Hand
knit goods do tend to last a lot longer than
machine knit, if taken care of properly (friends have sweaters that are 15 - 20 years
old and look great... I've only been
knitting for 8 years, so mine haven't acquired that age yet).
I wanted to make the «sharrow» sweater like the one that's in the exhibition, but in a different color, so I just burned the pattern cd and fired up the
old PC computer that's attached the
knitting machine and... and... nothing.