Steeked baby sweater

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I finished the little baby sweater I made to try a steek. The yarn is Brown Sheep Company Nature Spun (100% wool, sport weight). Many thanks to Ingrid for her sticky and the help she gave to answer questions giving me the confidence for my first attempt at this technique.

I used Eunny Jang’s tutorial for a hand sewn steek. I didn’t think it was hard, just time consuming. I have always been willing to do hand sewing so this wasn’t too great a stretch for me. :wink: I thought it worked just fine, but I don’t have anything to compare it to.:lol:

I found the little 11 stitch repeat that I used for the overall pattern stitch on one of the links available at Brigittes Knitting Page.

And one that shows the inside and what I did to finish off the steeks. This explains the look the sweater has, that it has shoulder pads. :lol:

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That is so cute… I am too much of a chicken to attempt a sweater. It looks great!

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It looks fabulous! A baby sweater is great way to attempt it! I was wondering how the steeks were finished off, too. You did a good job!

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STUNNING!!!:cheering:

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that looks great. I want to try steeks but it seems a little scarey.(alot scarey)

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Great job.

I just learned about Steeks a bit ago, wish I would’ve known sooner. Great idea.

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Really great job and really beautiful! :sun:

Could you explain a bit about the finishing off? I’ve read lots of descriptions fo how to steak but not how to neat the edges.

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Congrats on successfully doing steeks. I’ve not become so brave yet. I LOVE this color choice and ADORE the pattern repeat!!!

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Could you explain a bit about the finishing off? I’ve read lots of descriptions fo how to steak but not how to neat the edges.

I think I read you could tack them down with yarn or sewing thread and I did it with thread. The steek kind of wants to roll in a bit and I let the edge where it had been sewn turn under (and helped it where needed) and sewed it with a similar color thread to one of the colors I knitted with. I divided the yarn on the back side as I tacked it down and it doesn’t show on the front at all.

Thanks everyone for the comments.

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Gorgeous! You deserve a pat on the back for this, honestly. It’s just a beautiful sweater, I wish it was human sized, I would wear it!

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That looks wonderful! I love that pattern.:inlove:

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What a beautiful little sweater. The colorwork is perfect. Great job!

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All I can say to this is:
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Thanks everyone. It is far from perfect. The thing I had the most trouble with was getting the Fair Isle to look nice on the sleeves. I did one on 2 circulars and the other on 4 double points, but it looked weird either way up at the top of the shoulders. I’m not sure what was going on with that. On the circs, it was where I made one of the needle changes, but with the dps I made several needle changes, but only that one looked bad. It is harder to do the stretching needed to get the FI nice when you have to change needles. :eyes: Any tips?

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ohhhhhhh, it actually took my breath away for a second!! Just beautiful!

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wow that looks so good.

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It is just gorgeous! Awesome job!

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Soo impressive!! That is one technique I sooo want to try sometime. :smiley: You did an amazing job! :yay:

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:passedout: that is so pretty!! I haven’t tried steeking yet never thought of trying it out on a baby sweater first… you did a great job :thumbsup:

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That is gorgeous! I have read a lot about steeks but have yet to try one.