I knew it would be adorable!

I just finished this little sweater.  I had blocked it over the weekend and this morning I sewed up the seams and sewed on the buttons.  It turned out as cute as I knew it would be, and it’ll be super warm because of the tight gauge + Noro wool. You know I love paper crafting and knitting.  Well, this morning I had both going at the same time, kind of.  I was watching one of Kristie Marcotte‘s cardmaking videos while sewing up the seams.  Some people hate sewing seams, but I like it.  For me, knitting on straight needles is so much faster than knitting in the round.  The mattress stitch used for seaming is totally invisible, and I love watching the seam disappear as I sew from the right side of the fabric.  It’s like magic!   Normally I use the same yarn to sew the seams as I did to do the knitting, but sometimes the garment yarn is too weak or, as in this case, too thick so I used some stronger, thinner tan wool that I have on hand. You can see the difference in this photo. I left the bottom border open like welt flaps on a gansey, just for fun.  I love those textured bits, and they’re so easy to knit — two rows of garter then two rows of 1×1 rib.

And I save all those little snippets of wool.  They’re perfect, free stuffing for little toys and things, like these:Evelyn