Week 5

Last week got eaten by an unexpected job application opportunity, so there wasn’t as much progress on the show front as I planned.

I finished the collar assembly for the hooded sweater.  The retraction works great!  Unfortunately, my servos aren’t strong enough for the apparatus.  I’ve ordered some new servos that will be here tomorrow that have far greater holding torque.  They should fit into my existing framework pretty easily.  I also got my range sensors and am planning on testing them either today or tomorrow.

I draped/patterned the body of the sweater and knit up some swatches to figure out what would work best.  I found a great tuck pattern that will add a nice texture to the sweater and should be able to start knitting tomorrow.  I also finished patterning the shorts.  The plan right now is to have the outfit complete this week.