sophy's knits, notes, etc.

i mentioned before that i had some buttonhole drama just as i was finishing my cropped Wicked Eyelet Rib vest; because it ended very well (read: i didn't have to scrap the project), i thought i would post the pictures here for you!

before knitting the buttonholes, i decided to place them 4 rows from the caston edge then every 8th row after. of course, i miscalculated. not only did this result with buttonholes too close together, but the last buttonhole was too far from the neckline. at first, i decided i could live with that. but, as i continued knitting, i just couldn't let it go. so, after i finished knitting the armhole decreasing, i decided to go back and make the buttonholes every 10th row after the first.

Step 1 i unraveled the neckline stitches to the column of purl ribbing where the buttonholes were placed. the edge stitches are like bind-off stitches, so it was just a matter of slipping one stitch off the preceding stitch.

operation: unravel neckline stitches.

Step 2 i dopped the two purl stitches down to the second buttonhole, purled that row and another, then (yo, p2tog) to create the buttonhole 2 rows above its original location.

operation: drop stitches to the second buttonhole.

Step 3 i continued up the column of 2 stitches, purling stitches and making buttonholes every 10th row.

operation: buttonholes every 10th row.

Step 4 i passed the neckline stitches one over the other to bindoff the edge stitches back to my starting point.

operation: bindoff neckline.

the end result? 7 buttons, with the last button flushed against the neckline. and really, i think the neckline was much cleaner after doing this... tell me i'm awesome! haha

happy knitting!