I started this One Button Cardigan in
July and no, I haven't been working on any other knitting projects. I'm just slow. And I have been addicted to sewing lately. I
love this sweater. The pattern was very easy, knit in one piece until dividing for the armholes. I generally refuse to knit sweaters that are not knit in the round, mainly because I'm so bad at sewing knitted pieces together. I had a breakthrough, however, when I set in the sleeves of this sweater.
The Best Knitting Book Ever-- aka When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters--has a chapter on finishing. Even though I've studied other finishing techniques, I have never quite got it. I was skeptical when I read what seemed to be different instructions for joining reverse stockinette ... but I diligently followed the instructions and achieved near perfect results.
The edges are finished with an I-Cord stitch, making the edges so much nicer than a plain slipped stitch edge. The last six stitches needed to be graphed together, and I confess to having never mastered the Kitchener Stitch. So I brought the sweater with me on Friday night and Katy graciously graphed those last few stitches together while drinking beer at the Corner Saloon. I don't think that bar sees many knitters.
I started this One Button Cardigan in July and no, I haven't been working on any other knitting projects. I'm just slow. And I have been addicted to sewing lately. I love this sweater. The pattern was very easy, knit in one piece until dividing for the armholes. I generally refuse to knit sweaters that are not knit in the round, mainly because I'm so bad at sewing knitted pieces together. I had a breakthrough, however, when I set in the sleeves of this sweater. The Best Knitting Book Ever-- aka When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters--has a chapter on finishing. Even though I've studied other finishing techniques, I have never quite got it. I was skeptical when I read what seemed to be different instructions for joining reverse stockinette ... but I diligently followed the instructions and achieved near perfect results.
The edges are finished with an I-Cord stitch, making the edges so much nicer than a plain slipped stitch edge. The last six stitches needed to be graphed together, and I confess to having never mastered the Kitchener Stitch. So I brought the sweater with me on Friday night and Katy graciously graphed those last few stitches together while drinking beer at the Corner Saloon. I don't think that bar sees many knitters.
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