The baby kimono from Mason Dixon knitting is finished, and ready for the baby shower tomorrow. It's hard to see since they're rather washed out in all the photos I took, but it has bunny buttons (securely sewn on), which I'm very fond of. The pattern calls for ribbon ties, but there are some really great buttons out there. I stuck with ribbon ties for the inside front flap.I also kind of finished the placket neck pullover, except that I'm not very happy with it. After a brief rinse and block, the stitches look quite uneven and sloppy, not what I'd want to give anyone for a gift.
It's Pure Soysilk on size 5 needles, but now it looks like it should have been size 4. Not quite sure right now what I'll do with it. The soysilk still feels lovely, though. 
4 comments:
The kimono is just darling! What yarn did you use, again?
If a more aggressive blocking doesn't take care of the Soysilk, I'm out of suggestions. There's not a whole lot you can do for silk, in my experience anyway. :-/
Ahh! That kimono is so cute! I can tell the buttons are bunnies, too... what a great little touch. :)
Oops, the kimono was made from Rowan Handknit cotton, a lovely fiber to work with. zeno97
LOVE the bunny buttons! I see what you mean about the silk sweater. What are the washing instructions? I've found that sometimes I can get away with a gentle wash cycle and low-heat dry in the dryer to firm things up a bit. But I've never done that with anything silk.
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