How To Knit a Sweater Top Down - Part 2 - How I Plan For & Knit A Sweater
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2020
- In this video I continue my discussion about how I knit a sweater top down. I go through the process of picking the size of the sweater from the pattern to knit, what I think about as I am knitting and I detail my process for using the gauge that I have to make the sweater pattern work for me even if I do not match the gauge in the pattern. Come talk sweaters with me and see how I go about my process to knit a sweater top down that I will love!
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If you haven't seen part 1, be sure to check it out: th-cam.com/video/k6fv8xBS-Bk/w-d-xo.html
This video was extremely helpful. I'm a guy with wide shoulders and a small waist. I never thought of measuring a shirt that I like the fit of. Thanks 🙂
For the cast on/off: Tubular cast on and tubular cast off: I find them strong enough to keep their shape but also very stretchy to put the sweater on, they also work for hats and for cuffs (both of socks and sleeves)
Good idea! I am not the biggest fan of doing the tubular cast-on, but I think I should get over it and do it anyways. It's such a small part of the process and that little bit of annoyance will make for a more enjoyable sweater in the long run! Thanks for the tip :-)
@@DrowninginYarn Also look into the Italian cast on for 1x1 rib. I am a big fan of the sewn bind-off. Purl Soho has some tutorial videos, if you're interested: www.purlsoho.com/create/ribbed-sewn-bind-off-1x1/
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Thank you for all this great information!! I’ve been trying to decide which pattern for my first sweater and now you’ve given me more information than anyone else! Thank you so much!!
Sleeve measuring is pain, but when right makes me one happy knitter 👌🏽 I find that measuring under your arm pit to the desired legnth at your wrist/hand, on a bottom up sweater works.
Your passion is infectious and I love your streams! Thank you for sharing your talent!
Thank you for all the useful info. Busy with my first topdown raglan and super nervous but enjoying it 😊
Great advice on sizing! Thanks so much Caleb!
such an absolutely fabulous explanation for knitting a sweater. Completely understandable! Thanks!
This is a great video. I wasn't sure what questions to ask as a new knitter. The tapering information is excellent and worth a like and sub!
Hi Caleb. Found you about 2 days ago and am loving your videos. Trying to catch up and following your amazing journey in knitting. Thank you for sharing. I’m inspired from watching what you have accomplished.
Thanks for the videos! I love your discussion on sweater creating. 😁
Thank you!
Really like your videos, you’re so calming to watch. Very enjoyable. Love your advice at the end. I’ll often find myself pushing to get through a knitting project and when it’s finished I feel bummed it’s over and wondering why was I in such a hurry anyway? I love knitting, why the rush to finish? Lol. Thanks for sharing more of your time with us!
New sub so I'm checking out all your vids...out of order lol
I love the tip of decreasing to shape a man's sweater!! My husband also doesn't look best in a boxy sweater and this is such a simple solution, that for some reason just never occurred to me. Thank you.
Your tips and I dread the swatch but you have made this novice a true convert❤. Lovely bag. I’m new but love the one handle especially when you are out and about. Thank you for sharing your experience and talent to someone as myself beginning ❤
Thank you Caleb. I am receiving inspiration to get into my stash a create.,💖👍😆
Awesome episode! This was so educational. So many people talk about "doing the math" but they never explain what that means. That would have been so helpful to me when I started this sweater. At least I have it now for next time. I love the way you explain things, you make it so clear and understandable. Thank you so much, I have loved every episode.
Thank you for the inspiration!! I'm so intimidated but, ready for a sweater challenge
Thanks for this series. I’m returning to yarn after decades and you process and planning really helps me focus
You are so welcome!
I like the German twisted cast on for the elasticity. For the cast off, I like to use a knitted cast off. Put the single stitch from your right needle back onto the left needle. To work in pattern, if the next stitch to be worked is a knit stitch, then knit 2 together. If it is a purl, then purl 2 together. If I want the cast on to look like the cast off, then I use a provisional cast on, then pick up those stitches at the end, work one row plain,, and the work the ribbing with a knitted cast off for the neck edge.
I have never thought to make a mistake a design feature--I love that idea! Thanks for that!
You are so welcome!
This was my first visit with you. I’ll never mis. Another! Also, can’t wait to visit past episodes. You are a splendid teacher.
Thank you :-) Glad you found the video helpful!
Caleb, I have just begun to watch your videos and absolutely love them I absolutely feel like I'm sitting in the kitchen talking to you . I'm a modern 83 year old and, have loved weaving ,knitting and crocheting all my life but like everything you can always learn . I have enjoyed so much your description of knitting a tubular sweater my husband is your shaped figure so I have been inspired to have a go at making one for him. I live in Australia so our winters are not so long but sweaters are worn often without jackets. Thank you keep up your good work inspiring others. I find knitting good for my mental health in these sad global times. Prue
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Hi Caleb, I've discovered you earlier this week on insta and here. I really enjoyed your sweater process and how you explained specifics on achieving the mods you need. I'm sure it will be helpful to many others. Also really liked your holstgarn review and will have to give it a try. My stretchy bindoff go to is the Very Pink knits tutorial. Keep up the great work.
Oh thank you!
I love your video! It's very helpful for every beginner who is ready to try a sweater project. I wished I had a tutorial like that 35 years ago when I started knitting. It would have kept me from many demotivating situations. :-) Your videos make me dream and hope my husband will start knitting one day just because you motivated him. Thanks for your good job!
I had to check out some cast on/bind off videos to find a name for what I usually do. (Funny: I am German and have never heard or seen the German twisted cast on :-)). So I normally do a simple long tail cast on and Jenny's surprisingly stretchy bind off. I've never heard of Jenny but I have been doing what she does for my whole knitting live. See ... you make me learn alot, still.
I do a german twisted cast on for everything in the recommended needle size and the tubular bind off. Both leave nice edges and are good and stretchy without flairing
I use the Italian cast on , also known as alternating cast on, for my turtlenecks and the edge is beautiful and stretchy. Roxanne Richardson has a video. Then I switch to twisted rib. I also bind off in pattern, which provides a nice stretch. I appreciate your videos!
That sweater looks perfect for you I especially like the shape of the neckline and the sleeves pushed up a bit
I really really want to knit a sweater. I've never done that before. love your green one! I just started binging your channel so maybe you already did a video on that but it would be great to know what basic supplies I need to have to get started, besides pattern and yarn.
hi , i really enjoy listening to you. i appreciate the way you reveal your thoughts about mistakes and beeing perfect😊 i'm a bigginer in neating , and my son ordered a sweder from me. he likes things to be exactly as he wishe... so it's a chalenge for me☺thank you again for these videos
For a stretchy but not flaring cast on, I use the Old Norwegian (aka German Twisted) cast on. It has never failed me for any edge! Good luck! I love your videos!
This tip might be a little late, but I love using cat bordhi's bungy bindoff. I have a bad habit of binding off to tight (ruining the project) so this trick was a life saver for me. Hope it helps. I love your videos, keep up the good work!
I love knitCompanion, so much easier than jamming a paper pattern in your project bag. I consider myself an intermediate/advanced knitter, but I never swatch! I loath it. Haha. I may have to learn to like swatching because I wanting to start a gansey sweater.
Sooooo I just finished the body of my own “Flax” sweater, and lo and behold. It’s too tight because I just knit the entire sweater without increasing. Thank you for these tips friend!!!
I use Andrea Rangels stretchy bind off and the old norwegian cast on. A great cast on for top down socks. I have just discovered your channel and am binge watching some older episodes. I love that your podcast is not same old same old -- fo's, works in progress and acquisitions. Thank you do much.
Thank you so much! I am trying to carve out my own little space on TH-cam, so it's nice to hear that :-)
Thank you! Long time knitter but still a novice with sweaters. Way too hard on myself. I should be ready to split for sleeves by the inch count but short on the stitch count. Thought I made the right increases but my row Guage is off now so I'll see where this journey takes me & what I learn.😊
Brilliant idea about putting a marker where you start the sleeve (progress keeper)! I didn’t think of that, I don’t know why. So last night I was trying to make sure my second sleeve was going to come out the same length as the first one. Not easy without a marker! Thanks
I’m sure other people have said this! But for cast on: Norwegian Long Tail. I use the Jeny’s bind off, but I continue with the same needle size as the ribbing and I find that does not flare. It’s also not as time consuming as other complex options.
I do German Twisted cast on for almost everything and Elizabeth Zimmerman’s sewn bind off - both provide very nice edges!
The German Twisted cast on is great and easy to make!
Thank you! I like the sewn bind off and never think to use it!
Also, I likewise forget to use the German twisted cast on!
Stretchy cast on is very easy. I use long tail for just about everything and use my finger to space between the stitches and keep them even. The more stretch you need the further apart the stitches. I usually put my index finger and thumb onto the stitch on the needle so the new stitch can only butt up against my fingers. And the. I keep holding the stitches the same way and it keeps it really even and neat.
Hey Caleb
I discovered your podcast through Jody from the Grocery Girls. And just bingewatched them all. 😊
I had the same problem, my cast ons where always to tight, even when I went up a few needle size. And then I discovered the German twisted cast on. Now I use this all the time, I cast on and knit with the same needlesize and it's perfect. For the cast off, I go for a 1 Stitch I-cord bind off, but I have to pay a lot of attention to do it loosely. I love the look and so does my husband.
Have a great day
Carolien
Thank you!
Flax was also my first sweater. :-) I take measurements at bust, waist, and hip and increase or decrease as necessary to meet the measurement. Knitting to fit makes sweaters look so much better.
I use a stretchy cast-on and stretchy cast-off. the cast-on is invisible but the cast-off does leave a slightly bulkier edge. I decided to call this a design feature. ;-)
I knit sleeves one at a time and put stitch markers at each decrease as well as at the beginning of the sleeve portion. this helps me have identical sleeves.
Writing everything down is essential.
Firstly, I love this podcast so much. You are a wonderful breath of air. I always watch as soon as i get a free chance.
Secondly, I usually use a provisional cast-on, knit until I get close to the end of the ball. Then go back to the cast-on and do a tubular bind off, using Snips n' Stiches tutorial: 1 knitting needle and a tapestry needle. It is an extra step, but getting that edge from tubular bind off is super satisfying and well worth it. If it isn't obvious, I also bind off all my hems with the same bind off method.
That's clever :-)
REALLY enjoying your podcast, and find you continually provide good information in a thoughtful, understandable manner. Thank you! And keep up the great work--I am always happy to see you pop up on my subscription page! ETA: the bind-off I use the most when I want to have something stretchy but not too flared is (using same needle size): K1, K1, Knit those two through the back loop. Then begin the repeating: K1, K2tbl...and repeat until the end. Give you a little extra bit of yarn so it doesn't tighten up.
Thank you for the compliment... and for that tip! I’ll have to give that one a try!
As others have said, Jenny's Super Stretchy bind off and tubular bind off. With Jenny's I'll alternate the super stretchy with normal.
If I'm just done with the sweater and want it off the needles, I'll just do a simple loose bind off with a needle 2 or 3 sizes larger.
I almost never do top-down, but when I do, I'll read the comments on the ravelry project pages and do some googling/youtube research before committing to a cast on.
Hey Caleb, great podcast! Your podcasts are refreshing as you discuss many knitting techniques, approaches and strategies, it helps me reaffirm my knowledge, as I find doing workshops of very little benefit...I don’t retain much for later when I need it. But I agree with golfboyzmom (see below) to do the tubular cast off and watch her tutorial on 2sleeves at a time! Happy knitting 😊
Your fave target sweatshirt has set-in sleeves and your are making a raglan sweater. The way the sleeves come off the body will result in a different chest measurement, armcye height and body length that fits you well with each silhouette, i.e. set-in sleeve vs raglan sleeve vs a circular yoked sweater. I was drawn to the color work in yoked sweaters, but they never fit my shoulder shape very well. I have several beautifully made yoked sweaters that are epic failures bc of this. In an aha moment, I realized raglan and set-in sleeve construction work best for my body type, which is why I didn't own any yoked sweaters before learning to knit. Take your preliminary measurements from the same garment silhouette as the sweater you are knitting and you will be much closer to a better fitting garment. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!
Good tip! I mainly used it for the fit of the chest as I didn't have any similarly constructed garments at the time. But I should update my desired measurements using sweaters I've knit now. Thanks!
I had to pause the video at the end and type this. You're talking about enjoying the process of knitting and not seeing it as a race to the finish line. I relate to this so much. Sometimes when I see a pattern I get excited to start it but then, for a moment, I get pulled off the idea because I start thinking of how much time it will take to finish the project. How dumb is that?! Thank you for putting those end thoughts in this video. And thank you for the other videos as well. You have a very levelheaded way of looking at knitting that gives me inspiration, and I need all of it. I have been through covid and I have lost all knitting mojo, thanks to you I may find it again :)
Wow... thank you so much for saying that! I am so happy the video resonated with you! I hope you do get your mojo back :-)
Another great video!! My favorite part was your very wise advice at the end -- but I'm not leaving a spoiler comment -- watch the video!!
Thanks, Tom :-)
I do my sleeves two at a time also! As well as my socks.... or else I might run around a one sleeved, one sock’d wearing gal! So my bindoff doesn’t flare I do Judy’s stretchy bindoff on half the stitches so if it’s 2x2 I just do it on the knit stitches.... not sure this is correct in any way but it seems to work out! Love the channel!
Hahha. That's a funny image! And I think that's a good idea for the stretching bind-off!
This is very helpful to me thanks😊👍🏾
You’re welcome 😊
Great podcasts Caleb. Very informative,especially for beginner knitters. I use the yarn over bind off( not sure what it is called) Jenny's stretchy bind off seems very popular. I have knitted at least 30 sweaters for myself and I have to relearn every time I start a new one. It always seems overwhelming when you start but a good pattern is key. I enjoy top down seamless sweaters with a few key techniques. My most daunting sweater was a gansey sweater I knit last year. Just took it step by step...so glad I made it. So glad I found your podcast...GREAT JOB! If you enjoy the wooly types of yarn,check out Briggs and Little in New Brunswick,Canada. It's cheap so your US dollar goes a long way. CHEERS! Sharon(5doodles on Ravelry)
Thanks for the suggestion! I looked at that yarn and I'll definitely order some to give it a try!
Omg this was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO helpful!!!!! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Just discovered your channel last night. Enjoying it. Thank you. BTW, that oil you felt on the cones of yarn from
Denmark might be lanolin from the sheep, not "spinning oil" It's great waterproofing.
I think lanolin would present a bit different. Holst garn explains on their website that the oil is left from spinning as a cost cutting measure. It's not too bothersome... especially when you consider the price. Haha.
I use Jenny’s surprisingly stretchy bind off but since I kno u don’t like the flair that that Bo does, I suggest when u bind off u start by k 1st st, yo then knit into 2nd st & Bo both yo & 1st k st. It’ll put more yarn into the Bo than it otherwise would have & it also doesn’t flair so bad either.
Hi, I saw where you had mentioned doing sleeves two at a time and maybe making a video on how to do that. I looked and can't find one. Did you ever get chance to do one? I haven't knit in at least a year (except for some Barbie size hats) and watching you has got me inspired again.
Cast ons/offs for garments. I basically use tubular (Italian) cast on or bind off. If I'm lazy I'll use Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind off or Very Pink Knits stretchy bind off. If it calls for i-cord, I use a stretchy i-cord bind off, which basically implements Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind off into it.
i find a super stretchy cool looking bind off is the icelandic. And it goes pretty quickly too.
I know I did this on one project, but I need to look into it again. Thanks!
Very helpful Thank you,
I figured out to use the Jenny’s stretchy bind off but do it tight. Makes it not flare.
Oh, that's a great tip! I'll try that out. Thanks!
Casting on on a larger needle makes your stitches larger, not necessarily a stretchy cast on. The best way I know to have a stretchy cast on is using my forefinger to separate the stitches I cast on.
Casting off, I either use the method in which you knit one stitch and knit2tog through the back loop or the sewn method.
I'm so excited to learn how you plan sweaters! I'm so intimidated by starting a sweater that it'll probably be a while before I refer back to these videos 😅 By the way, you've got such a great personality that's so fun to watch!
I totally understand being scared, but I promise it’s not as scary as you think! Starting with a baby sweater is a great way to go! And thank you so much... that is such a nice compliment 😊
@@DrowninginYarn that sounds like a lovely idea! I'll be sure to give it a go, thank you💛
@@DrowninginYarn also, what is the flashing at 11:23?
There are a few errors that apparently happened when I exported. I didn't watch the exported video (only the version in my editor) so I missed that it happened and uploaded the file with the errors. Unfortunately, I can't upload a replacement without deleting the video with all the views and comments. I'm sorry if it was distracting! I just noticed it now too and I'm a bit bummed that I let that slip through.
This is so useful ! I want to start one but I’m a little scare to just follow a pattern without a video to follow along !!
Thanks
I'm glad you found it useful! I understand being scared, but I promise it's not as hard as it seems! A basic top-down raglan sweater is actually quite simple in it's construction.
I like to do a cable cast on for top down sweaters. For bindoff I watched Andrea Mowry's version of Jenny's surprisingly stretchy which is bindoff on wrong side. Knit 1st St bring yarn in front then knit next st then passover the yo and k sts over the 3rd st. I hope that makes sense.
Thanks for the tip about that Andrea Mowry video! I watched it and I'll definitely have to give it a go!
Depending on your ribbing, the kitchner bind off is great. The one color italian cast on matches it perfectly and it just looks like your stitches end...works for1x1 rib flawlessly.
I'm not sure I've ever heard of that bind off other than for grafting... I'll look into it! Thank you!
Alright... I just looked this up and I am so happy you told me about this! I am SO EXCITED to give this a try! Thank you so much!!!
@@DrowninginYarn Very welcome... If you`re careful to keep it at the same looseness/tightness/gauge as your stitches it will stretch as much as your ribbing with no flare.
I don’t know why, but I never feel like I’m on sleeve island when I knit sleeves. I do one at a time and use typically 9” circulars (chiagoo blue shortie set) , it’s much faster on the small need,es. I feel the same way about ripping out to fix mistakes - definitely part of the learning process.
Being able to knit on the 9" would definitely help!
Hi Caleb, I'm really enjoying your podcasts! I have knit a few sweaters both successfully and unsuccessfully. I am still perfecting my process and it's nice to hear other knitters share their process. If I may also add a comment on your video editing. Your content is great but I am finding the number of edits (if that is the right term) visually distracting. Look forward to hearing more from you and your knitting adventures :-)
I am glad you are enjoying my videos! Unfortunately, in order to fit all of the content I want to cover into my videos, editing is necessary. Hopefully you'll keep on watching :-)
Thank you so much for explaining and showing how to calculate stitches and dividing the needles size to make for a perfect fit. Ì never could understand it. Ì hate swatching too. A waste of time I thought. Ì just finished a sweater and it came out huge. Ìm frogging it. Spent too much money on the yarn. It would kill me to see it just hang around in my closet. Great podcast.
It's smart to frog it and knit something else! You'll have learned so much and that is well worth it :-)
Love your videos, as I am jumping into sweater knitting after a lot of scarves and hats. Best things, socks and sweaters! Would you consider an pure Alpaca sweater? I have read that it is light, much warmer than wool and fits well under jackets and coats in cold weather. Let us know you thoughts.... I found your channel as you were talked about on Grocery girls podcast.
Thank you for coming to watch! I honestly haven't knit with Alpaca though I bought a lot of alpaca yarn recently to knit a shawl! I would be hesitant to knit a sweater in it myself until I talked to someone more experienced in it (or found a pattern intended for alpaca) because I have heard it can grow a lot. I would assume that isn't a big deal in a sweater that is not intended to be fitted (maybe something a bit oversized or designed to be a bit slouchy). Unfortunately, I can't offer any more advice than that. Sorry!
I'm a crocheter
. but you are making me try out knitting
When you need to rip out a length of knitted fabric, do you use a life-line? I have found them to be useful, but I have always had to put them in after I've made the mistake!!! Like your videos.....thanks for sharing.
You need 6000+ pullover possibilitys by Melissa Leapman it is an awesome sweater book, everyone who knits sweaters should have in their knitting library 📚
Oh, I'll check it out! Thank you!
Since you are not afraid of math, check out Shirley Paden's book Knitwear Design Workshop. It will answer all of your questions. You can also get her class on Craftsy where she goes through the the math . She shows you in simple math how to determine how to taper accurately , how often to decrease/ increase and when. How to match the ribbing gauge to the main body even if it lace. You won't regret adding her book to your library or watching her class on Craftsy. (7.99)
Thanks for the tip!!!
I am really enjoying your podcast! I can relate to many of your comments, especially if I make a knitting faux pax. How process is just as important as product. I am interested to know the process you did to start your podcast. What are the challenges? The successes? etc.Why you decided to podcast?
I might have to do another question and answer video! Thanks for watching!
@@DrowninginYarn I think it could probably be an episode on what you did to get started.
Hi, I really enjoyed your video! I do have a question, how often should you do decreasing and increasing for waist shaping so it does not harsh? Every four rows? Thanks!
For the tapering, I do my decreases about every inch or maybe an inch and a half depending on how many stitches you want to remove. The goal is to make them spaced out enough that they aren't really noticeable. As long as you start soon after the underarm and decrease at roughly equal intervals, you should be fine.
Loved this video! I’m knitting my sleeves two at a time, magic loop on my pink velvet sweater as I watch! For sweater cast ons (& hats)for ribbing, I recommend long tail tubular cast on. For sweater bind with ribbing, tubular bind off. Otherwise it depends on the pattern. I also use (Old?) Norwegian twisted cast on for a loose edge- more on hats than sweaters for non-ribbed edges. I did a tutorial on picking up for two at a time sleeves on top down sweaters on Knitting Posse TH-cam channel if that helps anyone! Totally agree that it’s easiest to knit both sleeves at the same time. 💙🙏🏼
Thanks! Two at a time is the way to go :-)
Hi Caleb! Greetings from Toronto. So happy for u (shout out from the GG girls!) ur channel will now grow expediently! For stretchy bind off’s, check Staci Perry on VeryPink who gives u an entire tutorial on various bindoff methods/how much(or little) they stretch including info on “flaring”. I found the Flax did not fit me as well and this, I believe, is because this sweater has no short rows at the back of the neck. So I did modify. I agree, my mantra is “fit as you knit” as well. Custom fit is best. Thanks for another interesting episode. Stay well. 🤗🇨🇦👋🏻
I agree about the lack of shortrows. I think it makes it easier for a very new knitter. But I think it's well worth learning how to do them to get that really nice fit they give :-)
Hi, do you have a video where you show how to pick up stitches and start the knit 2 at a time sleeves from the top down?
No. It’s something I’ve considered but I haven’t made that video.
I 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘 knitting the sleeves. I have always done it one by one. For me knitting the sleeves means am coming to an end. And I will wear my sweater soon.
I'm going to steal the picture frames above the bed idea. It's the equivalent of assigning bed sides in the Sims and I love it.
Also I spent the entire beginning video looking at the doggie oops
I have a dumb question. How do you try on your sweater? Do you have to slip your stitches onto waste yarn every time? Or should I be knitting my sweaters on longer cables? What is the trick or magic hint? I am learning so much from your videos. They are very well done. Thank you!
Thank you so much! And it's not a dumb question! Some people slip their stitches onto waste yarn to try it on... it is a good trick that makes it easy to try on, but it does take time to do that and then to get the stitches back on to your needles when you are done. Another thing you can do is to buy stoppers for your needles if you have an interchangeable set... I have chiagoos and they have little stoppers that screw on in place of the needles. Then you can take your right needle off, place it on another cable and put a stopper in its place (and a stopper at the end of the new cable), knit half your stitches on the second cable and try it on that way. I hope that made sense. When you do this, you just have to be extra careful to not pull too hard and slide your stitches off the needle end.
BEST: Very Pink TH-cam video- Stretchy Bind Off
Lots of stretch and no flare and no need to change needles!
I love the Very Pink videos! I’ll pop over there and watch! Thanks :-)
Try binding off with a stretchy sewn bind off :)
I'm super interested in how you do your two at a time sleeves. It sounds like a complicated process. Then again, I am new at sweater knitting so everything seems complicated!
I'm planning to record a video tutorial about that process! Keep an eye out for that video in the next week or two!
How do I taper to fit the waist? I have a 44-46 chest and a 30 inch waist. MY sweaters fit like tarps.
I just finished a crochet sweater and not too happy with it. I think the hook was small as when finished the sweater was a little stiff. I used baby sport so the yarn wasn't the issue as I knit a pull over vest and the feel was just fine , it was soft . Never really thought that a small hook wood have caused such a stiff feel.
Oh no... I hope it has maybe loosened up a bit with wear and is still useable. It's always disappointing when something like that happens!
Very helpful especially when knitting for men! I use Alternate Cable Cast on and Sewn Tubular Bind off. Looks fabulous for 1x1 rib and works for 2x2 too as well. It doesn’t look quite so nice for 2x2 but this isn’t noticeable when you are wearing the garment. I find that if you size down a needle when working Jenny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off this reduces/eliminates flare but I still much prefer the sewn bind off for ribbing. If you are familiar with Kitchener it’s very similar. Thanks for the video. @elbeknits on Instagram
But in a smaller needle then the size used for the ribbing
I usually use the old Norwegian cast on for a neckline and this whatareyoumakingnow.com/tutorials/dolly-quinns-imitation-i-cord-bind-off/ for the bind off
I wanna know where that pattern is for that sweater.
Where do I find resources for patterns for the iPAD etc that you do?
Im so confused. I just wanna learn to knit. 😂
Jenny's Stretchy Bind Off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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a strechty cast on, i do like long tail, but instead of put the points only in the standard way, i mixed like is teached in this video here, i almost always use the 3º way on the 5min30 of the video: th-cam.com/video/JfcDPB2f_-c/w-d-xo.html
Gentle suggestion: Emphasize the psychological awareness and acceptance you experience through your projects. We come here to learn more about knitting, but then discover you. Continue to include your personal stories and psychological insights as you demonstrate and explain. Zoom in on your face when sharing the personal stuff and remember to smile. Zoom in on the fabric and linger. Fabric is the main course, but the gals and guys will eat you up with a spoon. Make a million bucks.