I finished the knitting on my Dockside Cardigan over the weekend, and sat down this morning to sew on buttons. Button-sewing is not my favorite task, and it needed to get done in the morning hours when it is still relatively cool around here.
Here they are, half done. There are actually five already sewn on, five more to go.
And a close up:
How about that fancy button-shank-making tool?
Of course, where there are buttons, there should be buttonholes. I did remember to put those in as well. I fidgeted around with a couple of different methods of knitting these, and settled on a one-row buttonhole using the “TULIPS” method. Here’s a link to an article about how to do these, and a video explanation as well. These look really complicated, but once you’ve done one, it all makes sense. It’s the best of the horizontally placed buttonholes that I’ve found.
Next time, I’ll do a finished project post about this, and perhaps a bonus finished project as well!
Looks fantastic!!!
Great job! And my mother, who was a couture sewist, taught me the toothpick trick many years ago. 😊
Lorette: It’s simply perfection! Kudos for the commitment to such a big project. So true what you said about tending to make a sweater too big. I always think I’m larger than I am. Faery Ring must have been knit about 4 sizes too large. Mwahaha. This is a great style and color. Kudos on a job well done!