Knitting Machine part 1

Spent the day fighting with my Nanna's old knitting machine. I really want to be able to make something with this one day, even if the most I ever make is a scarf...



I was, in fact, shocked that I managed to get as far as I did with this piece:



So when I ran out of 'taupe' wool, I got a bit cocky and decided to move onto the next leftover cone, at which point it all started to go wrong again:



I have become an expert at two things today: casting on and unpicking!



Still, I managed a patch of knitting that was more than fifty rows long and more than I'd ever managed on the machine before. All I have to do is work out how to fix slip stitches and I could be knitting more than just small plate mats!!