Did you ever design a sweater? How about a complicated Aran sweater full of cables? Here’s my inspiration: celebrating this year’s one-hundredth anniversary of Elizabeth Zimmermann’s birth. Here’s some desperation: knitting a sleeve that would fit Popeye the Sailor Man or Alley Oop. Have you seen their forearms? Yikes! [...]
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It’s all Elizabeth Zimmermann’s fault. There you are, champing at the bit to knit your sweater you designed for yourself or a loved one. What on earth are you doing knitting a hat instead? [...] There you are, knitting a gauge swatch just like everyone says you must, only you don’t know what it’s telling you. If the pattern wants a gauge of 5 stitches per inch, but your swatch has a gauge of 6 1/4 stitches per inch, do you know what to do? If you need fewer stitches per inch, what size needle should you try next? [...] Did you ever knit a sweater with a pattern in your size, but have it turn out completely the wrong size? What happened? Perhaps you grew or shrunk since last time you measured yourself or your knitting gauge was off. Or maybe the knitting pattern designer used a different standard size chart. How can you know what size he or she means? How can you know your sweater will fit? [...] |
Helpful Links
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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