I did the last bit of sewing on my ReKAL project a few days ago in a hotel room. My husband turned the air-conditioning way, way low, and I was freezing. I kept dozing, there in the cold, and sewing the binding whenever I woke up. Finally, the last stitch was done. Hurray! This is a dual-duty project, for ReKAL and for an article I’m writing for Sew News magazine. It will be out in November.
Here’s a detail. I always take my knit/sew projects to Joy’s Fabrics in Stephenville, Texas, because Joy helps me find the perfect lining and binding fabric. She knows her stock very well, and she’s willing to take down bolts and bolts of fabric until we find just the right one.
Oh, I just realized that I never published a picture of the original sweater! It was a wool sweater I found at Goodwill in Houston:
