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journeyman-tier-fibercraft · 17 days ago

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I realized I had forgotten to swatch for the button hole before starting the second sleeve. And an Hour later I have a swatch with 8 button holes before I got happy with how they look. The pattern basically says "make buttonhole" and I'm not experienced enough with garment knitting to go on just that.

I did manage to confirm that despite sizing up my yarn, I'm still going to need 1 inch/25mm buttons. I don't currently have 6 matching 25mm buttons that would look good with this yarn, so decisions have to be made. And unfortunately my brain has decided the best possible button would be a rose gold coloured shank back(?) button preferably that looks like an actual flower. Which, good luck to me for finding that relatively affordably.

I think I'm just going to knit the cardigan and decide once it's all sewn up. If it fits well and I think I'll wear it, I'll spend the money to get Nice buttons.

#swatching the button holes only took an hour of testing and writing and googling tutorials for things #but looking at buttons on ebay/etsy/random craft stores... that was three hours #i had fun tho tbh i love shopping :)#there IS novel reasons for the Ideal Buttons!!!#theres no actual description of buttons or anything. but still Novel Reasons #the Guy who Knit the Cardigan is representing by gold. like his hairs and eyes are described as golden regularly #i think its actually like a pale gold? but i think rose gold with the pinkish would look better with this pink #(i don't actually own anything rose gold i plan on taking a swatch with me to Somewhere with Rose gold to see them together)#also this is a designer pattern. the buttons deserve a bit of Class. i found some chanel buttons that would be great if i give up on flower #another thing about the Guy who Knits is that he like. CONSTANTLY is bringing the protag flowers. somehow not bl btw #off the top of my head i'm 100% sure he brings him carnations and i'm prettyyyyy sure roses?#sadly there's no canon colour on the carnations. the list of questions i have for the author grows every day #but the flower buttons Speak to me. maybe if i go for more simple buttons i can get a carnation applique or something #also i really really hope that i can read my own handwriting in the (v optimistic) two months it'll be before i knit the button bands

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