More Machine Knitting: Green Ripple Vest:

A Layer for the EZ Breezy Summer Top

It's so much fun to finish a knitted garment in a day. Well, 2 half days, to be precise. Even so, how great is that?

I finished my Ripple Vest that goes over the EZ Breezy Summer Top that I made last week.

Before Washing and Blocking

After Washing and Blocking: 

With washing in Ivory Snow on the Handwash cycle of my machine, and drying to damp on the Low Heat setting of my dryer and blocking overnight, it's obvious that the only place the vest shrunk was in the front, not the back. This is because, due to the origami-like nature of vest assembly, the front is on the lengthwise grain while the back is on the crossgrain. So the piece shrunk lengthwise about 15% (just as predicted in the pattern instructions) and did not shrink at all on the crossgrain.

Yarn: 7 skeins Tahki Ripple Yarn Colorway: 038 Grass 100% Cotton
Pattern: Ripple Vest by ridelikethewind on Ravelry
Knitting Machine: Brother KX 350 mid gauge (7mm) machine

I think I'm beginning to get the hang of this machine knitting thing! (smile)

More details on my Ravelry project page.