Hi Leah,
Two things I would try - tighten the tension up at least 2 numbers (I
get great lace with T:7 or 8 with 2/24 yarn) and then make sure the
face of the little magnet is cleaned off. I had that happen to me a
couple of times and someone recommended cleaning the magnet and it
seemed to do the trick.
Are your dropped stitches always in the same area on the swatch? i.e.
always near the sides or some such? If so, that could be a weights or
needle problem.
Marge in Reno
mkdesigner
On Nov 5, 9:06 am, Leah <fen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have any tips for doing lace on the Brother 930? I've
> cleaned and oiled my machine, have a new sponge bar, cleaned my
> carriages, and tried both the EON cast on and an E wrap. I've checked
> for bent needles, hung claw weights, checked tension mast for
> snags/yarn feeding smoothly, and I'm still getting dropped stitches
> when knitting my test pieces. I'm using fingering wool at T 10 for
> test pieces, since I have plenty of it to spare and I want a filmy
> lace. Is it just I'm using too loose a tension, or is it the wrong
> weight/fiber, or could something else be behind all the dropped
> stitches? I don't think I'm moving the carriages too fast, and I'm
> moving my claw weights up every 6 rows. I also have the wax up in the
> yarn feeder, as recommended.
>
> TIA for any tips you can give me on wrestling The Beast into
> submission for lace!
>
> Leah
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