Would it make much difference...

[gardenmommy]

for the baby bolero, you seam the shouders, pick up and knit around the right front, neck, and left front, knit 3 rows and bind that off, THEN sew in the sleeves and seam up the sides and sleeves...can I do the sewing/seaming first then do the pick up and knit? I didn't know if it would affect the tension of the picked up stitches or the ease of handling it if I did the seaming first or not.

I only have a few inches to go on the right front, my last piece...I'm so excited to try the 3NBO on the shoulders! LOL

[Hildegard_von_Knittin]

The pick up and knit is for the collar? I'm not sure if that would affect the tension or not :thinking: It might affect how the bolero "hangs" though, IYKWIM, and that might change the position of the armpit area a little.

[Ingrid]

I don't think it would make any difference at all, personally.

[gardenmommy]

I decided to go ahead and pick up the stitches and finish the neck and front edges first, since I had 67 + 24 + 67 stitches on holders, plus 30 more on each neck edge to pick up, and I figured the holders would get in the way and be a pain and not let me lay things flat. So just have to finish the last row then bind off, THEN on to seaming. Yeah, I know I must be a sick, sick person, I'm looking forward to it. Maybe I can actually get it all done tomorrow!

[hlapollo]

I am also working on the bow-tied bolero, and have just re-made the right front piece for the 3rd time! I kept getting holes after knitting the stitches off of the holders. So I ripped it out and tried again without the slip stitches at the end of each purl row... and I still have holes! Are they supposed to be there? And on the other front piece, shouldn't I hide the wraps when I knit those stitches off of the holders? (the instructions don't mention hiding the wraps).

btw, I knit left handed, and wonder if that's the problem.... any help is appreciated!