Here's the sweater, stitched and basted, ready to be cut open.

Here she is, all snipped open. The inside really is quite pretty, isn't it?

 

Thse little fellows are inspecting the button holes.

I'm very pleased with this mitered corner in the button band. There is a matching one on the right side, where the button holes begin.

This is something I'm very unhappy with. This corner of sweater bottom and button band edge is very rough. I'm planning on continuing around the sweater as I cast off,and when I get to the other end I'll start doing a 3 stitch I-cord around the bottom of the sweater. I hope it will give everything a finished look.

Here is where I kitchner stitched the underarm seam from live stitches placed on holding yarn. 

This is where I am as of this morning. I'm doing a 2 stitch i-cord bind off around the button band and neck band.

Comments

[Renee from VA]

Wow Beth! You are down to the one yard line and just have to kick it through the goal post! Are you our first to finish?

[Laura]

Go Bess! Go Bess! Wow. I hadn't thought of all these little details about the button band bindoff, the bottom edge, etc etc. Thanks for showing these pictures and discussing your technique through the completion of this sweater Bess. It's priceless information for me and will be a great reference for people wanting to knit this sweater.

[Laura]

Go Bess! Go Bess! Wow. I hadn't thought of all these little details about the button band bindoff, the bottom edge, etc etc. Thanks for showing these pictures and discussing your technique through the completion of this sweater Bess. It's priceless information for me and will be a great reference for people wanting to knit this sweater.

[Cathy Kelley]

I'm late commenting .... somehow I LOST this blog from my bloglines feed. (??????) And I totally spaced and didn't even notice it.

Anyway .... Bess, amazing!! What an inspiration! I'll probably be picking up this sweater again within the next couple of days ... I put it down for a few weeks to do other stuff. (it just seems like that kind of marathon project, you need to take breaks now & again!)