Comments on: Good News and Bad News

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:02:06 +0000

Haha, this would be part of the reason why I’ve never knit a sweater that required buttons. Way too many options! What if you found some that matched the pale yellowish color? I think they’d really pop, and would stand out against the darker colors.

By: mel

mel — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:48:16 +0000

yes, you do eventually. I completely agree about buttons, with every project that I’ve had with closures so far, finding the right ones has proven to be a complete PITA. In fact I have one sweater that’s been done for almost exactly a year right now, and for lack of the right buttons has never been finished. Sad.

I’m still completely loving that sweater though Ruth. It’s worth fixing the sleeve cap.

By: bloggie

bloggie — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:17:48 +0000

Though I also would hate to think about a puckery sleeve cap at this point in the project, everything else looks lovely! Have you considered hook and eye style frog clasps or whatever they’re called, spanning the sweater front, instead of buttons? In metal or cording?

By: desiknitter

desiknitter — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:45:17 +0000

Your post had me LOL by the time i read “I don’t like any of them.” How typical is that ? Seriously, buttons are very hard to pick. You are also right that Middlebury is looking very fine indeed! I can’t tell the pucker from this angle.