Shruggums

This little pile of yarn off cuts can only mean one thing!! .....

I've woven in all the ends or my shrug so far and SEAMED one of the shoulders!! EEEEeeee!! I'm very much on my way to my first hand-knitting garment! A real garment!!

*dances about with much enthusiasm*

I'm not sure if it will be that long, being that I'm only "wearing" one side, and no collar ribbing yet - but I just HAD to try it on! It's a real sleeve now!!

I know the flash is too bright.. but can you see my seam?! Doesn't it blend in SO well!! I'm so SO very impressed with the wonders of mattress stitch! I had been hesitant to give it a go after bastardising my first attempt when seaming up Skoot's beanie from handspun - but now I blame the irregularity of the knitted handspun fabric, because this is working brilliantly!

My only digruntled-ness is at the cuff/arm join there - you can see the wonky part of the rib. I'd been pulling the fabric taut as I went - sewing a little, drawing it tight, sewing a little more etc.. Then I got all the way to the red, tied off my yellow yarn and *gasp* No! I'd forgotten to pull up the last excess yarn loop from drawing the bottom section taut! So I tried to pull it from the top, but it kinked up the top stitches from where I'd tied off my yarn *pout* Nevermind! That's the only error I made so far so I'm happy with that! So tonight I'm onto the next sleeve! Ooooeer it's exciting!! =D