I knit this on a whim, it was the only yarn I had enough of in my stash
to equal a clothing item. Now, that is no longer true to be sure- as
you'll note from my indulgent yarn purchases (each with a purpose, I
might add). This sweater was done and all the tails woven in but it had
some lag time as I had to decide if I wanted it to have buttons or
snaps. In the end I chose the snaps, big ones, which took me a long
time to sew on. Then, the snaps showed through the mohair, an effect
that was aesthetically unappealing. I tried to knit flowers to sew onto
the snap areas, but to not avail. My efforts did not produce anything
flower-like in nature. Then I thought, dots. I will knit dots. How, I'm
not sure, which led to trying to crochet dots with the Happy Hooker
book. These efforts did indeed yield a more palatable product- as a
result I am quite proud of my design solution and equally proud of the
seamless look acquired from sewing them on using the yarn tails and
sewing into just the outermost edge of the crochet v, in a most basic
way. Now if only the recipient is home tonight, I can deliver the
sweater with pride. The mom of this sweater gift had admired this
sweater for awhile, and really seemed to love it, so I hope she will
love it now, too.
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