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ripped again.

Thanks everybody for the helpful suggestions on the collar. Unfortunately, when I tried it on in the Light of Day, it became clear that ripping it is the only solution. Therefore, I have stuffed the whole thing into a plastic bag and it is currently hiding under my living room chair... or maybe under the computer hutch. It's around somewhere but I'm concentrating on other messes for now while I get up the patience to redo. .

um, om, kind of.

I just finished weaving in the ends on the om sweater. All except the very last end, because I need your help and I may have to rip. This is the om shawl collar, which looks quite plain laid out flat. It looks nice on me, so I'm not worried about that. I frogged my first collar attempt, because I didn't like the way it joined the front bands. To fix it I picked up along the entire length of the front using three circular needles and knit the front bands and collar in one piece. So far so good; the bands aren't rippling or pinching, and the collar is a nice healthy size to turn up or down. In the above picture it looks almost well behaved, but of course what it wants to do is this

For some reason, I don't want ribbing on the edge of the collar. (is that so wrong?) I bound off in k1 p1 rib, to avoid curling, but it may not be enough. Of course I know stockinette wants to curl but I thought I might be able to get away with a plain stockinette collar just once. (why would I think that!) Still--is this just plain impossible? Do I have to add ribbing or seed stitch to the edges? Will nothing else stop them misbehaving? Can it be blocked into submission? The yarn is 100% cotton. Also, about the picked up edges: is there any way to force them to stay to the inside, short of basting them down?

I guess I'll wear this sweater around the house a little, with the unwoven end dangling, to see how it behaves. If it just won't stop curling I suppose I'll have to give in and rib the edge of the collar. Does anyone have any idea what are the fewest number of rows of ribbing I could get away with? Maybe I need to rip it again and rib the whole thing. Woe is me.