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Baby Cardigan Bewilderment

Posted on 12/05/2007 by Andrea | Comments (7)
Filed under : Knitting

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I've got the Yarni Baby Cardigan finished. The second sleeve and collar knit up at a record pace as I eyed the ever-diminishing ball of yarn I was knitting with. I was sure I was going to run out of yarn, though I should have had more faith in the pattern, which was written for this exact yarn. Paranoia set in, though, and I knew I'd be out of luck if I did run out of yarn because this is a unique hand-dyed skein of yarn.

My fears were unfounded, and I finished the sweater with ample yarn to spare. I'm kind of glad I was so paranoid about it because I knit like crazy, just so I could find out if I was going to have enough yarn. And then I was done, so very quickly.

Now I have a dilemma. I don't know what buttons to use.

The one on the left was the first button I picked out. I really wanted a light green button to bring out the green color in the yarn and to tone down the pinkness of it, since the mom of the recipient of this gift isn't into super pink girlie stuff, and this is pretty girlie as it is.

However, it occurred to me later that square buttons with kind of sharp corners probably isn't the best thing to put on a garment for a baby. Duh!

So I picked out the second button, the little white flowers. I probably shouldn't have bought these buttons because it was definitely a moment of settling for the not-quite-right thing, in the desire to just get this done. I still want something green.

I'll be at Borealis Yarns tomorrow taking a felted clogs class (yay!), so I'll bring this along and hopefully they'll have a suitable light green button. In the meantime, what do you think? Do you think either of these buttons would work?

7 Comments

I wouldn't be too worried about that little square button. I doubt that it's sharp enough to scratch baby. I like the green cast better than the shiny white of the flower button. You might consider small mother-of-pearl buttons. They often have a creamy tone with greenish, pinkish, or grayish tones, ribbons or swirls mixed in.

- said Mom (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)

Love the green one!

- said Miss T (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)

I love the green one too. I'm still a little worried about the corners. If I don't see any good alternative at Borealis, though, maybe I'll just use these.

- said andrea (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)

I like the green one, too. And I like the square shape, too...how it sort of contrasts with the lacy fabric.

- said Kelly (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)

Go for the green -- the sweater turned out beautifully, and I really like the contrast of the square with the lace, too. Don't worry about the corners.

- said mary lou (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)

Green square, especially since you're not wanting girly.

- said Leslie (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)

I like the green ones because they're different. The white ones stand out more, though, and are more traditional- but also more girly.

- said Carlisle (12/05/2007, 10:56 AM)