November 18, 2004

I'm really rolling along with my Fluffy Fringed Wonder! This project is very easy to knit. I've completed the back piece and both front pieces, and went into the yarn store yesterday to pick up the buttons I had ordered. [Footnote: I didn't buy anything else while I was there. I just browsed some pattern books, drooled over a few yarns and chatted with the shop owner. But no yarn! I felt almost guilty leaving with just four measly buttons.]

Despite how quickly this project is progressing, I'm enjoying knitting it. It's cleverly designed. There's very little neckline shaping required because the designer has used the curling nature of the yarn as a means to create part of the neckband. See where the stitch markers are placed at the right edge? That's where the piece curls itself outward, forming the lower part of the neckband. Talk about using acrylic content to its best advantage. Neat-o.

Incidentally, I worked horizontal buttonholes for this jacket. I had first tried knitting a buttonhole using the yarn over method but it left a gaping hole that didn't look like it would wear well. The horizontal buttonhole (Nancie Wiseman's version as shown in Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques) looks neater for this kind of yarn.

P.S. I know, I know. My Pull Poncho awaits. But I figured I'd better show where I am on my Fluffy Fringed Wonder because I finish an entire piece in a single evening's knitting time. (It's The Da Vinci Code, I tell you. I can't put the book down, so I'm knitting feverishly while reading. I'm almost sorry that I'm reaching the end of the book.)

« Category | Main