By hook or crook

As you can see, I'm coming along on the wee aran.

Thanks to some very good help from Wanda, the owner of my LYS, Knitting Emporium, I was able to pick the stitches around the neck and knit the ribbed neckband.

I can't say enough good things about Wanda. I took a one-time class for this purpose specifically. I was seated around a table with five other knitters; all of us working on different projects and needing assistance with various techniques. Wanda worked the table, stopping at each of us to get us going. Whenever I had a question, she was right there.

Once I got home and finished the neck ribbing and seamed it up, I was left with the buttonholes for the left shoulder. CROCHET.

Now I've done a very little bit of crochet. I'm not a fan. I'm not overly fond of the fabric created and I find the directions and diagrams difficult to understand. But that's just me.

The other thing that has been most mystifying on this is finding the correct hook. I had a few hooks. Naturally none were the size specified by the pattern. I used the size closest which was a bit larger and I'm blaming it for the wavy buttonholes. {see how I slyly passed the buck!}

Standing in front of the crochet hooks at the Big Box and remembering the pattern called for a 2, I was stumped. The size 2 I was looking at was obviously way too large. I came home and found this chart, which confuses me more but which, I think, will help me choose.

This poor little sweater has had a long journey. I will be glad to get it out of my WIP pile!