Compliments of the Season

 

 

 

 Merry Christmas

Replacing Gear on Superba Knit Machine

Apologies for my absence.  Holidays and visiting.

Lately I have been having no luck with the knit machine.  It knits
swatches beautifuly, but as soon as I try to knit something across
the entire bed, it jams up on the left most side of the knitting.  
Stitches stay on the left needles and the stitches become tight.
No tension problems anywhere else on the knitting.

After months of playing with swatches and tension and still having
no luck, I decided to finally replace a broken gear in the front bed.

Jace bought my Superba used; actually a kind woman in Wisconsin
was nice enough to give it to him for free, but the machine
hadn't been used in some time and it may have been damaged
slightly in shipping.

Once I had my machine up and running, I noticed that the front bed
didn't lift and lower properly (due to the broken gear).

So I bought a new gear and went about replacing it last night.
I used the information found in the Superba maintenance guide,
but as usual, I found it confusing.  Hopefully this blog post will
provide clarity to anyone who need to replace a gear!


If you look under your knit bed, there are two gears, one on each
side of the machine.  See the image below (sorry images aren't as
crisp as usual.  I moved and can't find my camera battery charger).

Maybe you are smart and already know that the front bed can come
off of the machine.  I was not so clever until I read the manual, but it was
a bit confusing.  It states:

"On each side of the front needle bed, withdraw the graduated scales (6) just as the release lever springs (7)."

The big aha moment for me is when I realized that the "graduated scales"
are the numbers beside the bed which indicate the needle position.

You simply pull them out and you have access to the release lever springs.

Then finagle the release lever springs out from each side and you are
then able to remove the front needle bed from the rest of the machine.
EASY.

Release Lever Spring

Once the front needle bed was away from all the fussy stuff on the machine,
it was easy to pop off the old broken gear and replace it with the new
gear and slip the bar back into place.

Once that is finished, line the front needle bed back up to the rails and
replace the release lever springs and slid the graduated scales back
in place. 

Roscoe's

Mediterranean or Chinese? (my dinner choices)

I am really enjoying Jace taking Chinese.

Wishing for winter

Out of Body

A couple weeks ago Jace and I drove to Wisconsin and passed through Indiana.  

To me Indiana means Windmills.

We drove back home at night, and I had another first.  These windmills

flash red lights.  All around you as far as the eye can see red lights 

blinking in perfect synchronization.  I think I had been dozing 

(I was a passenger)  and waking up to see the pulse of red lights.

Ebe found them unsettling.

Three Brothers

There is a restuarant in Milwaukee that I visit every time I am in town. 

I have had some of my favorite meals here at Three Brothers.

 The Russian potato salad in the middle of the plate is delicious.

 Jace got the Burek, a beef filled pastry.
I have no words.

Schnitzel and potato dumplings.

 

Lovely time as always.

Talk of the Town

 Local Antique shop painting.

 Neighbor's Yard

 Normal playground...except; what's that for?

This is the most fun.

Part of the process

It seems like all projects move in fits and starts.  Before the move I was in the failure trough, 

and now I am riding a success wave.

Hiatus

A brief hiatus from the blog caused by moving and subsequent visits from friends.

This summer:

But now we are all settled.

Summer Nostalgia

Thinking about my old work this evening.  I wonder if I will revisit it.

Soon our Fortunes will be made

Sophie Buerno-Boutellier

Enjoying some of Sophie Buerno-Boutellier's work right now.

Horses Galaxy from 2009

Rive Gauche from 2011

St Tropez from 2010

Responding to the textures on textures and the color palatte is 

also really satisfying.

Name that video

From May

The beginning of a walk with the moon in the sky.

Would like to have this Jasper.  I could take or leave the kettle.

From Ebe's favorite park.

A common stop on our evening walk.  Here we usually stop and make phone calls

to family and friends.

Views like this provide a stark contrast to where

I grew up, in the Suburban South.

What is it like to grow up in an environment similar to this? 

Does one feel a place in history?  A part of some specific context?

Not that growing up in the suburbs doesn't provide a specific context, 

but the context is defined heavily and maybe mostly by the media 

(do you remember watching Reboot?) 

or consumer goods (do you remember Ecto Cooler?).

Of course, maybe that is just a sign of our times with the

emergence of the internet.  I remember getting the internet 

and a hotmail email address in 5th or 6th grade.

However, I don't remember ever meeting with friends

and reminiscing over some old hang out or the old 

high school because there was no old hang out or old high school.  

There was just the Walmart in York County or  the Bookworm on Cherry Road.

Not that I don't have found memories of the Bookworm,

but I grew up in an environment that felt like it could

be a suburb anywhere.

Walk About

While walking around with Jace downtown

we stumbled across this odd cluster of brick

buildings.

As you can see, the window display consists of a television and insulation.

Here is a detail shot where you can really see the amount of insulation that went into creating this effect.

 This display is difficult to see.  It is large sheets of silver poster.

Cincinnati has its own contemporary art collection right here.

I don't know what these store fronts used to sell, and I'm not sure if these businesses 

are even out of business.

But someone had to put that tv and insulation in there...

 

Cozy Vibes

Rainy day.

Notice the plaster head hanging from the house above?

It may sound incongruous with the images above,

but cozy vibes tonight consist of ordering pizza 

and watching Roseanne with Jace.

Have you ever seen the last episode of Roseanne?

I saw it when I was in 6th grade.

It was really upsetting and poignant.

Mid May

New colors for latest project.

Really excited about the Asian Food Fest coming up next weekend.

 

This weekend was spent reading Colette

an visiting the Carl Solway Gallery 

that is exhibiting Milton Glaser's work.

 

Colette

There are a couple patterned prints of Glaser's 

that are nice, but I haven't been able 

to find any images of them online.