One Button Panel Pullover Done

There has been a break between my posts and this time it has nothing to do with traveling; work is the culprit. Don't take this as a woe-is-me complaint, but rather a description for why posts have been slim. All that being said some knitting has taken place in the last week.

Here's another version of the Button Panel Pullover, deconstructed. It is in the finishing process of drying after a quick dip for blocking and is now ready to be sewn together. You can see the back at the top with the right side panel of the sweater closely pinned in place. The patch at the bottom of the photo is one of the sleeves.

The yet unassembled Button Down Pullover

You can also see the front with the flower pinned and the buttons placed on it. I took the flower motif from another 60 Quick Baby Knits called Ruffled Top and Pants. The picture above doesn't show the curving and trailing running stitch very well.

The Ruffle Top and Pants with its flower motif

The button hunting was fun too. Yesterday we went downtown and I took 20 minutes at Button Button. Sure enough, with a little bit of help from the owner I found the perfect button; ones that capture some of the darker blue tones in the heathered violet. And the buttons have tiny little flowers on them as well, see.

The perfect buttons, and I needed no less than 8 of them

I treated myself to putting the whole thing together tonight. After being properly blocked, the sewing together is easy. Below is the finished product; I added the orange French knots pistils to the flower and the buttons were sewn on with the same orange yarn. I like the dash of colour it brings to the whole thing.

The black Button Panel Pullover I knit first and showed a while back, is still in process. EPS (Elizabeth Percentage System) worked brilliantly for the sleeves, but my adjustment to the front panel did not work out as it should have. It is being updated and should return soon.

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