Sunday, September 02, 2007

Retro Cardigan and Good Enough for now Buttons

Chris' Retro Cardigan is a sweet little knit (my son says the new 'sweet' is 'sick', but I cannot bring myself to use that word to represent anything in knitting).



Buttons for this baby were/are a challenge. You know how you get something in your head - the perfect thing to finish off a project and then it doesn't seem to exist? The buttons are that something with this sweater. The hunt for the perfect buttons (all 10 of them) will continue thus these are the Good Enough for now Buttons.



Yarn: Briar Rose Tuscany, 4 hanks - I had 5 hanks just in case

Needles: 10 and 10 1/2 circulars

Gauge: 3 sts/inch



It was a little difficult to get good pictures of this yarn. There were shots of it while blocking and the colors were too mottled. The close-up of the buttons is closest to the true color.





Thanks to my Hubs who went on the Great Button Hunt with me and was patient enough to come back for more and take the pictures.




2 Comments:

At September 05, 2007 12:36 PM, Blogger Liz said...

That's really beautiful. It's perfect for the fall.

 
At December 16, 2007 4:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

In my search for online photos of the Retro Cardigan....
Did you do some shaping for the waist and hips?

 

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