Y'know what looks kind of ugly on a nice sweater? The back of the zipper.
As Kate Davies demonstrated, the openings on cardigans are much better when ribbon or tape are added to reinforce edges and/or cover them. I've been meaning to take care of this on my Shepherd and Shearer sweaters.
Alas, I don't have access to the fantastic haberdashers of the UK, so I had to beetle on down to the local Joann's to see what I could find. Not a plethora of possibilities, but not bad.
For the Shearer, a leopard grosgrain
And for the Shepherd a really cool white ribbon with a subtle glint of gold, as understated and elegant as the leopard is crazy.
Each of the ribbons suits its sweater and makes it an even better garment and me a prouder knitter.
Love that leopard-skin gross grain ribbon !
ReplyDeleteI see that you have knitted the ribbing not in moss stitch, did you use the same number of stitches? I hate moss stitch and don't like the finished look on the Shepherd Hoody.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall what the pattern called for, but the picture shows that I used 5 stitches in the ribbing. One reason I ribbed instead of mossed is that I thought it was a better look with the straight line of the zipper.
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