Comments on: Stylin’ Saturday

By: Chappysmom » All But the Button

Chappysmom » All But the Button — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:36:50 +0000

[...] course, I haven’t sewn the button on yet, and you never know, I might hate [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:18:26 +0000

That sure doesn’t look like 6 rows. Everything Yarnaholic said makes total sense to me. I always think my hair looks weird when I leave the salon. All the gels and the way the cut is styled freaks me out sometimes. I haven’t checked your more recent posts to see how it all came out.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:42:46 +0000

The button you purchased is very cool. I personally would do an actual buttonhole. I think if the snap isn’t strong enough it would constantly pop open. I like the feeling of security with my cardigans!

By: Patty

Patty — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:26:48 +0000

I tell my hairdresser not to put anything in when she’s done then go home and finish it myself. I hope you’re happy with your hair. Love you!

By: --Deb

--Deb — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:41:01 +0000

I can more or less count on one hand the number of times I’ve walked out of a salon happy with the way my hair looked right THEN. But, ultimately, it’s the cut that matters. I’d rather have my hair look ridiculous the day of a cut but good for all the rest of the time than to LOVE the way the stylist does it and spend all the rest of my time miserable because I can’t reproduce it. (grin)

By: norma

norma — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:39:14 +0000

Aren’t we supposed to come out of the salon feeling BETTER? I have the same problem — she makes my top and my bangs REALLY FLAT, and adds so much goop it’s ridiculous. It’s always fine when I do it myself, but what is up with that?

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:26:17 +0000

good luck on the haircut! Cute button!

By: Carrie K

Carrie K — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:41:11 +0000

Chris has a point about the button placement. Maybe it was a typo and they meant 6 garter ridges, but it does look like it’s at least 8. Anyone who has knit it on Ravelry able to help out? It’s cute.

Sounds like you got a good haircut! Hopefully.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:02:06 +0000

Hmm. Button placement is going to be really tricky – too low and it’s going to gape, too high and it’s going to stretch. Maybe that’s why they didn’t use an actual button hole? Gives them some placement flexibility.

By: --Deb

--Deb — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:28:14 +0000

The pattern says something to the effect of stitching the “ribbing” to the fronts so that it completes a garter ridge . . . I’m not entirely sure how that’s supposed to happen when one is knit in one direction and the other in the opposite, but that’s what it says! But that’s why I could conceive that the instructions should say 16 instead of 6 . . . just missing the “1.” But also, I don’t really see how seaming the “live” stitches to the finished edge would really be any different than picking them up there in the first place, in terms of bulk.

One of the two complete ones on Ravelry did have the button lower. That’s actually the other, tricky part to turning this into “real” button bands . . . how do I decide exactly where to put that buttonhole! (grin)