The most challenging sweater seam of all is when you sew a set-in sleeve into an armhole. Two things can trip you up, even when you use the mattress . [...]
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Have your poor knitting finishing techniques ever ruined a hand-knitted sweater? Then you already know how bad seams scream home-made in the worst way. [...] Do you know this knitting technique for three strands of yarn? If you don’t have three skeins, you make three balls of yarn with a scale, calculator or guesswork. Or use two ends of one skein–if there’s enough. While you knit, balls roll, strands tangle and an intrigued cat adds more trouble. Try Navajo knitting. [...] How many times have you invested money and hours of your time into knitting a sweater that made you look like Cinderella’s carriage–when it was a pumpkin? Or a horse’s hind end? Yeah, me too. The trouble wasn’t our knitting, but choosing a style unflattering for our shapes. Here are tips for how to dress for your body type so your next hand-knit sweater makes you look like a dream. [...] What makes one sweater look hand-crafted and another one look home-made? Good yarn and good stitches help, but often the real difference is in the finishing. Even a premium yarn and most careful knitting can be wrecked with slap-dash blocking or seams. Here are four tips for making knitting look professional. [...] If you’re a short person interested in knitting a sweater to fit, how do you adjust your knitting pattern? Your primary problem with store-bought clothes is excess fabric in the upper part of a shirt, blouse, top or dress. Straps are too long. Necklines are too big. Clothes fit you better if you pinch up your shoulder seams as if to hang them on a clothesline. This same alteration works with knitting a sweater to fit. Here’s how to adjust your pattern. [...] Have you found a new knitting pattern you can’t wait to cast on? Hang on a second. Would you leap onto a horse you never met and run a race? Not unless you like bucked off, bitten or run in circles. Let’s approach this set of instructions like a potential skittish horse, get to know each other a little. [...] In continental style knitting, a knitter holds yarn in the left hand like a crocheter. In combination knitting, Annie Modesitt teaches us how to make purls like knits in reverse, which gives them a different stitch mount. I use continental combination knitting. Here are my pros and cons. [...] Some folks would have you believe you can save the planet, not to mention your own sanity, by taking up knitting. No one warns you of the evils. They are legion. For my best knitting tips of all, see this list of the top ten reasons NOT to knit. [...] |
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Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Cast On Video Tutorial Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off Photo Tutorial TECHknitting Sweater Knitting Pattern Generator Meg Swansen explains Elizabeth's Percentage System on Math4Knitters podcast Knitmore Girls podcast on ratios #78 Knitmore Girls podcast on sizing, fit and ease Brass Needles podcast Episode 48 with Gail Carriger's segment on sweater sleeves (about 7 minutes in) Brass Needles podcast Episode 49 with Gail Carriger's segment on sweater necklines (almost 9 minutes in) Fabulous Crochet Designer Vashti Braha Start Knitting Socks for Soldiers  
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