Remember my mesh t-shirt I made a while back? Well, I wore it once and then tossed it in my repair bin. Not because it fell apart when I washed it, but because I didn’t like the way the bottom looked.

It was constantly riding up as I wore the shirt, plus it just looked unfinished as a raw edge:

So I decided to do something about it. I picked up stitches across the bottom at a ratio of 4 in every large space (I think it’s a chain 3 space?) and 1 in each small space (between two single crochet stitches).

Then I knit that in a 2×2 rib on size 4 needles for about an inch, bound off with Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off, and wove in the ends. Basically a 30-minute project that gives the piece the finished look it was missing.

Being 100% cotton yarn, the ribbing doesn’t actually hold anything in place. The extra inch seems to help in not feeling like the shirt is riding up all the time, though. Or perhaps that is thanks to the jeans I was wearing holding onto the new waistband. Either way, I’m liking the shirt much better now. Amazing how much difference something so small can make.