SENTRO Knitting Machine 48 Needles with Row Counter, Crochet Knitting Loom Machine for Beginners

I ordered this for my niece for Christmas. She has been using it a lot and likes it.

This has been great!!! Written instructions were a lil hard for me to fully understand as i am a visual learner, but just watched a youtube video, and since then ive made scarves, cowls, leg warmers, beanies and even working on a pair of pants.I Suggest attaching to a base for stability. I just attached with screws to a slightly heavy wooden cutting board and i dont really even have to hold in place/stabilize by hand. Works best with thinner yarns as thicker yarns can slip a stitch quite often if spinning quickly. Definetly worth it! Im now wanting to buy the 22 hook one next!

I have purchased two of these machines since august 24th 2022. When I first received my machine I loved it. I made about 30 pumpkins and it was so fun. I graduated to hats. And then scarves. And I wish I could give this thing a higher rating but I can’t place it more than 3-4 stars.When it works great it’s awesome. But it is so picky about the yarn and brands it will use. And sometimes it won’t even like yarn of the same brand. It depends on the texture of the yarn and thickness. But even keeping it to what the machine can handle it just doesn’t always play nice.So I used this thing daily since the end of august and my machine broke early October. Its made with plastic pieces and sadly very easy to break. I tried to take it apart to clean it or see if anything was stuck in the gears but I didn’t have any luck. I had to order a new one which was sadly $10 more than the old one I had.Both machines did have the correct spelling of ‘Sentro’ on it by the way. And I think it’s just a matter of time before my counter dies on me (it died two days in the first time). So it is a good investment to get a different row counter while you are purchasing the machine off the bat.I wish I could have salvaged mine. But when I googled best yarn brands to use with the machine and it went through 10 skeins like a dream and then constantly starting dropping stitches with the same yarn and same exact consistency I didn’t feel I had much choice.I really do love this little machine. It is so fun to use and I love the variety of products you can make with it, and the speed with which you can make it at. But be careful with it and do your research so you can minimize frustration and disappointment!

The information in this listing has not been entirely accurate. Also, I noticed immediately the day following my purchase this listing disappeared from amazon. Now it's back up with a higher price.The machine I ordered was supposed to be a sentro machine with 48 pins and a row counter. Instead I received a 48 pin 'santro' machine that has what is supposed to be a row counter but does not work at all. The sentro machine is already the cheap off brand version of the addi machine, so I am very disappointed to have recieved the off brand version of the off brand version item I was attempting to purchase.But despite not receiving the correct brand, let's talk about my actual review of the machine. This knitting machine I bought as a stand in, until I can afford an addi king size knitting machine. I am experienced in working with yarn; knitting, crocheting, weaving, loom knitting, etc. I've done it all. I watched a lot of YouTube videos on the sentro before making this purchase so I knew exactly what I should expect from the machine, and despite not actually being a sentro the machine I received works almost exactly the same.Let's start with the cons:-My row counter doesnt work. At all. Extremely frustrating. I can't make things exactly uniform and instead have to measure my pieces with my tape measure, which means pieces vary by a few rows.-Turning the machine manually begins to hurt your hand after a while, but this machine is definitely not good enough to handle one of those drill attachments that will turn it for you, so you just have to deal with the hand pain or take excessive amounts of breaks. (I am 21 and I dont have arthritis, this thing is just uncomfortable.)- You have to have this secured or suction cupped onto a flat surface. It will drop stitches like crazy if it's at even a slight angle or a tiny bit wobbly.Pros:-I can actually use it to make hats relatively quickly, I've made about 10 hats and 3 scarves on itSome additional things to note:- This machine is extremely picky about the yarn it will work with. I personally have found Caron Simply Soft and Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn to work best. I am going to try Lion Brand Mandala Baby soon.- Don't buy this machine if you have no experience with yarn crafts. It will be a huge pain in the behind to figure out everything from scratch on a machine that barely works.- If you do want to buy a Sentro definitely do not buy one from this listing, because you might get a broken Santro instead.

I have been interested in getting a knitting machine for a while now and heard a lot of positive things about the sentro one. Assembly was easy, getting the suction cups on at the bottom was the hardest part and I just pushed them in with my screwdriver. I watched a quick YouTube video on how to thread and start your projects and once that happened I had no issue!I’ve used it in tube mode and panel mode.Tube mode is the easiest and I recommend you just make a tube to start with spare yarn to get the hang of it. I did not use the yarn provided in the kit but I did use a thinner one than provided and it turned out great. It can get confusing if a stitch becomes dropped, mostly in panel mode. But I found if I create a ledge with tape where I want my yarn to stop, and wrap an elastic band around the peg I need to stop on, it greatly helped with accidentally missing that last row in panel mode.I used the Caron latte cakes yarn and not even a full cake created a sweater!I made a tube for the body of the sweater, two long panels individually sewn shut for the sleeves. And two thin panels to create a square neckline to connect the sleeves and body!