Bee's Knees

I finished it!





I learned about steeks as I went. I picked up and knitted stitches along the front cut edges:


knit on them...


...till they were the right length.

Then, I tacked them down on the wrong side, affixing them to the stitch which I picked up. This makes a casing that the raw ends live in SO THEY CAN NEVER UNRAVEL. I hope they were listening.


Here is the finished knitted binding on the front:





Chris said it looked just like the picture in the book! Now, I must decide whether to do the hook closures, such are in the book, or whether to knit an i-cord frog and do the regular buttons.