Friday, January 11, 2008

Almost Done!

Here is a picture of the body of the Tomten copleted, and an i-cord edging in progress. I have actually finished the edging, but it is WAY too tight, and I need to rip it out and do it in larger needles. Otherwise, I won't have a hood, just a wierd pocket in the back of the neck!

I've decided to give it a week or two before I rip that part out, to avoid the feeling of frustration/aggravation of ripping out all that work and starting over.

I have tried a couple different methods of sewing up the bottoms of the sleeves, and haven't liked anything so far. Can anyone tell me what they did, and liked?

3 comments:

Amy said...

This is looking really good. I see what you mean about the i-cord border. That is a bummer. So I am wondering how many skeins of the Cascade Eco did you end up using? I am about to order some for my husband's Tomten.

Briley said...

Amy, I used 3 skeins of the dark, and less than 1/2 a skein of the light. If you're getting ready to order I'd better go back and do the counting to give you the specifics I promised! I will do that this weekend.

gerry said...

this looks terrific! i like the way you did the stripe pattern- it really adds to the look of the jacket.

if you had to go up on the i-cord needle size, i'll probably have to use speed stix ;)