A Picture's Worth ??

The Chinese have known a lot of stuff about a lot of things for a lot of time. But I'm not sure that in this case a picture is worth much.

Laurie and Marie both commented on my newly-refinished Green Sweater with it's applied I-Cord. Marie asked if the sweater 'looked' any different and Laurie asked for pictures.

To answer Marie, the sweater looks much the same to me.

The I-Cord being knit with the same yarn as the sweater, doesn't stand out. When I did the first buttonhole 'loop' as the instruction page pictured it - like a little circle - it seemed bulky to me. So I made a design decision and created buttonhole 'openings' not loops.

The I-Cord was applied until arriving at the location for a buttonhole, then worked unattached for the distance of the buttonhole, then re-applied until the next buttonhole. It creates a very unobtrusive little opening. Lovely, I think.

Not being able to markedly see what was changed, many knitters might ask if it was worth the effort. Maybe this is where the picture is worth a thousand words, because, for me, the word is 'yes'.