The Finishing Touches
The sweater is done. All the knitting. All the button-banding. All the wet blocking. Wow, it's almost disorienting. I find myself wanting (needing) more to do on it... but hey, when it's done, it's done right? This must be a sign of an absolutely enjoyable overall-process. Or maybe I just love Skye Tweed that much.
I picked up some buttons the other day that I thought fit nicely - I wanted a simple and natural warm wood button that would seem right at home nestled amongst all that tweed.
![Wooden Buttons](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_syKpGA2R9vW02YUnTA7YqPU5nYpgEolojNXB2VABXbgatf71bg7u7rNLCUaTJTmy0hIKZoH-UbGkhNKB6ypr3KMfBUMXL0mU25rquSXVYeT4mZaZs73nBhV6OcU6oV=s0-d)
I also wanted to show you one more picture of the button band in progress. The finished button band is about an inch and a half of garter stitch. This picture was taken after knitting several rows up from the pick-up stitches that I showed you in my last post.
![Working Buttonband](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v8fyhwTpEhveJ040mdsy0zO3Lo1GLIymIHoz2mREajwbacVCiO870uqG_d2ExN_0r4Ymxq7RfyxfYwq6hy12EcXzVM8TUj_T1lEHb6V7Cux1PbAm9t4pt-1ityTdm_=s0-d)
We're looking at the wrong side of the work here - see how the facing is playing nice and laying itself flat on the inside of the sweater? I like that very much.
I'll do my best to orchestrate a proper photo shoot over the weekend (this sweater sure deserves one!). And starting today you should know that I will be effectively living in the sweater until the identity crisis that the weather has been having is officially over.