to vary your loom knitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can find the strangest things on youtube, like this video of a knitting machine powered by a windmill: wind knitting machine &#0160; And this old-fashioned sock knitting machine. It&#39;s&#0160;mesmerizing to watch. (Okay, it&#39;s mesmerizing to watch if you like watching vintage sock knitting machines.) Gearhart Sock Knitting Machine Current project: I&#39;m making a cowl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[93,81,3],"tags":[228,161,160,230,203,138],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knifty-knitter","category-resources","category-vintage","tag-cowl","tag-knifty-knitter-2","tag-knitting-2","tag-machine","tag-yellow-loom","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-3m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}