I don’t comment often but I have learned so much from your technique videos. Thanks for sharing your expertise and helping us all become better knitters. 🌸
Thank you for this. I love the analytics section of your technique videos, they really help me to understand the knitted fabric and its construction better. Overall your technique videos really help to elevate my knitting to a more polished finish. Your videos and the work you put into them are very much appreciated and I hope that you yourself are keeping well also :)
This is by far the best video I have watched on how to avoid armhole gaps. Really useful and makes so much sense. I wouldn't even have thought to do a ssk on the otherside, I have just been doing ktog on both sides. Thank you so much for this.
Brilliant! I've been knitting for over 50 years but have only recently started knitting top down sweaters and this technique will improve my projects! Thanks, Roxanne.
I cannot believe how easy and simple this technique is!!! I used another technique to close up the gaps on one sleeve, however, could not duplicate it on the other sleeve and had a ginormous gaping hole. I tinked back and used your technique and it was absolutely flawless. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. A good teacher is absolutely priceless!
This tutorial was so easy to understand. Thank you for using the diagram, it helped! And showing how you weave in your yarn tail to help close any gaps.
I'm working my first knitted garment, a sweater tee, and had the holes in the first underarm. Your video is so clear and concise, you are a life saver!
Thank you for this. I have tried many ways, but never this one. I can’t wait to try this method. It looks great and as an accountant, I love your analytical explanations to knitting techniques. 🤓
This was sooooo helpful! I was just winging it when it comes to picking up stitches. Wow, did I have it wrong! Your demonstration was super clear. Many thanks 🙏
Thank you for this wonderful video. I'm working on my first sweater; I followed the pattern instructions for the first attempt. I wasn't happy with the results; I knew I could turn to you for a better way!!! Amazing success following your recipe! Thank you!!!!
I wished I could have seen this before I finished knitting my sleeves. Now I have to figure out how to fix the holes that I have. Thanks so much, I will use this the next time I knit sleeves.
Thank you so much for your instructional videos, this one in particular. I knit one sleeve and worried that I wouldn’t be able to close up the gaps. I ripped it out and started again trying to use the method I use to close the gaps in socks, it worked a bit better but not completely. I ripped out again and after watching your video I was able to follow your instructions, no gaps. 🎉. Thank you again!
I'm always thankful for your tutorials...whether I need them this minute or not...yours is my most visited knitting site because if there's some explanation / demonstration I need for any project I can almost always find it on your channel. 🤗 Thank you for this one.
This video was exactly what I needed to see today; I began work on a top-down sweater just this morning, and this topic was my only concern. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your clear explanation and demonstration. I’m working up the courage to attempt my first sweater, and this is something I’ve been concerned about.
I'm soooo grateful! You have such a delightful way of teaching... I'm a teacher myself and I learn a lot from you... Not only from your wonderfully clear explanations, but also the easygoing way of transfering knowledge. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Argentina
Oh my goodness!!!! You just made my day! Your explanation for the why helped me to finally understand how to avoid holes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Many thank for your video. I'm knitting my first sweater with bulky wool and was horrified by the size of the gaps under the sleeves. Didn't know what to do. Your video answered me. Wish me luck!
Thank you for such an informative tutorial. One day I will knit a top down sweater and I will look at this again. Thank you for sharing the technical information for screen changes, I didn't know that either. Very clever to cover everything. Take care.
Every new knitting project or languishing WIP calls for a refresher in some technique or the other and of course… … it’s time for a revisit with Rox’s tutorials. I’ve said it before … but I’ll say it again and again Thanks Rox! You definitely rock.😅❤❤❤
Thanks Roxanne! This was so clearly explained and comes at just the right time for me as I work on my first sweater with the type of construction you’ve described.
Thank you! I love your Technique Tuesday videos, have a number of them saved for easy reference, and have been known to send links to them to my sister. But THIS ONE, oh wow! It's so simple it makes me wonder why I never thought of it, and so well explained (the drawing of the Vs is PERFECT) that I know this will be the way I handle this type of underarm from here on out. Thanks again!
Thank you! This has been helpful! I was able to have no gaps on my first sleeve using this technique. I have a question though. My join is visible for sleeves. I am knitting in the round but it looks like i did not and I have a seam. I do not know the right term, is it a jog? Or it was just not an invisible join? I do not know how to search the mistake on the internet to improve.
I would suggest posting your question in my Ravelry group. There's a link to the group at the bottom of the video description. Start a new topic in the group, and upload a photo that shows the issue (you might find it easier to create a project in your Ravelry notebook and upload the photos there, first. You can then link to those photos from the discussion topic in the Ravelry group. It's "easier" because it's free. Uploading photos directly to the forums carries a cost of $5 per year.) Seeing a photo will allow us to see what the issue might be. It's possible that you just pulled your grafting thread too tight, which ends up reading like a seam in the fabric.
I'm almost finished with my first top down sweater. I noticed while picking up the underarm stitches that there were holes left, so I added extra stitches to fill those gaps. Not knowing better, I didn't remove those added stitches. I think it will be okay and anyway, I've finished the sweater except for weaving in the ends and closing the small remaining gaps under the arms. In looking for a tutorial on closing gaps, I came across your brilliant video. So for my next sweater, I'll follow your directions. I've never learned the duplicate stitches, so I will be sure to check out your other videos. Thank you for sharing these techniques with us!
You likely decreased sts for the sleeve as you worked your way toward the cuff, so it's all good. If you're happy with the result, then you should pat yourself on the back for figuring out a solution on your own! :-)
Amazing technique--thank you Roxanne!! BTW, did you use the 2-ply or the 4-ply MCN yarn, and could you explain the difference? I'm not confident when buying yarn on the internet. Looking for a top-down sweater yarn, and would appreciate your explanation.
I don't care for 2-ply yarns, and this one was a 4-ply. 2-ply yarns are flatter, and are good if you like to work lace that you're going to stretch when blocking (like for shawls), because the YOs will open up nicely. I tend to like rounder yarns, with 3 or 4 plies, just because of the sorts of stitch patterns I prefer (cables and knit/purl textures), so rounder yarns provide more stitch definition.
So brilliant! How did you know that (coincidentally) I just purchased this pattern as I have a new granddaughter who will be supplied with lovely things for years-related to my name as well. This is a keeper! Thank you Roxanne
Ok, I am so confused. After picking up that stitch "in the fabric, right before the decreases title card, have you knit around and come back to that first column of stitches that were held from when you separated the sleeves from the body?
Most patterns aren't going to instruct to use this technique. That's because they are either just calling for the most basic method of accomplishing the task in order simplify the instructions, or because the designer doesn't know a more refined method of doing it. You're always free as the knitter to modify or replace techniques the pattern tells you to use.
Hi By any chance you have the patter of this leaves yoke pattern. I have wanted to knit a sweater like this but can’t find any pattern just like this cardigan . Thanks for your help.
This is a fantastic tutorial! Thank you very much. I would love to see the corollary for a bottom up sweater. Is anything significantly different? I finished my vet first sweater last year, and it was a bottom up that ended up with small gaps - not enough that anytime else would really notice, but enough to bug me!
Did the sweater have some sort of yoke construction, like raglan or circular yoke? There are a couple of ways those might be joined, but typically, you're going to graft two sets of live sts together. I would use the yarn tails at either end of the graft to duplicate stitch across the opening, which will also weave in those tails.
I don’t comment often but I have learned so much from your technique videos. Thanks for sharing your expertise and helping us all become better knitters. 🌸
You are like a mechanic who understands how a car works, and I am merely a driver! Thank you for another fantastic video.
You are such a gift to the fiber community. Thank you for all the work that goes into these excellent videos!
Thanks, Marce! :-)
Thank you for this. I love the analytics section of your technique videos, they really help me to understand the knitted fabric and its construction better. Overall your technique videos really help to elevate my knitting to a more polished finish. Your videos and the work you put into them are very much appreciated and I hope that you yourself are keeping well also :)
This is by far the best video I have watched on how to avoid armhole gaps. Really useful and makes so much sense. I wouldn't even have thought to do a ssk on the otherside, I have just been doing ktog on both sides. Thank you so much for this.
Brilliant! I've been knitting for over 50 years but have only recently started knitting top down sweaters and this technique will improve my projects! Thanks, Roxanne.
I love the freeze frame with the graphics showing were to change settings and the chapter links. Also, thanks for the explanation in "Why Here".
I cannot believe how easy and simple this technique is!!! I used another technique to close up the gaps on one sleeve, however, could not duplicate it on the other sleeve and had a ginormous gaping hole. I tinked back and used your technique and it was absolutely flawless. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. A good teacher is absolutely priceless!
This tutorial was so easy to understand. Thank you for using the diagram, it helped! And showing how you weave in your yarn tail to help close any gaps.
Definitely saving this to watch later as I learn better by doing it. This is my main problem making my favorite - top down sweaters
Thank you so much for this video. So clear, simple and well-explained. For the first time no under arm holes! 🎉
Thank you for showing what you are doing super close up!
I'm working my first knitted garment, a sweater tee, and had the holes in the first underarm. Your video is so clear and concise, you are a life saver!
This is such an easy method that works. I’m so glad to not have gaps in my sweater sleeves anymore!
Thank you. The underarm can be a tricky area. This technique seems so much better than just sewing the holes together. 🇬🇧
Thank you for this. I have tried many ways, but never this one. I can’t wait to try this method. It looks great and as an accountant, I love your analytical explanations to knitting techniques. 🤓
I totally share your comment❣️ Thks from 🎌 where I would be lost 🥰
Wish I could post a picture. Your instructions yielded perfect results. Thanks so much!
This was an awesome demonstration of closing the arm gap. Thank you so much. ❤️
I'm knitting my first sweater and had gaping holes in the pits. This fixed my issue. Thanks!!
Thank you so much! That diagram of where to pick up stitches is pure gold! My two daughters are knitters and they recommended your channel to me.
Wow. Thank you so much for the explanation along with the demonstration. So helpful and interesting!
Roxanne, I've been knitting for many years, but I always learn something new from you. Thanks.
Thank you so much.!!! I treasure this video of yours.!!! ❤
This was sooooo helpful! I was just winging it when it comes to picking up stitches. Wow, did I have it wrong! Your demonstration was super clear. Many thanks 🙏
Thank you for this wonderful video. I'm working on my first sweater; I followed the pattern instructions for the first attempt. I wasn't happy with the results; I knew I could turn to you for a better way!!! Amazing success following your recipe! Thank you!!!!
Thank you so much for this wonderful instruction. It has given me new confidence with underarms.
I wished I could have seen this before I finished knitting my sleeves. Now I have to figure out how to fix the holes that I have. Thanks so much, I will use this the next time I knit sleeves.
Thank you so much for your instructional videos, this one in particular. I knit one sleeve and worried that I wouldn’t be able to close up the gaps. I ripped it out and started again trying to use the method I use to close the gaps in socks, it worked a bit better but not completely. I ripped out again and after watching your video I was able to follow your instructions, no gaps. 🎉. Thank you again!
Wowwwww it’s amazing. Thank you very much. You always have nice explanations and it is so easy to easy to understand. Thank’s again. Happy knitting 🧶
Extremely clear instructions. Thank you
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. I now use your method all the time for the underarm, and it comes out beautiful, no more holes.
Thank you
I'm always thankful for your tutorials...whether I need them this minute or not...yours is my most visited knitting site because if there's some
explanation / demonstration I need for any project I can almost always find it on your channel.
🤗 Thank you for this one.
You are wonderful 🥰Thanks, Roxanne! ❤️
This video was exactly what I needed to see today; I began work on a top-down sweater just this morning, and this topic was my only concern. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much for your clear explanation and demonstration. I’m working up the courage to attempt my first sweater, and this is something I’ve been concerned about.
Your videos are invaluable to the knitting community! Thank you so much. When you miss a week, I really miss you and your video.
How are you Lesley
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! Greetings from Austria 🙂
Such a clear explanation - thank you!
Just when you think you know it all, Ya gotta love technique Tuesdays.
I'm soooo grateful! You have such a delightful way of teaching... I'm a teacher myself and I learn a lot from you... Not only from your wonderfully clear explanations, but also the easygoing way of transfering knowledge. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Argentina
Wow! You are and awesome instructor! Thank you so much for this!
the best explanation and resolution I've seen. Thank you!
This technique works brilliantly. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
Oh my goodness!!!! You just made my day! Your explanation for the why helped me to finally understand how to avoid holes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You are such a great teacher, I value your input, and will be back to binge this winter😘♥️🦋
Your videos are Amazing! Your explanations are just perfect xx Thank you
Thank you Roxanne for teaching us God bless you
This video is brilliant.....just what I needed. Thank you!
Many thank for your video. I'm knitting my first sweater with bulky wool and was horrified by the size of the gaps under the sleeves. Didn't know what to do. Your video answered me. Wish me luck!
Good morning from Japan. Thks so much for this visual analytical EASY UNDERSTANDABLE VIDEO. YOU ARE FAB ❣️
Good night Roxanne❣️ My day Jun 15 starting over here❣️
Thank you for the great video. I have not made a sweater or sleeves. This instruction was informative!
Thank you So much!! Best video on picking up stitches on the underarm- maybe I can do it!!
thank you for that demo. It's very clear and easy to understand the process.
Thank you. So easy, so clearly demonstrated.
Thank you for such an informative tutorial. One day I will knit a top down sweater and I will look at this again. Thank you for sharing the technical information for screen changes, I didn't know that either. Very clever to cover everything. Take care.
Do you have a Technique video for closing the hole when knitting bottom up yoked sweater? Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful expertise!
Thanks for another great tutorial Roxanne!🤗😊
Thanks so much! This video helps so much.
Thank you for this demonstration.
great tip. Thank you so much
Every new knitting project or languishing WIP calls for a refresher in some technique or the other and of course… … it’s time for a revisit with Rox’s tutorials. I’ve said it before … but I’ll say it again and again Thanks Rox! You definitely rock.😅❤❤❤
Just what I needed, as I am doing my first top down sweater and finishing up the body, so I will be ready for this step soon!
You are an amazing teacher. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Great explanation! It really helped me!
Fantastic timing I’m on the yoke of my first top down raglan. Thank you so much
Thank you for your clear instructions
Great episode!
Thank you 😊
Thank you!!! These gaos have been bugging me for ages!!!
Thanks Roxanne! This was so clearly explained and comes at just the right time for me as I work on my first sweater with the type of construction you’ve described.
Thank you! I love your Technique Tuesday videos, have a number of them saved for easy reference, and have been known to send links to them to my sister. But THIS ONE, oh wow! It's so simple it makes me wonder why I never thought of it, and so well explained (the drawing of the Vs is PERFECT) that I know this will be the way I handle this type of underarm from here on out. Thanks again!
I did the first arm and it turned out perfectly. Doing the other today.
You are BRILLIANT this is so helpful. Thank you!!🩷
Thank you! This has been helpful! I was able to have no gaps on my first sleeve using this technique. I have a question though. My join is visible for sleeves. I am knitting in the round but it looks like i did not and I have a seam. I do not know the right term, is it a jog? Or it was just not an invisible join? I do not know how to search the mistake on the internet to improve.
I would suggest posting your question in my Ravelry group. There's a link to the group at the bottom of the video description. Start a new topic in the group, and upload a photo that shows the issue (you might find it easier to create a project in your Ravelry notebook and upload the photos there, first. You can then link to those photos from the discussion topic in the Ravelry group. It's "easier" because it's free. Uploading photos directly to the forums carries a cost of $5 per year.) Seeing a photo will allow us to see what the issue might be. It's possible that you just pulled your grafting thread too tight, which ends up reading like a seam in the fabric.
Knitting sweaters from the top down has it's perks and some minor hiccups. Thank you for sharing this technique with all of us.
Sending prayers and thoughts your way. Please take all the time you need. Your health is more important. Thank you for letting us know your situation.
Wow, your videos are so thoughtful and thorough! Just discovered your channel, but I'm excited to watch more as I plan my first sweater!
I'm almost finished with my first top down sweater. I noticed while picking up the underarm stitches that there were holes left, so I added extra stitches to fill those gaps. Not knowing better, I didn't remove those added stitches. I think it will be okay and anyway, I've finished the sweater except for weaving in the ends and closing the small remaining gaps under the arms. In looking for a tutorial on closing gaps, I came across your brilliant video. So for my next sweater, I'll follow your directions. I've never learned the duplicate stitches, so I will be sure to check out your other videos. Thank you for sharing these techniques with us!
You likely decreased sts for the sleeve as you worked your way toward the cuff, so it's all good. If you're happy with the result, then you should pat yourself on the back for figuring out a solution on your own! :-)
Thanks for the awesome video
Fabulous techniques, thank you!
Amazing technique--thank you Roxanne!! BTW, did you use the 2-ply or the 4-ply MCN yarn, and could you explain the difference? I'm not confident when buying yarn on the internet. Looking for a top-down sweater yarn, and would appreciate your explanation.
I don't care for 2-ply yarns, and this one was a 4-ply. 2-ply yarns are flatter, and are good if you like to work lace that you're going to stretch when blocking (like for shawls), because the YOs will open up nicely. I tend to like rounder yarns, with 3 or 4 plies, just because of the sorts of stitch patterns I prefer (cables and knit/purl textures), so rounder yarns provide more stitch definition.
Thanks!
Welcome!
So brilliant! How did you know that (coincidentally) I just purchased this pattern as I have a new granddaughter who will be supplied with lovely things for years-related to my name as well. This is a keeper! Thank you Roxanne
Brilliant! And so clearly explained! Thank you so much!
Hope you learn from your watch
Very very useful tip. Thank you!New subscriber here!!!
So when we are working the other sleeve, the stitches are in the reverse order. Does this mean we reverse the knit 2 together and the SSK?
I have a top down pattern that doesn’t pick up stitches it just goes back to the sleeve stitches. Does this method work for that?
Ok, I am so confused. After picking up that stitch "in the fabric, right before the decreases title card, have you knit around and come back to that first column of stitches that were held from when you separated the sleeves from the body?
Works great for thumbs on mittens or gloves, too!
Thank you an excellent explanation
Hello. Do you have a sweater knit along? Thank you for the excellent content!
I'm so glad you like my content! I do not have a sweater KAL.
I always wound up picking up 2 extra sts at each edge for fear of gaps 🤔will try this next time!
Lovely, thank you so much!
Roxanne, thank you from São Paulo,Brasil
How’s life there in Brazil 🇧🇷
Thank you for explaining so clearly this technique , the pattern I’m using however doesn’t tell you to make those extra stitches under arm
Most patterns aren't going to instruct to use this technique. That's because they are either just calling for the most basic method of accomplishing the task in order simplify the instructions, or because the designer doesn't know a more refined method of doing it. You're always free as the knitter to modify or replace techniques the pattern tells you to use.
Thank you so much for this tip. 😊
Great tip. Will be very helpful.
THANK YOU!!!❤
Hi By any chance you have the patter of this leaves yoke pattern. I have wanted to knit a sweater like this but can’t find any pattern just like this cardigan . Thanks for your help.
I put a link to the Ravelry pattern page in the description.
Muchas gracias
This is a fantastic tutorial! Thank you very much. I would love to see the corollary for a bottom up sweater. Is anything significantly different? I finished my vet first sweater last year, and it was a bottom up that ended up with small gaps - not enough that anytime else would really notice, but enough to bug me!
Did the sweater have some sort of yoke construction, like raglan or circular yoke? There are a couple of ways those might be joined, but typically, you're going to graft two sets of live sts together. I would use the yarn tails at either end of the graft to duplicate stitch across the opening, which will also weave in those tails.