knitting machines

The Knitting Curmudgeon has a good post today about knitting machines. I've thought about getting one, but perhaps the "soullessness" of the machines is why I haven't done so. I mean, why not just buy knitted fabric? (It might actually be tempting if I thought I could design and make some of the more complicated ideas I have, but I'd really need a good demo to convince myself that it'd be worth it.)

Hm.