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Woman's Land Army - the green jumper (jumper is British for sweater)

 
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I have been quietly in love with the green sweater from the Woman's Land Army for a long time.  I love it.  It looks halfway decent on every shape person.  Freedom of movement.  V-neck.  



Lately, I've been into historybounding (the act of incorporating historical or history-inspired clothing into your day-to-day fashion choices).

I think these two things could go nicely together.

In fact, the whole ensemble looks pretty practical for wearing around the farm.



Here's a pattern for handknitting the green jumper but since I can't handknit anymore, I was thinking this would be fun to learn to knit on my knitting machine.  

Still a lot of research to do (like learning to use my knitting machine), but it looks like a fun project.
 
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Can anyone help with the google search to see if there's a knitting machine pattern for this kind of sweater?
 
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I haven't the time, at the moment, to hunt deeper, but these might at least give you a starting point, assuming you've not already been through them:
http://machineknittingetc.com/sweater-machine-pattern-book-for-beginners.html

https://www.to-knit-knitting-stitches.com/machine-knitting-patterns.html

https://www.jessica-tromp.nl/basic_machine-knitting_patterns_free_knittingmachine_patterns.htm
 
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Background history for me to watch later

 
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A rocket mass heater heats your home with one tenth the wood of a conventional wood stove
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