Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Opps

Well, grrr. Last stretch of the cardi has not gone well and I blame the buttonholes. The pattern has you mark where the buttons are to go, and then on the side of the actual buttonholes to knit till you reach where you have marked. This all sounds fine, except for the fact that the buttonholes are on a trim which you knit separately from the main body and then sew on, but to make this trim lie flat you have to stretch it a bit as you sew. So now my buttonholes are in totally the wrong place, and the bottom one is roughly where the top one should be. But it is all sewn up and is going to be a pain to undo and redo. I had thought that perhaps I could just sew up the top buttonhole and make it a one button cardigan. What do you all think? Is this a decent solution given that there is no way the cardigan works with the buttonholes where they are now? I'm thinking I will have to undo it as it will probably bug me forever but tell me, can you see the problem??

1 comment:

  1. What a bummer! I have heard of afterthought button holes, not sure how they work but it might be an option, maybe google it. Also you could use a double sided clasp or something (http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2010/04/buttonhole-alternatives.html). Hope this helps. xx

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