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Nancy’s Knit Knacks LLC
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Anything but Lazy Kate
™
Assembly Instructions and User Manual
Thank you for purchasing our new Anything but Lazy Kate™
(“ABLK”). It is a full featured Kate which can handle every type
of yarn as well as most bobbins and cones.
Tools Needed:
None!
Assembly Instructions
The only items that need to be assembled are the 3 yarn guide
posts and mating knobs, inserting the 3 bobbin rods, and
inserting the Tension Post and cord (if needed). Everything else is already assembled. Just insert the
posts through the holes in the top and attach the knobs. Then poke the 3 rods into the white inserts
in the top.
Tensioning Systems within the ABLK:
The ABLK employs three different
tensioning systems:
1. Tilt-back top (uses gravity pulling on the bobbins to add tension to the
yarn as it is being unwound from the bobbin). This unique design allows
the user to alter the angle of the top and adjust the level of tension on
the yarn. The greater the tilt angle, the greater the tension. Best method for art yarns.
2. Adjustable Yarn Guide Posts – the posts can be turned to exert tension on the yarn as it passes
through the eyelets. The other 2 tensioning methods act on all 3 bobbins simultaneously. This
tensioning method, however, allows the user to
customize the tension on each bobbin individually. The
long extension on the eyelet should always be turned
away from the bobbin to prevent snags.
3. Tension Post and cord – this is the standard method
for applying tension to bobbins by running a cord from
the tensioning post around the grooves in the bottoms
of the bobbins and then attaching the end with the
rubber band around the far left Yarn Guide Post. By
turning the post and increasing the tautness of the cord, the user exerts more tension on the
bobbins to prevent backspin. Notice in the image above how the cord goes around the front
of the center bobbin to increase cord contact on that bobbin.
