Once again, it has been some time since my last post!
The separate pieces of the Aran sweater had been sitting around while I procrastinated the seaming.
But with December ending soon, I’m hoping to get it done within the year 🫡
I’ve just completed the seaming for (almost) all of the slanted boundaries where the raglan-style sleeves link up with the main front/back pieces. One seam (the back-left) is left open to be seamed later on.
Here’s what it looks like now:
Now things are a bit tidier since all 4 pieces are connected up into a single item.
There are still loose ends everywhere though 🥲 gonna be fun weaving those in at the end.
Seam Technique
I think my seaming generally comes out okay, but I could definitely work on that in the future.
To be honest, I’m not even sure I do it correctly, but I like the way the slanted boundary came out here so… 🤷♂️
Neckband / Collar
One of the last steps is making the neckband, which needs to be done to all the pieces at once.
That involves picking up the stitches that had been left on stitch holders, as well as picking up new stitches from any closed/cast-off edges.
I started on that and have done a bit of it, so hopefully that part will be done in a few days.
After that little neckband digression, the last part will be to seam everything up and weave in ends.
Then I’ll finally be free from this project and done with the year 😭
Mihir the Cable Guy 