SENTRO Knitting Machine 22 Needles for Kids, Automatic Circular Knitting Crochet Machine Kit for Sock/Hat/Pumpkin

The media could not be loaded. Nice machine it seems durable I easy to use for those who have used a knitting machine perfect for making small I items. It's some much easier then using a loom once you get use to the knitting machine I have a larger one and I really love it. I bought this so I can make smaller I items. I have no problem with sticking the only draw back is the bunny ears but it doesn't effect the function of the machine

I was super excited for this item. I have a Sentro 48 pin as well and was hoping to use the 22pin to create braided scarves to go with my beanies. Unfortunately this item just didn't cut it.While it did arrive weeks earlier than tracking showed, upon opening it up and trying it out the machine didn't work properly.After just a few rounds the handle would stick and try to pop. I didn't want to force anything, so I would always stop and attempt to rewind the handle a slight bit to help it unstick. When the handle didn't stick it would grind forward and skip making a terrible noise without any warning.I reached out to the seller regarding my issue in the hopes they could send a replacement piece for the handle (based off of what a few other knitting machine users have said it seemed to be an issue of a worn/stripped gear). Unfortunately my email was met with a copy/paste response with tips on how to thread the machine, and place the yarn in the yarn gauge. My issue wasn't addressed at all.So I've decided to return the item.For anyone who's read this far, it seems to be hit or miss on weather or not the machines sent out have issues. I would say this is a case of you get what you pay for and to go into the shopping experience knowing you may very well have a faulty machine sent to you.

Buena compra, lleno mis expectativas.

I had visions of knee socks dancing in my head....Note: My review is for folks that handknit socks already. Otherwise this is fun machine and I could see ages 12 and up happily cranking things out on it.Sadly the machine will not accept sock yarn. Well it knits it up fine but the gauge is way too large. The machine basically knits worsted weight socks and even those are bit loose. It's like trying to knit socks on a size 7 or 8 needle. Yeah, that doesn't work.Also you can do a rib by stopping the machine and pulling off columns of stitches, letting them drop and using a crochet hook to re-knit them back up to the machine peg (you are looking at the wrong side inside the center of the machine.). This is fiddly and I tested this 4 times and still couldn't get it quite right which led me to believe I could just pick up and knit from the sock once off the machine and do the rib cuff a lot faster. Especially in worsted weight.You can also do a heel by essentially doing short rows on panel mode. Cranking forwards and then back. I hadn't gotten this far yet, but it looked simple enough in the below YouTuber's video.(I found all these techniques on Koala Knits and Knacks on YouTube. Great tutorial.)That being said, I am not sure I can get a worsted sock into my shoe. And the sock yarn version looks like fishnets. However, I do see this being useful in knitting up leg warmers. But how many leg warmers do you need? Maybe I can sell some on Etsy. Even then, I would rather handknit the rib cuff.

I ordered this machine on Oct 12th, it was delivered on Nov 2nd. Today is Nov 20th. I have not used it everyday, I got this to make NICU hats with my children to donate for the holidays. We have made 24 tiny hats and 4 jellyfish rattles to donate as well. And it’s now broken. It makes a grinding noise and does not spin while the noise is happening. I am using it with my children, who are 7 and 5 but seeing as it is meant for kids and I supervised them the whole time I don’t think it was them. I don’t feel right returning it because I did use it. But I am upset and disappointed that I could not make more. I will try to continue to use it and make more and just work through the grinding, but I fear it will just end up in the trash. With tax my total purchase was 54.49 divided by 28 items that’s 1.95 per item. Not to mention time and yarn. Now I am not selling them I am donating I just wished it lasted longer and that I was able to make more to donate. I am hesitant to replace it in fear it will only last so long. We never used heavy or thick yarn with it. Only three and four weight. I don’t think I will be buying it again. And I don’t feel right recommending it, because it’s not built to last.On a positive note it was incredibly easy to use, my seven and five year old were able to cast on and knit and then I came in at the end and took the projects off and finished them up.

Y’all! Y’ALL!!! My feet are toastiest warm during the cold months. And my hands. And my legs. We bought this for my daughter and then gave a metric ton of yarn. I have socks, my mom has socks, she has socks, her sister has socks, even her nephew gets a pair of socks a week! There are no cold tootsies in this family! Nosiree!!! So you have a child that loves to make stuff and display her creativity!! Do you have a child that can put a serious hurting on the yarn section of any store? Buy this! I guarantee y’all will never be cold again!!

Won't stay put. Hard to wind it wobbles around to much. I returned. Don't buy save your money. I bought the 48 peg and love it.

I have had this knitting machine for a couple weeks and I have tried numerous weights of yarn (no specific weight yarn is recommended). I have been crocheting and knitting for over 8 years, so I am not new to yarn crafting; however, this machine drops stitches often and the gears want to skip easily. The gears seem to be plastic and skip if the tension isn’t correct, but I have also not found the correct tension on the 4 projects I have attempted. This machine cost me $46 and I am very disappointed to have a cheap child’s toy that does not perform as promised. I would ask for a refund, but I can’t find the policies on returning a used item (and I used one of the skeins of yarn that was provided). I would NOT recommend this product.