Knit a cozy Victorian cycling sweater with me! (On a machine!)

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In which I combine two of my greatest loves: historical dress and machine knitting. I've put my 15 years of fashion industry fully fashioned knitwear (and home machine knitting) experience to use by knitting one of these beloved beauties. I combined several sources- that gorgeous girl in the Met of course, and a few others to draft a flat pattern, and then convert that to a knitwear pattern that I could follow on my Brother KH-910 double bed home knitting machine. There were many challenges along the way- including trying to source yarn suitable for a 7.5gg machine, but I think the outcome was worth it (even if I do think I'll be putting a twill tape in those shoulder seams shortly.)
Oh, and because the Simpsons always did it first, here's a similar (but different and lovely), slightly more technically oriented video I found literally as I was hitting upload:    • I made a 100 year old sweater on a 30...  

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