To make this look like a bow, I had to shape the knitted ribbon. If I had knitted it straight and tied it, the knot would have looked clumsy and bulky. The strip of garter stitch was wavy and surprisingly long. I actually tied the knitting into a bow, and sewed it onto the felt.
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This yellow swatch turned out much better than I imagined it would. It uses several different kinds of Lion Brand yarn: Wool-Ease in two shades of yellow, Lion Cotton variegated yellow, Fun Fur in yellow, Trellis (the dark stripe), and Incredible, which is the variegated ribbon yarn.
It’s a swatch for a vest for 10-year-old (in 2005) Eva, who looks great in yellow.