Kangaroo pouch sweater

#1

Hi everyone, I’m just about finishing a jumper for my grandson Bergere de France Sonora 16 Kangaroo pouch sweater, but I have a few queries.

  1. Back shoulder and neck , cast off 3 stitches at neck edge, work to last 3 (…) sts & put these on a stitch holder with the other 3 stitches from previous section. it carries on to place another 2 sets of 4 st onto the holder. My problem is that I have small holes appearing when I carry on in st st to finish the button border as a result of knitting the stitches on the holder.

2.Is there a simpler way of finishing the neck band without having to make a separate band and grafting on, or is this the best way?

3 In To Make Up it mentions making buttonholes without cutting thread and that the instructions are in book 2 which I don’t have can you please help?

As an aside, I asked about knitting with 2 strands of cotton yarn for a cardigan, unfortunately had too many distractions to complete but still on hold!!!

#2

One way to avoid the holes is to work a short row technique (wrap&turn, German short rows, shadow wrap, etc.)

It would be easier to pick up and knit sts for the neckband from bound off edges around the neck. Leave the left shoulder open and work that neck side buttonhole into the neckband so that it is in line with the buttonholes on the left shoulder (even if the buttonhole slit is oriented differently).

They might be referring to a one row buttonhole although even a yarn over, k2tog is worked without cutting yarn. There are more complicated buttonholes which would require cutting the yarn but they are not needed here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2vrY7977Xw


(The pattern is available for free at Lovecrafts.)

You’ll get back to the cardigan, I’m sure. Sometimes other projects just get priority.

#3

Thank you once again salmonmac, i thought I could pick up the stitches around the neck but needed reassurance ! I shall take your advice and use the yarn over to make the buttonholes.
The design seems to be more complicated than it needs to be! Thank you.

#4

The yarn over buttonhole works ok although I really like the one row. A bit more complicated but a lovely result.
Have fun with this sweater which is adorable and with the pouch, every kid’s favorite.

#5

Hello
I think this could be referring to a method of “afterthought button holes”. The info you say is in the making up section, not in the knitting or button band section so this suggests the holes are made later when the knitting is complete.
There are a number of ways of working afterthought buttonholes, some involve snipping the knitting and some are no-cut methods, the language use is another reason I think it could be an afterthought buttonhole method.
Here’s a tutorial for one method, she says there were 4 methods in a magazine she has, this is just one.

I see that you have decided to make the buttonholes whilst working the button band which is fine of course, it will be a nice finish and patterns can always be adapted for how we prefer them to be, that’s the beauty of being hand made, we can decide.
I’m wearing a cardigan I used the afterthought method on and it’s great, can’t tell they were done afterwards, very neat. I wanted the option to decide at the end whether to have 3, 4 or 5 buttons and where to position them.

If nothing else I hope this answers what the pattern may have been referring to in book 2 which you don’t have.

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#6

Thank you creations for your advice, this is all new to me so its something I can retain for future reference as it seems really useful. Thank you.

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#7

I have a PDF I downloaded from Bergere de France a while ago. It describes “no-cut buttonholes” as follows:

Using a sewing needle, pick up the horizontal strand of the stitch where you want to place the buttonhole, pull it up and attach it 2 rows higher with a few little stitches on the wrong side of the work. Repeat with the horizontal strand below the first strand, and attach it in the same way 2 rows down.

Unfortunately it doesn’t have an illustration, but any large knitting reference book should have this technique should you wish to look it up.

But knitted-in buttonholes are good too!

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#8

Thank you kushami, its always good and helpful to have a different way of doing things ! thank you for sharing.

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