Braids cardigan update

[celticdragonfly]

As I posted before, I'm working on the braids cardigan for myself.

And I'm very excited - I've gotten to 13 inches of the body. See that horizontal line where the bottom of the sleeve comes into the underarm? Working from the bottom up, I've gotten to that height.

Now I get to stop doing 292 stitch rows alllllll the way across and back, and get to divide it up and start working on front and back yokes, more interesting stuff.

So far this project has been... 84 rows, 24,528 stitches. Not counting casting on. I started swatching for this in the evening of Sunday, Feb. 19th. I feel like I've made a lot of progress.

I'm *going* to get this thing made and completed.

Oh dear. This pattern does not tell you what size button to use. Nor how many. Heck, it says "...Buttonhole Row: Knit up the right front as many buttonholes as you need, using your favorite buttonhole;..." Oh dear. I suppose I'll figure something out.

Comments

[callibr8]

Wow, that's terrific progress!

From the "scale" indicated by the picture I'd guess they're using 5/8 or 3/4" buttons. And I remember reading that horizontal buttonholes are much better than vertical ones, for not "popping".

The picture shows five buttons but depending on what's comfortable for you (or if you have another favorite cardigan to reference) you might want six or even seven.

Hope that helps...

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Hm, I'm going to be picking up everything around the front edges and the neck, and doing loooong back and forth rows to build up the button band and neckband, so I think it's going to *have* to be vertical buttonholes, sadly.