Edgar

This is Edgar. Knitted using a garter carriage on the Brother 940 using my own design. The wool is a standard 4 ply wool. The colour is called Willow. I would say it is Taupe. This has ended up smaller than I had intended. I put it in the machine on a 30c 15min wash and it shrank!!!! A lot! And unlike Cashmere, this shrank width wise by about 5 cm (2.5"), as well as upwards by about 8cm (just over 3"). It does fit me well. I really am smaller than I thought!

Crew neck using short rows.

Set in sleeves using 'half raglan' style.

Mattress stitch used to seam.

3 x3 ribbing

GREGOR

This is knitted on the Brother 940 using a Garter Carriage. the design is one of the preprogrammed ones which I altered in Design A Knit.

The tension is 6 and 2 dots, 32 x 48 per 10cm.

I used Forsell's 4ply wool in Antique Gold.

Once again I made it too large for me. I am not as large as I think I am. Anyway, with some trepidation I tumble dried it on hot for 10 minutes. It now fits really well and drapes well too. Shrinking like this does not narrow the piece, just shortens. It does tend to widen it slightly and I assume this is because as the stitches shorten, they widen.

Crew neck with stocking stitch roll.

Raglan seams.

3 x3 ribbing.

Due to the shaping needed and the fact the garter carriage is slow, this took 5 days to make, sewing up included.

Merino/Angora Garter Stitch Sweater

I knit this using the garter carriage on a Brother 940. It is my own design. The yarn is 75% Extrafine Merino and 25% Angora. I used 2 strands of 2/28, which equates to 2/14 weight and 700mtrs to 100gm.