Knit a sweater in a day, they said. It would be easy, they said.

Where I learn to knit a sweater on a flatbed knitting machine, after hand-dyeing the yarn pretty blue. Wearing a handknit sweater is like wearing a hug, but alas, it's been over a decade since arthritis took knitting away from me. So I reclaim what I lost with the help of a vintage flatbed knitting machine. How hard can it be? Supplies: Ashford NZ Triple Knit Cone Ashford Acid Dyes Silver Reed SK 103 knitting machine Notes for the sweater recipe are from a class taught by Esther Anderson 00:00 - winter is cold, I need a sweater 00:58 - it reels the yarn, it makes a click, a click reel 02:28 - self-tied skein 03:55 - choosing the colour 04:50 - dye day 07:09 - swatching time! 08:33 - sweater recipe 09:19 - does a self-tied skein end in yarn barf and tears? 10:20 - casting on (finally) 14:09 - why does it hate me so? 15:05 - frogging 15:45 - a new approach 18:39 - but what do the sheep think? 18:52 - for next time To learn more about my fibre journey, you can find me at: Crowing Hen Farm homepage: https://www.crowinghen.ca/ Shop homegrown fibres on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/crowingh... Help me make more videos for you to enjoy: https://ko-fi.com/crowinghen ♫♪ Love the music? Me too! ♫♪ Sign up to epidemic sound with this link, and we both get a free month's worth of music to use in videos and other creative endeavours. https://share.epidemicsound.com/gei82k Thank you for the music: (Unless otherwise noted, all music is from epidemicsound.com.) Gavin Luke, Time Zones Francis Wells, Sowing the Summer Barley Bonnie Grace, May You Have Spectacles Wallet and Watch, Careful Thoughts Francis Wells, Tranquility Sphere Bonnie Grace, A Celtic Blessing Francis Wells, The Pendulum Clock Peter Sandberg, Lens Flare 3 Peter Sandberg, Lens Flare 1 WAIT! What about the chickens? I keep seeing cute little felted chooks in your videos. I want one. I need one. Where do I get one? Here you go: https://permies.com/t/fairy-grove-chi... (affiliate link - which let's face it, I'll probably use to buy more chickens) #knittingmachine #dye #knitting