I finished my first project using the knitting machine. It is a sweater for Bob that incorporates a mathematical progression of numbers called the "Fibonacci Sequence". 0:1:1:2:3:5:8:13:21:34:55... Since Bob was a Professor of Mathematics for most of this adult life, I thought that adding stripes in the Fibonacci Sequence would be interesting for him and good practice changing colors on the knitting machine for me.
Using 4 colors of AslanTrends Alpaca/Merino yarn called EcoLana, I knit one row of color A (light beige), 1 row of color B (tan), 2 rows of color C (main color-marl), 3 rows of color D (dark brown), 5 rows of color A (light beige), 8 rows of B (tan) - well, you get the idea. You can see the color changes better in the photo that shows a closeup of the neckline and shoulder.
Several people have asked how long it took to knit the sweater. Remember that I am just learning so I frequently had to go to the manual or Leslye Solomon's wonderful book, "The Uncomplicated Knitting Machine Book". Even with the time spent refreshing my memory, the sweater took 5-6 hours to knit and 6 hours to finish by hand. The back took a little more than one hour, the front took a little less than 1 hour plus another hour contemplating the neck decreases (the sweater was knit from the bottom up), the sleeves took 3/4 hour each. I hand-knit the cuffs, neckband, and bottom ribbing and sewed the seams by hand. Less than 12 hours to knit a man's size large sweater.
LK 150 Knitting Machine
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