Yes, I finished knitting the sleeves to Mom's sweater and seamed them in place!
The back of the sweater is full of cables and the garter rib pattern, too.
She did a stunning job of knitting the main body portion of the sweater
and even seamed it and attached the collar.
There are no buttons on the front because she always wears the sweater open-her preference-
and while the collar looks good on the manikin in the upright position,
she will not wear it this way either.
When you grow up, you get to chose your style and stick to it!
It didn't take long to see a problem developing; the sleeves seemed to be growing!
Sure enough, they are 1" longer then when I knit them.....this yarn, Mellowspun DK, grows!!!
This was the problem in the first place;
the pattern calls for knitting the sleeve 18 1/2" before binding off for the underarm!
I don't know about you but that is a very long sleeve for my petite Mom
hence my reason for rescuing the sweater, and making the adjustment for her!
I think I have a plan of action-I am going to hem the bottom of the sleeve by 1"
after a few days of resting on the manikin
to be sure it won't be growing any longer than this!
It's a beautiful sweater! I get that sleeve growing thing. I had a sweater do that once. It was so aggravating.
ReplyDeleteNice finish! Congratulations. Growing sleeves...sometimes I could use those - lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous sweater! Hemming sounds like a good solution for the growing sleeves.
ReplyDeleteThat is a stunning sweater. I think your solution sounds like a great one, as well as letting it rest on the mannequin for a few days. What a good daughter you are. :-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
That sweater is so meticulously made. . It is perfection I think. WOW
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sweater — and Grandma will be beautiful with that bright color against her pretty self! I was chuckling thinking how differently she and I are built...when I wash tops, I stretch out the sleeves of everything in a desperate attempt to make them long enough...but stretching sleeves is a bad thing for her! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's perfect! She will love wearing it and how special you both had a hand in it's making.
ReplyDeleteIt is a gorgeous sweater and I think you are right about hemming the sleeves. Good luck.
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