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January 10, 2009 in Baby sweaters, Knitting by Kirsten
I made relatively good progress on the orange and yellow baby cardigan during the past week, but tonight ripped back to the 8th row after test blocking today:
See that puckering just below the garter stitch yoke? Even blocking will not fix that. It means I need to make the yoke deeper before each round of increases to avoid it. Sigh. The good news is that I really like the polka dots.
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January 12, 2009 at 7:27 am
Vickery
It looks like it fits you perfectly! the color is fab on you!