More steeks
August 17th, 2006 at 10:38 am (kids-sweaters)
I started the baby sweater (Setesdal, Dalegarn #124)) again, on the smallest size. It still came out larger than it specified in the pattern, which is good.
A few days ago:
And after a serious session with the sewing machine for steeks:
I haven’t done the three needle bind off for the shoulders yet, but one shoulder is on DPNs ready for it. I had 5 steeks total to do, and barely paused a moment before sitting down to stitch and cut them. I don’t know how you’re supposed to do a fair isle pattern like this at the top near the necklines without doing it in the round. I almost almost decided to work back and forth, except for the problem that if I did that, I’d have to detach and reattach the proper color yarn at the other end. No way do I want more ends to weave in, so I created steeks at both the front and back neckline.
Setesdal has knit on bands, that are folded in half with a picot edge, so they cover all bits of the neckline and front edges when you fold it over and stitch it down. Now I need to decide if I’m going to do the front edges and necklnie next, sleeves or the matching hat.
