Day 52, #CowParade project
The deadline for getting my finished cow back to Old Sturbridge Village is fast approaching! I have a little under 2 weeks until June 10th.
As of tonight, the sweater body is complete. I’ve also added the button bands and cut open the steek line to turn the tube into a cardigan.
I typically needle-felt along the steek before cutting, but I couldn’t find my needle felting kit. So I mustered up my courage and cut without any stabilizing first. Luckily, this is very sticky wool and it won’t unravel. Plus I picked up the button bands stitches which helps.
I don’t yet have the buttons sewn on, so the sweater is draping instead of snug against the cow’s belly.
See the gray yarn at the top and bottom edges? That’s locally spun wool from Hardwick sheep gifted to the project from some friends in town! I also actually have natural dyed wool spun from the sheep at Old Sturbridge Village that I’ll use on the sleeves.
Sharp-eyed readers may notice that the neck ribbing was originally green. I decided I liked the look of the natural yarn for all the ribbing so I threaded in a lifeline just below the neck band, cut the original band off, and redid the ribbing with the gray yarn.
Now for the sleeves, which will go quickly, as the circumference keeps decreasing as I knit down to the foot.
