February 19, 2005

I'm Going to Have to Think About This

The vest is seamed and I've done two rows of single crochet around the arms, but I'm not sure that the 5 or 6 rows I have planned are going to keep the bottom from rolling up. It's not blocked yet, so that will help. If it doesn't hold I'll just have to go with a ribbed band.

If you're looking for buttons, check Cathy's links in the comments to my previous entry. I found some winners!

Posted by Charleen at February 19, 2005 05:41 PM
Comments

Argh!! The dreaded roll. I hate that. Good luck with the crochet thing.

Posted by: claudia at February 19, 2005 09:51 PM

Those colors are beautiful! What about a row of backwards single crochet? Instead of going from right to left, go left to right. It stabilizes the edge better for me.

Posted by: Angi at February 19, 2005 11:11 PM

It looks lovely! I tend to agree with angi, I use that stitch (known as crab stitch over here) a lot to finish things with a nice edge.

Posted by: carol at February 20, 2005 10:32 AM

From swatch to sweater in two posts, hot damn! Looks great, nice colors, and done in time to still wear this winter! (I haven't gotten that part down yet.)

Posted by: Sara at February 20, 2005 10:56 AM

The only thing worse than roll-up is flip-up! Best of luck!

Posted by: Sylvia at February 20, 2005 12:12 PM

I vote for crab stitch, too. Barring that, you could knit a facing. I've done this (use a thinner yarn so it doesn't look bulky) and it prevents flip up quite nicely.

Posted by: Carolyn at February 21, 2005 04:20 AM

it looks wonderful and i love the colors!! cant wait to see it
finished!

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Completely unrelated to your post..
I've searched but didn't find an email for you, so I just comment here. Thanks for making the weave ring available, I just applied for it. I did save your image on my server to save you bandwidth (which could get large if the ring grows) but also had to crop it down a bit because my sidebar isn't all that wide. I hope you don't mind!! Please let me know, otherwise I have to find another solution.

Thanks!

Maus

Posted by: Maus at February 25, 2005 10:51 AM