It’s knitted.
And blocked.
And ready to rock 🙂
So this morning I started in on sewing it up.
First I did a little research online on preferred techniques.
Then I worked up some courage and set out to sew the first shoulder seam.
I think it turned out pretty well. But it wasn’t as straightforward as expected.
I mean, I get the grafting idea.
But somehow the purls really threw me.
The shoulder edge stitches were purls.
Yeah, tricky.
Once I finally got it figured out, I probably should have gone on and done the other shoulder seam, but I was anxious to give the sleeve a try.
Here’s the setup-
Now the sleeve is an interesting challenge.
It’s part graft, part mattress stitch, sometimes at the same time.
Each stitch is a judgement call, because you’re working on a curve.
Whew.
Then I found that taking a picture of a should seam is almost as hard as sewing it.
But I guess if you can’t really see it, then it’s good, right?
Shadow is now half-sleeved!
That’s where I left it today.
So far so good.
Excellent seaming. Gives me courage to block and seam the sweater I have been working on for 2 years. I hope my seams look half as good as yours.
thanks Donna. I think the thing to remember is, if it isn’t working you can always take the stitches out and try again. Took me a number of do-overs to get some of those stitches reasonably tidy. Good luck!
Hi Denise, One of the main reasons why I shy away from knitting sweaters is the seaming part. Spinning enough yarn for a sweater is such a big time investment too.
It would be wonderful to have a beautiful handspun sweater like yours. I don’t think you would ever feel the cold in it 🙂
Thanks Jody- while I’m pretty psyched that this is turning out well, I definitely prefer the knit-all-in-one-piece methods. Top-down or bottom-up, as long as there’s no sewing to do at the end!
You’ve inspired me! I finished knitting my very first sweater about a week ago and haven’t even tried sewing it up yet. I think perhaps I will wet and block the pieces today…
Yeah, I think you definitely want to block first, at least the first time you’re going to do this assembly thing. Makes it a little easier to keep the pieces aligned. Good luck!