Details: yarn was from ancient stash (15+ years?) Michell & Cie 10/3 alpaca -- I believe it may have been labeled as fingering weight when I purchased it, but it seems much lighter to me. Which explains why such nice alpaca languished in stash for so long -- it was always meant for a husbandly sweater, but there was no way I was going to hand knit that. Machine knit plain stockinette body, hand knit K2P2 ribbing. Body sides and set in sleeve shaping done full fashioned -- neckline was 'cut and sew'. Very scary cutting into that fine gauge alpaca, but I think it worked well -- two rows of machine sewn zig zag stitching held everything in place. Neckline ribbing was knit double length, then sewn down on inside in order to cover cut edge.
I was pleased with how well the machine performed, and look forward to trying out some of its other features.
No comments:
Post a Comment