Friday, January 06, 2006

Oregon vest

The dreaded zipper application in my sister’s vest --

I thought about trying to sew it in with the sewing machine, but after consulting several books and websites, decided to do it by hand. It involves pinning the zipper in place, backstitching it to the vest, and then whip-stitching the edge of the zipper down.






And here’s the whole vest, relaxing in a chair on the deck:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Julie, I saw your question about the Here and There Cables Scarf at the Scarf Style KAL. I had the same question and the answer is that the pattern is a multiple of 18+2. Read about it here:
http://www.knittersreview.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=47037

Hope this helps.
Becky

Julie said...

Thanks, but that wasn't me.

Anonymous said...

Oops, sorry!

Becky