Jofrog is Knitfrog!
November 14 2005
'tis the season, for lots of FOs! There are always a lot of projects around here that are just waiting for a few finishing touches, but without a deadline, I'll go on to the next knitting project, rather than finishing them up. It's always a great feeling when I go back to something I've put down to see that all I needed to do was knit six rows of button band and seam it up. Another FO?
These Bouton d'Or books are hard to find. This one, I know, is out of print. I look for them whenever I go into a yarn store. If they have any of the kid ones I snatch them up. These books have the cutest kid things, many with sizes going up to 10 or 12 years old. The one thing to watch for is every one has some problems in the text. Last one the stated gauge was SO FAR OFF that my sweater would have been totally out of proportion without recalculating. This one the charts were mislabled and the directions for the shoulders, colar, and button bands were sketchy at best. Another woman I know is working on one that between the front and back switched which side the shoulder buttons were. These patterns are not for the faint of heart. Expect to take time reading through, reading through again, and then re-interpreting. If you do, and can, you will be rewarded with the cutest little sweaters that always make me go running back to knit another!
