How do you wash a sweater that’s a thing of beauty–and not wreck it? You chose a style that does you favors, in a color that makes you glow, knitted it with care so the stitches are beautiful, blocked and seamed it like a pro, your size and fit are spot on, and you love wearing it. Does it fit your lifestyle? What happens when you wash it? What kind of use and care does your sweater want so it doesn’t shrink, stretch, pill or die? [...]
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How many times have your knitting math mistakes ruined a sweater that you otherwise knit very well? Have you EVER gotten a sweater to fit the way you dreamed while you cast on, knit each stitch, bound off, blocked, and seamed? Couldn’t you just scream? Do you need a brain transplant to make knit fit every time? [...] 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? [...] Although these two pair may appear identical, one is very much wrong. How, you say? Same yarn, same needles, same pattern, knit one right after the other two at a time on magic loop. How could they be different? [...] |
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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