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The machine says Sentro, but the materials inside say Rabbit and are Chinese first, so I’m fairly certain this is a knockoff product. If you’re dead set on getting the real Sentro, probably look elsewhereThat said, it works about as well as I would expect a plastic knitting machine to work. I wouldn’t plan to start your own sock-making business with it, but you can probably knock out a pair of socks or something similar faster than you’d do it by hand.

I was so excited to get my Sentro 48 needle machine that I ordered this one the very next day. It took awhile to get here but I was glad to have it. The first thing I noticed was that needle #12 kept catching and it took some force to get past it. Keep in mind that when the Sentro 48 did that, it was because there was yarn stuck on the needle or the skein wasn't unwinding etc. etc. This one had none of those issues. When I turned the handle anyway ( which is the one thing you DON'T do) it made a grinding noise. There was no defect that I could find to make the needle catch, yet it did. Next, I noticed that this smaller machine seems like it's made of even thinner plastic than the Sentro 48, I have no proof of that, it just looks thinner in the light when held side by side with the larger Sentro. I can't offer any insight as to how it works because it kept dropping the stitch on needle #12 so I never got to knit anything on it. Lastly, this machine sits on a round "foot" of sorts and if you don't have a clamp of some sort devised to clamp this machine to a table, you will not be able to knit with it because you will have to hold the machine in one hand and turn the crank with the other hand. I do not use the tensioner because in my opinion, it is the reason the larger machines are having so many problems, taking that tensioner off was the best thing I could have done. I hold the yarn in my left hand and I control the tension, not the machine. Anyway, hubby already had a plan with a clamp for me to use but the needle kept sticking so I sent it back. Because the plastic was so incredibly thin on this little machine, I did not order another one. The idea is there and it's a good one but it's just so incredibly cheaply made, it's not going to last long even if it does work when you first get it.

I bought this to make hats to use up a lot of my surplus yarn. It has not let me down! The hats come out quickly and are super cute. I've included some images of hard I've made, along with a scarf and the start of a blanket. I do wish that the crank arm mechanism was set up a bit better, I purchased the drill attachment and friction over heated the plastic so it almost fused the crank arm. Still would recommend it as a fun beginners tool!

SENTRO MACHINE – this machine is similar to the high quality Addi machine, but at one quarter the cost. It is not quite the quality of the Addi, but it is close, so it is a good value for this type of machine.The 22-stitch Sentro makes a tube that is 2.5 to 3 inches in diameter. Twenty-five rows will make a very small baby hat—for slightly premature babies. It makes a very skinny tube scarf, which will work for a grade school child. It is the perfect size for adult fingerless gloves or a child’s leg warmers. I would not try the straight panels until you are proficient with picking up missed stitches. I recommend worsted weight yarn or two strands of fingering weight yarn. Sport weight yarn makes a knit that is so light as to be lacy, which is inadequate for cold baby heads. THE 22-stitch SENTRO HAS NO ROW COUNTER.The 44-stitch machine makes a tube that is 7” in diameter (sport weight yarn) or 8” in diameter (worsted weight yarn). It DOES have a row counter, which is helpful, since you need over 100 rows to make a hat. The instructions with the 22-stitch Sentro Loom are almost nonexistent; the instructions with the 44-stitch loom are quite good. Still, I recommend Youtube videos on the Addi machine, such as Heather Moore Makes or SkacelKnitting.Note that the yarn mast is small. The most popular way to get consistent yarn tension is to have the yarn in a loose pile on the floor, and the knitting loom up on a counter, to allow gravity to provide consistent tension.My background: I machine knit with a Brother 930 and Brother 270 with ribbers. I also have the portable plastic Brother 350. I am proficient in hand crochet, hand knitting, and machine knitting. The type of cast on done on the Sentro machine is what machine knitters would call “the weaving cast-on.”I wanted a machine that could allow me to do some portable machine knitting with my grandkids. This means a very simple machine. Simple machines are limited in what they can do. I tried a Singer toy knitting loom and it was terrible. I would give it zero stars. This Sentro machine DOES do what it is supposed to do, and is a good value, but the machine style is more limited than I anticipated. People can have good family experiences or personal creative experiences with it, within its limiting framework.

Should have read the description more. Didn’t realized it doesn’t have a built in counter. Still works well and gets the job done.

Easy to put together except suction feetnwere hard to out on. But they dont stick to anythingy anyways. Starting the feed was easy after YouTube tutorial. But it skips frequently and its hard to frog amd start from mistake. Needed a 3rd hand to hold machine while i rotated and helped feed. Counter never worked.

The counter broke the very first use. The machine overall was okay.

It seems easy enough to work but I havent been successful yet making a tube without it skipping stitches.