Knitting Circle Station for Kids | Kids Craft Kit for Beginners, Small Knitting Machine, Knit Gloves Hats and Scarves with Two Coloured Yarns

I initially gave it one star because it was so difficult to use but changed my mind as once you get it going it's great! Knits as well as my more expensive 48 needle machine. Made a pair of legwarmers in about an hour. My advise would be to find a Youtube video to learn how to use it as the instructions included were difficult to follow. And try different types of yarn some it likes and knits perfectly and some it doesn't. Overall though it's good value for the price. sentr

Really good value for money. Quick delivery, easy to set up as well, Instructions included, easy to follow, but lots of YouTube videos to watch and learn from. I am able to make bed socks and hats for newborn babies on this knitting machine. It says for children, but it is suitable for adult beginners as well. I placed it on a cushion on my lap when using it, it keeps it from moving about. Negative points are, it struggles with certain types of yarn, if it is too thick, it just jams. Also, there is no tension tool at all on this knitting machine, which is such a shame, as it would improve the quality of knitted items and probably be able to handles different yarns. This knitting machine has given me an interest in making knitted items, I purchased the bigger version of this knitting machine, which has the tension control tool included.

This is a fantastic little machine when you figure out the knack. I knitted the big long grey tube at a fast speed and it didn't drop one stitch. The places where the stitches don't look as good is when my yarn tension pulled too tight or slack, user error not this machine. I paid just short of £13 for this and I now see it's even cheaper. This is honestly a bargain. The grey tube is Aran weight yarn, the funky tights are a 4ply i think, was an odd ball I had with no label. The rainbow socks are DK but double strand. I've also made cotton scrubbers on it and more socks that were chunky yarn. It handles Aran weight brilliantly, happily works with chunky weight King Cole and James Brett chunky marble, it wasn't keen on 2 strands of DK but I just went steady as it was struggling when the 2 strands split, keep them together send it's fine. DK single strand is more like tights but works brilliantly for scrubbies. It really didn't like Pato chunky yarn which is much thicker than normal chunky but it did work I just had to help is along a little. The key is to make sure the yarn drops down onto the 2 little teeth/prongs. If it doesn't then the stitch gets dropped. I made myself some weights which worked a treat. If the yarn tension is too tight the needles won't catch the yarn. I tied a piece of Yarn round the front leg and unraveled enough yarn so it wouldn't pull, I put blue tac under the feet of the machine and stuck it to a tray. When the tube is long enough to touch the tray is will cause resistance so just pull it up through the middle and if you clip it together you can put weights inside which pull down the stitches and prevent dropped ones. I have an addi kingsize which was a lot more money and yes it's a smoother crank and handles thicker yarn better but it was very pricey too. My addi drops stitches as much as this little one if the stitch doesn't drop onto the prongs properly. Don't cast on too tight, cast into some scrap yarn so you can attach weights before the yarn you're using for your project. The 22 needle one is the one I have and it makes socks, mittens, preemie size hats but you could easily make bigger hats by making flat panels or join the tubes. Basically anything leg and arm size, I made the cuffs for a cardigan on it and just doubled them up for a thicker look. I really can't fault this little machine for the price 5 stars from me and hours of fun.

I loved this machine.... 2 days ago..... when I received it!!! Made a few hats, had a lot of compliments... yeahy, go me!!! Today however I started to make some hats for a few of my residents where I work (requested colours and all) and the crank starts making a right racket. I looked down and noticed it was 'slightly off cilter' so kept winding slowly.... nope, 5 minutes later, handle falls off. Not happy. I unscrewed it only to find part of the inner plastic had snapped. Really want to send it back but going to see if I can buy a replacement 1st as I honestly love the machine aside from this issue and I'm pretty sure I can find a solution. Sturdiness wise, you seriously need to superglue this thing down as the suckers don't suck. Find yourself a thrift table and screw it down, it'll be fine from there on in. Just make sure you are prepared for a bit of DIY from the onset. Aside from that... it really makes some awesome beanie hats and scarfs.

This is a wonderful piece of equipment. My little granddaughter absolutely loved it, and has knitted snoods all over Christmas.

Bought in October as a present, for beginning of November Not fit for purpose as it has broken after a month and only had 1 month for return Crank catches and stops turning What a waste of money

I got this machine last Christmas as I'd been wanting a machine but didn't want to spend a fortune on one if I wasn't going to enjoy it. The box came with everything you would need to dive right in and the instructions were really simple. It's a good little machine to get started with however the smaller machine does not come with a tension guide, which isn't a massive deal but would make it so much easier and keep stitches more even. Something for future manufacture possibly? The legs are also quite loose - there are no suction cups or clamps to keep the machine still when you're cranking (doesn't seem like a massive issue but trust me when I say it can get frustrating) which can also cause loss of stitches/tension. All in all I would say yes to anyone thinking of getting this machine and just a hint - mark the white (last) peg with black sharpie - that way it will be easier to see when counting your rounds.