Flower Crowns and Hand Grenades

 I Thought A New Place Would Make Things Better - Tania Alvarez , 2019.

Spanish-American , b. 1983 -

Cleaned/oiled/reassembled all the Bernina bits and it worked right away! The tab on the bobbin winder wasn't lining up with the bobbin, but I just bent it a little and now it's good. I didn't have to do anything to the timing because I was unable to remove the bit that holds the bobbin case, so I had to clean it in place as best I could.

The 2 needles it came with aren't flat shank or round shank, but a mostly round shank with a groove, which I'd never seen before. Aside from the groove they're the same size as DBX1 needles, which are easy to get. The industrial I use at my alterations job takes them, but I also had a pack of my own that I'd mistakenly bought while trying to find needles to fit my serger. The hole in the needle bar had a tiny little nubbin on the inside (for the needle shank groove) which was evidently made by sticking a small bit of wire through a hole drilled in from the outside. I sheared off the nubbin and now it fits DBX1's!

It came with 3 bobbins and I have some more bobbins I bought from a junk shop that might perhaps fit, but I haven't tested them yet. I also haven't got the drop feed to work (possibly because I wasn't doing it correctly) but those are problems for later when it has a power source.

every once in a while you will come across a designer who really runs with it, makes it their mission to showcase exactly what one can do with knitting

Scalindra

Sun King

Fairly Squarely

Thrills with Frills

Da Vinci Wings

Tassel Dazzle

Helix Felicis

Batman & Robin

Wizard Lizard

Lindworm

That's not even all of them. I'm not a huge fan of the term fibre art but this really is it. Wearable art. Look at the geometry of it all! The structure, the chaos, the whimsy! God I love modular knitting

Hodgson, Maine

Orange on yellow - Rutger Hiemstra. , 2026.

Dutch  b.1975-