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Nearly There

I have (finally!) finished all the knitting on the Kinari cardigan, and this morning I figured out how I want to do the button closures. I extend my deep appreciation to Ysolda, who has posted a very good tutorial with photos on how to make sewn button loops. I modified her instructions to make this hybrid creation.

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Swatches are useful for trying out button closures

Now all I have to do is sew down most of the hem, add the six button loops, sew on the buttons, sew down the rest of the hem, and block. The end is near!

This entry was posted on Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 8:42 am and is filed under 2007 Collection, Button Collection, Design, Projects in Progress. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Nearly There”

  1. Emilee Says:
    March 15th, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Ooh, that will look lovely

  2. Mishka Says:
    March 15th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    There’s a vaguely 1950’s esthetic to your color choices and shapes lately that I really like, but you’ve made them fresh. Wonderful to watch your thought processes. I couldn’t wear these things, but they are very inventive, and seem to suit you well. I recently discovered Ysolda’s site as well and am making Gretel as part of my small, portable projects program. I’m really enjoying it.

  3. bloggie Says:
    March 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Beautiful! Wow. Wow. Wow.

  4. mel Says:
    March 16th, 2008 at 8:48 am

    What a beautiful little loop - are you going to do them in red then? I love it!

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