A Gaggle Of Garter

The north-bound Geese have been flying overhead lately, making me think of the term 'gaggle of Geese'. I've decided that it's a good label for my 'all-garter-all-the-time' Tomten.

I am closing in on the end though. Last night I finished torque-free, sleeve number two and managed to complete the first of the finishing - the edging along both fronts and the collar. In garter stitch, naturally.

That means there are just three - but three big - details left, before I can call it complete.

The first is all those ends.

Should you ever decided to knit a Tomten Jacket, use just one yarn. My multi- yarn Tomten, knit from leftovers means a 'gaggle' of ends to be woven in.

Next will be the sewing of the sleeve seams, with their unusual connection to the body. Because of it's very narrow fronts, when Tomten is folded in half, back to fronts, 14 attached-to-nothing stitches are left to form the underarm.

The instructions say to sew those 14 stitches to the first 14 garter ridges of the sleeve. Leave it to Elizabeth to put an interesting twist on construction.

Last will be the zipper. Yes, I know, it doesn't need to be last but I have to work up to it.
I don't do zippers often so as I find them hard to do and the my attempts are not always successful often look crappy.

My hope is to accomplish these completion points quickly. I'm tired of listening to the knitterly equivalent of honking geese and want to see the end of this gaggle.