cows, pigs & birds. with tiny steeks!
August 14th, 2006 at 6:41 pm (kids-sweaters)
More progress:
I finished the body, bound off the shoulders, and steeked the front and back necks. I do steeks there instead of having to knit back and forth with the color. There are some adjustments you have to make for the decreases but for the most part it’s not too hard to convert from back and forth to in the round.
A friend was over the other night and we steeked the sweater she’d made for B. So while I was in the mood I went downstairs and sewed these steeks really quick. I didn’t even baste or anything. The back was only over two, maybe three rows. The front was longer on about 15, but still very easy to see where to sew. Snip snip and now it can lay flat.
The next step is to wash and block it. I want to get an accurate measurement on it before I knit the sleeves. That’s another reason i didn’t do a three needle bind off on the shoulders. I wanted to give it a good washing and didn’t want to be gentle with live stitches during that process.
Even though it’s not blocked yet, just for fun I took a picture of the inside:
