Knitting on a Deadline? I Finished the Jethro Cardigan with a Knitting Machine in Record Time!

[@yolandasotolopez]

Wow, I hadn't;t even thought of using the knitting machine to finish this sweater. Thanks for the idea and instructions

[@angieh3036]

Oh wow that is beautiful! 😍 I wish I could knit.🧶

[@flobee222]

What a masterpiece! Thank you for sharing your journey and troubleshooting expertise.

[@MakerMarkKnits]

Felicia, this is gorgeous!

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thank you so much Mark!

[@viviankeh441]

So nice to see your beautiful finished Jethro! Your first video on this design inspired me to try, and at this point, all i have to do are the sleeves. It has been SUCH a pleasure to craft this one and it is all thanks to you sharing about it here! And OK now i"m dreaming about a knitting machine.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@viviankeh441 awww yeah!! That’s awesome!! I’m so glad you enjoyed making this project! Time well spent 🥰

[@user-yk8xq3ef3j]

It's Beautiful! It turned out wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing.😊

[@charlottelee1152]

Congrats!! It looks super good on you!

[@pacrossett]

Thank you so much for this video! It answered some questions I didn’t even know I had…and now I can proceed with my KX350 and sweater knitting.

[@lisajohnstone1340]

This is lovely, I really need to learn to crochet!

[@scottydog6539]

Love your cartigan. Jethro

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thank you!

[@manitobasky]

Hi Felicia! You can do a transfer tool bind off on the Lk150 that works like the around the peg bind off. You transfer your first stitch to the next needle, then pull the needle you just emptied back out, now wrap your working yarn over both the empty needle and the one you transferred onto and knit the transferred needle. If you search “LK 150 series video 4” by Sally Butcher she shows it. I use it a lot since two of my metal bed machines don’t have pegs(Superba S48 and Brother KH-220). Hope this is helpful! Your Jethro is stunning.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@manitobasky thank you!! I’ll check out the video too! I’m learning all the things! 😆💗

[@kimikomorita5954]

Beautiful sweater!!! You did such a great job!

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@kimikomorita5954 thank you!

[@MsLisaMBrown]

Really interesting to learn how you used the knitting machine on this. I also just knit Jethro and love it. But all those ends!!

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@MsLisaMBrown yes! So many ends. I tried to crochet over the ends as I started new rounds, but I didn’t always… so now I have to weave them in 😆😜

[@resourcedragon]

The finished result is lovely and I hope you'll get lots of use out of that cardigan. (If you really want, there are clips that can be used for buttonless cardigans and shawls.) Ribbing on the knitting machine looks like almost as much work as hand kitting it.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@resourcedragon for sure… it would have been great and so easy to use a metal knitting machine with a ribber, but unfortunately the LK150 doesn’t have a ribber attachment. But the manual ribbing is still faster than I could have knit it 😜

[@stacilockman329]

I did my sleeves for the Jethro Cardigan on my LK150 knitting machine, as well. It worked great!

[@sweetgeorgia]

Yessss!! 👌

[@astitchintimepodcast8918]

It looks fantastic. 😊

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@astitchintimepodcast8918 thank you!! Yours looks great too!

[@astitchintimepodcast8918]

@@sweetgeorgia Thank you!😀

[@susanspeed1638]

We are asking for winter accessories such as scarves, hats, gloves, wraps, throws and afgans. Anything to help keep people warm as winter is approaching soon. Thank you

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@susanspeed1638 absolutely. Where can we send things?

[@TrudySchwartzBurrill]

It almost seems more complicated to do on the knitting machine. Interesting video. Thanks, Felicia.

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thanks! Yes, machine knitting is like a whole other craft on its own, with a very different learning curve than hand knitting. Not better or worse, just different… while producing the same knitted fabric. I like both!

[@TrudySchwartzBurrill]

@@sweetgeorgia well the result is simple stunning. Your obviously have practiced a lot to be getting such lovely results. Do you have kits made up for The Jethro or Hey, Sailor by DRK? I dont I , at hope on to your website to pick Iup or bridge. Some white for the main color, sleeves etc. I'm met use duperwash some Ms. Jones Yarns, from stash. Now, I not certain. What yarns to use. Can I ask did your hand crochet your squares? What size hook did you use, please? I haven't crocheted in a very long time. I was going to use nonsuperwash. But might your path after seeing yours. lol🧶 😆 lol

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@TrudySchwartzBurrill for sure, I used three packages of our Party of Five Superwash DK mini-skeins to make the colour selection easier. And I used a 4 mm crochet hook to hand crochet all the squares 👍

[@TrudySchwartzBurrill]

I'm making this currently. Deciding on exactly which yarn has enough to do botton band etc. Did you use DK and worsted. So you used all sperwash wools, correct?

[@sweetgeorgia]

I used SweetGeorgia Superwash DK for the entire sweater including the button bands. 👍

[@TrudySchwartzBurrill]

@@sweetgeorgia thank you very much. You are always so kind and helpful. Its very appreciated.

[@KarlSmith-p5r]

I love the cardigan but the sleeves look little skimpy and thin in comparison to the thick texture and fabrication of the granny ssqaures. I think I would be inclined to knit the sleeves in a textured stitch, maybe a double seed stitch or a basket weaver stitch.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@KarlSmith-p5r that’s the beauty of this pattern, it’s totally open and flexible for adaptation. It gives more of a guideline rather than exact instructions. Ready for customization! 👍

[@jabbaa6500]

Uhhh, not entirely by granny squares!