not the ‘c’ word…

That’s crochet, in case you were wondering! I'm crochet-impaired but I’ve got plenty of crochet-look trims, totally done on the machine, at my fingertips so, for me, a trim done on the machine is what I’m looking for. 

By my definition, a trim/edging, here, is to finish off the open stitches, make sure it doesn’t roll back or up  when you don’t want it to and for it to look good!

On the sleeve/ cuff edge, I chose one of my all-time favs, ‘XOXO, #33’ from my booklet,  ‘Band Practise’. It uses every-other-needle manual tuck, with  an RTR (remove, turn, rehang) to make a wider than stockinette band that doesn’t restrict the width of the cuff - I usually end up pushing up my sleeves to elbow-length and the extra width allows for that here.

For the bottom hems, I went with that new-ish one, #154, 'Me-Cozy Variation' that I put on the pink one-row-tuck hoodie https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2023/05/pinkie.html 

I had almost forgot about it! ;)

My seaming, uses my Franky seaming method https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2021/04/deja-vu.html

picture-perfect…

I’ve just been picking away at this, nothing too strenuous, a little bit here, a little bit there and remembering to switch out my sponge bars each time I start a new piece. Got the Front done and both sleeves, attached them as I went so the four basic pieces are knitted and together. Now, it is glaringly obvious, the back is white-white and the rest of the pieces are winter white. Sigh! 

So I can only wear it at night or a dull, cloudy day! But I sort of knew that was going to happen. In the original swatches, looking closely, in a certain light, I could see patchy spots. For the back, I used the two cones that were different dye lots, same as I used for the swatching. Then on the front, I used the two smaller cones that had the same dye lot. It was distinctly yellowish compared to the back. I made both sleeves in the same as the front figuring that I wouldn’t be looking at the back when it was on me so who cares ;). The pockets, which I plan to sew on with the sewing machine, like patch pockets, are done same as the front and I managed to get the hood out of that same dye lot…

I’m down to the trims...we’ll see what happens…

I’m not gloating, but would you look at that hood? Shortrowing in lace 4 times and not a stitch out of place!