Machine Knitting

I pulled out this cake of lace weight yarn and decided to try something perhaps a little crazy. I decided to try to make a boxy sweater. 

The good news is that the back is just a big rectangle. I used a 20 row hung hem. I used the drop shoulder sweater pattern from The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges. It is a great place to start your sweater-knitting journey if you are a hand knitter. I found converting the stitch counts to machine knitting easy.  

Knitting the front of the sweater turned out less straightforward, or successful on the first try. 

I knit the front of this sweater three times. 

Each time there was a different problem. I dropped stitches. I lost count of the rows. It was challenging. 

I managed to get the front knit and onto waste yarn across the shoulder seams. 

I used a three-needle bind off for the right shoulder seam and added a hung hem collar. Next I will use the three-needle bind off for the left should and seam up the collar. I plan on hanging the shoulder to knit the sleeves onto the sweater. Let us hope that goes more quickly than knitting the front of the sweater. I admit this is turning out better than I expected. It is a great learning experience, too. 

Tools and supplies (affiliate links):

Fiskars 7 Inch Softgrip Student Scissors (snipping yarn)
5 Pieces 5 Different Size Bent Latch Hook Crochet Needle Hook (picking up dropped stitches)
addi Express Hook (picking up dropped stitches, hanging setup bonnet, finishing missed stitches)

The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns

Silver Reed LK150

Knitting Claw Weights

The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges