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Last week, I pulled out my finishing basket and got to work catching up on some seams. First up, my Blue Jazz shirt. The greatly modified pattern is from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitter’s Almanac.. What modifications? Well a couple. I used an I-Cord border for the bottom of the sweater, in addition to the bottom of the sleeves. I like the way this lays flat, and by using two strip of border and picking up around them without seaming together, the inverted v of space I get gives the bottom of the shirt some flow, so it doesn’t pull across my belly so much. Also, this is my first time switching needle sizes about half way up, to result, just enough ease around my hips/belly, but pulled in nice and snug around my chest. I think it makes the sweater look more like a shapely t- hybred.

I wore this to my first weekend of classes on Saturday and felt fantastic. I have two more sweaters to show off in the next few days. I just need to seem up one more sleeve and I’m ready for winter!