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Well, it's done! We went and picked out buttons, and I'm thrilled with how it came out!

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As I mentioned in the last post, I made some modifications, the most obvious being that I added a button placket instead of the split neck in the pattern. It *mostly* worked. I have some issues to fix in the one I'm making for C, the main one being that I did way too much garter stitch before splitting, and had to put a "fake" button down there. Because of this the top button is too high as well. I think it still looks okay, though. Here are some shots of the button placket buttoned and open, in case anyone else wants to try it. I k1/yo'ed to make an extra 5 stitches at the placket, held the extras to the back, and worked the sweater back and forth with the back stitches on a DPN until the split was big enough that I could put all of the stitches on the circular without it stretching too much.

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I really love the colors he chose, and the whole thing was really fun to knit. I have one for C on the needles already, but I see many more in my future after that. It's a great pattern!

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Pattern: Wonderful Wallaby, by Carol A. Anderson (I got it at my LYS)
Yarn: Berroco Comfort, in 9741 Bitter Sweet, 9755 Wild Cherry, and 9731 Kidz Orange
Needles: US7/4.5mm for most of it, but the arm cuffs were US5, and then US6 from wrist to elbow to taper the sleeves a bit.
Gauge: 5 st/in in stockinette on US7
Dates: 8/30/08 - 9/27/08
Notes: See my previous entry for a list of my modifications.

And now on to Wallaby #2!