FO pics--minImogen

Eventually I'll get pics of Princess wearing the sweater, but for now, she prefers her Tulip sweater that she already outgrew, go figure.

Originally I cast on 60 sts for the back length and did 59 rows for the width, then used 30 sts for the right arm sleeve. But upon having her try it on, the arm seemed too tight and the back too narrow. So I ripped the arm, cast on four underarm (in this case in-front-arm) stitches, and reknit the sleeve. It was much better. But the back was still too narrow. Since I started with a provisional crochet cast-on, I just added eight rows to the left side of the back. It was much better that way.

Also, I made the sleeves extra long so that it fits for awhile. Unfortunately, she doesn't like the fact that the sleeves have to be rolled up right now. A year ago we had to roll the sleeves of her Tulip sweater up two times for it to fit her, but she was an infant then so I suppose she doesn't remember that.

At the end of the front/sides, you're supposed to knit a row with two strands held together, then bind off with two strands, but due to the colors I had left, it looked awful. It didn't even match the rest of the sweater somehow. So I dropped the extra strand of yarn and bound off with just one strand, even though I'd just knit a row with two strands. It looks better that way and at least most of the time it's hidden.

Yesterday I'd wanted to go to Jo-Ann's to look for a big plastic button so that I could do a loop and button closure, but after Target with the kids, I wanted to go home. So now I'm thinking of buying some pink Fimo and making my own button, since I have the molds and all.

I haven't had much experience with Noro yarns, but Taiyo is at least soft enough for next-to-skin wear (assuming of course, that you picked out all of the scratchy vegetation matter). I think it's because of the cotton and silk, because the Kureyon I'd tried earlier was soooooo scratchy. I'm fairly happy with how the color changes ended up though, especially because each skein of Taiyo I had had knots that connected one strand of yarn with others that did not continue the color gradation at all.