Nothing Clever to Say About the Deep V
First things first… these stripes made for the steek stitches are quite pleasing in and of themselves, aren’t they? There is just something so symmetrical, and well, straight about them. It almost makes me want to knit a sweater that incorporates the stripes into the design itself. (Almost.)
That being said, the shape of the actual sweater before the steeks are cut is quite ugly. I got a little tired of looking at it, and hurried along so I could finish and just cut the darn thing. Not to mention the fact that I wanted to try it on.
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So cut I did. But not before I “secured” my steeks with crochet stitches. Oh, the cutting of the steeks did happen at 2:00 in the morning, of course, but it was every bit as pleasing as I thought it would be. Definitely the highlight of making this sweater.
Now, I put the word “secured” in quotation marks because these steeks were most definitely not “secure.” As I halfway suspected when I started this sweater, the silk in the green yarn made it too slippery to, you know, stick, and the little steeks started unravelling before my eyes as I picked up stitches for the edging.
Ahem. So, at least I tried the crocheted steeks, and I’m not sorry I did. Next time I’ll try it on yarn a little more suitable. Until then, big kiss to my lovely sewing machine…
Stay tuned for the finished product. (I leave you in suspense as to whether it fits.)