This month’s meeting was devoted to creating a garment using holding position and short rowing.
Margaret brought along some copies of the machine knitted version of Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Surprise Jacket (originally a hand knit pattern) and we sat in groups around various machines and each group took it in turns to knit one of these baby and doll-sized jumpers.
Two members brought in garments made from Bill King designs that had been published in Machine Knitting Monthly over recent years. These were a blue shrug by Tricia and a grey loose cardigan by Margaret, both made using short rowing/holding techniques, plus several people also brought in versions of the surprise jumper that they had made at home to show how it would look after it came off the machine.
Machine knitted Surprise jacket pattern can be found here.
The finished items are like knitted origami as they look extremely odd – needing pressing and folding to the final form and the only seams that need sewing up are one on each shoulder. These little jackets can be finished with ribs or hems and a button band. Several variations are given on the pattern.
At the end of the evening each group had completed a jacket except for sewing up and we had all enjoyed ourselves and learnt about this technique.
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