It's not every day I treat you to a picture of my armpit, but I thought I'd share the results of my plaid-matching shenanigans. I gotta tell you, seeing it line up like that is pretty darn satisfying. Unfortunately, the other side wasn't nearly as tidy, but it turned out pretty well, all things considered. I still have buttonholes, buttons, and a bottom hem to go, which shouldn't take too long if I can ever get some quality time with my sewing machine.
Knitting is boring this week. I made it to the 400 yard mark on my Trillian, but have a whole other two hundred yards to go. It's going to be huge, squashy, warm, and wonderful. I can't wait to wear it.
This week's technique is buttonholes. There are several ways to do buttonholes and you do them by hand or fancy it up a bit and bind them with fabric. For the most part, though, and for a casual shirt like this one, I generally use the buttonhole setting on my sewing machine.
When you cut the buttonhole open, you can place a straight pin at the end so that you don't push your seam ripper through the stitches. I also use embroidery scissors to cut the holes open because I feel like I can be very precise with them and the pin trick would still work.
That's it this week. I'm hoping that by this time next week, I'll have a finished shirt to show you.
2 comments:
Your Trillian is going to be fantastic. And you are making such awesome progress on your Colors of Fall KAL and the OAL! Rock on with your bad self!
I've decided I am still going to follow the spirit of the OAL, and sew/knit myself something to wear together. But the timing just isn't happening for me this year. Oh well! WE MAKE OUR OWN FUN.
We do indeed make our own fun. I can't wait to see what you pair together.
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