The Nihon Vogue VNeck cardigan has been progressing nicely. I went down 3 needle sizes from the body to the garter stitch ribbing to get the gauge to match up. Last week was fairly productive to get this sweater close to finishing. I completed knitting the sleeves, sewed the seams and joined the sleeves on to the body by a slip stitch crochet method we had learned in class. I sewed the garter stitch button band on both sides of the front up the neck. This was done using a pick up ratio by comparing how many rows are on the body of the garment and how many are on the band and making adjustments accordingly for a smooth line up. There was also a specific way to sew up the decrease stitches on the diagonal V neck edges that Jean explained during last month's class. We will be shown how to finish the last 8 inches of sewing the band to the sweater neck edge during the June class so that will remain unworked until then. I am not wild about the button band being completed in this way - sewn on versus picked up because it seemed like a lot of work with supposedly unpredictable results but now that it is almost done - the end result looks quite nice after all. So silly of me to not trust that Jean would have a far superior method compared to anything I would have experienced before! For this sweater I still have to weave in a few more yarn ends, wash, dry and block the sweater and then sew on buttons & backing buttons. So far I am pleased with the style and fit of this sweater and am looking forward calling Project 6 "done" soon.
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