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wizdmzchyld message #1
Completion
May 5, 2010 at 8:24:55 AM

Well, I finished a sweater for my Papa. He's a big man and I made certain the sleeves are long enough. He said it "feels like a blanket", which is a good thing. Made of "I Love This Yarn", made on the Brother 260, it's black per his request. It's a success!

Still working on the baby sweater of Bernat baby yarn. Finished it, only to find that the button band and the button hole band are not *quite* the same. Button hole band looks bigger. So, back to the drawing board on that one. The button band appears to be a tighter knit than the button hole band. I knit the bands separately but attached them to the sweater as I knit. Am wondering if I should do those by hand. We'll see when I reknit the button band. If necessary, I'll get out two needles.

Toodles
Charlene

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wizdmzchyld message #2
Re: Completion
May 5, 2010 at 8:25:58 AM

OOpps, I forgot to mention, the baby sweater was made on the LK 150. Pictures to follow.

Charlene

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Stitchboard Admin message #3
Re: Completion
May 5, 2010 at 10:45:00 AM

Charlene,

Congrats on the sweater for your Dad...sounds like it's a hit!

Sorry to hear the button band/button hole band aren't matching up on the baby sweater. Did you knit with a tighter tension on the one, perhaps? That's an ingenious idea, to attach as you knit, though it must be hard with such a small item! If you do end up having to hand-knit, are you still going to attach as you knit?

Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

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wizdmzchyld message #4
Re: Completion
May 5, 2010 at 3:55:51 PM

Either with 2 needles or several on the knitting bed I'll so a sew as I go since it would look too much different to attach a separate piece I think.

Charlene

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Charlene,

Congrats on the sweater for your Dad...sounds like it's a hit!

Look at that smile! (Photo guaranteed unretouched)

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Stitchboard Admin message #5
Re: Completion
May 6, 2010 at 6:29:39 PM

Charlene,

Yes, I see what you mean! I have a heck of a time keeping things straight when I sew pieces on later...particularly with two pieces to match up perfectly on each side!

Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=

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