However there are other moments when the internet is super. The moments when it is super is when I can see how knitters interpret my designs, I love that!
To me a knitting pattern is something to make personal and to change to your own desires.
Belinda sent me these pictures of her Seymour cardigan from Noro Family.
She knitted it for her husband (whom she tells me loves the cardigan!).
Here are Belinda's explanation of how she changed it:
"I changed the look of the finished garment slightly - found it hung and looked better (probably something to do with my knitting) - folded the shawl collar all the way from bottom left front to bottom right front - thereby making it single breasted, and though not such a wide rib at the front; it made it lovely and thick - hence it hung better. (hope you don't mind). Please find attached a photo of the finished garment and another close-up of the buttons - (although, sadly, the flash on my camera has taken the colour from the buttons somewhat)."
Her husband made the buttons himself from yew Belinda collected. I think that's fantastic!!
"It's a present for my partner and he is making the buttons from a branch of yew wood I
collected. I thought that would finish it off nicely!!"
"I'm really pleased with the buttons - they suit the design. I polished them with burgundy
shoe polish and I think the colour couldn't be better!! We didn't bother trying to make them round - just went with the shape of the branch."
I *love* it! I have a Seymour that I wear in my attic when working and it gets a little chilly. It's great to know that while my Seymour is the same colour as Belinda's husband's we still have individual hand knits!
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