Culdesac Finishing Derby, Part I
The finishing commences!
So now the major finishing marathon starts with Culdesac. There's a lot of layers to the finishing work on this vest. The picture above shows the vest after the shoulder seams have been stitched together and the cables running up the neckline have been extended to just long enough to meet at the middle of the back neckline. This is probably the first time I've had to stitch reverse stockinette shoulder seams together. Probably it is also my last. I think next time I will just do the edges to be bound off in stockinette. Here's a closeup of my efforts:
Seaming reverse stockinette is not my favorite thing to do...
All in all it didn't come out too bad. After connecting those shoulders and knitting the extended cables, it was time to attach those cables to the back neckline.
The first cable gets attached to the back neckline
I'm pretty pleased with how the attachment process went. Joining the back center was a little rough simply because my cables ended in a place where there wasn't much pattern to join together, so the area just looks a little flattened out instead of being a place where the cables join nicely. But if I'd done fewer rows, it would have looked stretched. If I did more it would have looked bunched up. C'est la vie.
Culdesac neckline after cable attachment
This is the completed cabling attached to the neckline and connected at the back of the neck. Doesn't look like much yet. And actually, the cables are just the first part of the neckband. The second part is the garter stitch band that goes all the way alround the neckline. I'll be tackling the rest of those neck and armhold bands in stages... 141 picked up stitches, here I come!
Very nice job on the reverse stocking stitch seam...it's nearly invisible, and that's hard to do! Congratulations! This is going to be a beautiful garment.
WOWZA! Looking great, Theresa. You got that seaming done impeccably. (I personally like seaming when the selvedges are in reverse stockinette stitch. I think it's because I can't tell that stitches are more loosey goosey than others, unlike regular stockinette stitch. You know me...Ms. Anal-Retentive :-))
Lovely. I'm not ready to start yet. Only one textured project at a time for me I think. This one looks tough. You're doing an excellent job and I'm glad I'll have your notes when I make mine. Good luck with the picking up!
It's looking great.You're doing a wanderful job with the finishing.As Ms.Fuffa will tell you it makes all the difference & good finishing is like a puzzle...it requires creative solutions.
So far I've only seen one other Culdesac in blogworld,and yours is by far the superior article.
I love reading how you puzzle things out.It will look gorgeous on you.
Coming from you folks, the comments mean a lot. I must say that I am pretty pleased with my execution of Culdesac. I just wish I could take a day off of work, go buy buttons and get her all finished up.