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BACK to BASICS – using my very first knitting machine (a Knitmaster 305), to knit some plain stocking-stitch ‘strips’, joining them on the machine as I go – so no ‘finishing’ necessary later… I’ve used a lot of my precious odds & ends, alternating ‘plain’ and ‘purl’ sides of the fabric….