Revisited the November 1855 Warm Undersleeve pattern from Godey's, once again on my circular knitting machine. Having learned from last time, the main change I made was reducing the frill to 4 whole motifs (with the extra 8 stitches divided between them and added into the plain sections; this was necessary because the repeat is 18 stitches and I was using my 80-slot machine cylinder). It was much faster and easier to work the pattern that way, and I think the symmetry it quite becoming. The one downside is a slightly less dramatic scallop effect. I also positioned the upper frill higher on the sleeve (~2" rather than 1" above the lower), which I think looks nicer.
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| New sleeves for Friend E. |
For this pair, I used the Knit Picks pallette yarn which I like for socks on this machine. One skein did the first sleeve and both extra frills, with a bit left over. I knit the sleeves and frill headers at two tension-dial-rotations above the loosest setting, switching down to the loosest for the 'Old Shale' pattern, to make it lacier.
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