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adularia

you want me to do what with who where?

Jan 21, 2007 22:35

I was wondering how I'd get the sleeves of the Big Damn Sweater to match gradients, and then gipsieee showed me this sweater (you really should look at it, it made me happy just to see it) and I saw that the neck was done by steeking. I read the Knitty article on this technique when it came out, but didn't quite understand it at the time. Apparently it is ( Read more... )

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gfish January 22 2007, 08:42:52 UTC

Eeeee. I haven't knitted in something like 20 years, but those pictures still make me twitch.

mnsfibers January 22 2007, 09:41:57 UTC

you dont need to do FI in the yarn, just have 5-7 stitches (if you are sewing the seam, which I would recommend if it is not a traditional yarn used for FI, which tends to felt in to itself). The only concern is that you then have to sew it up :) and it could effect the amount of stretch you would have in the seam.

If you need help I can help with steeking

gipsieee January 22 2007, 16:09:37 UTC

What they said.
Without the offer of help in steeking 'cause I've never done it before and am on the opposite coast.

pomma_penses January 22 2007, 17:59:21 UTC

I don't know what yarn you're using, but the stripes on the sleeves would end up half as narrow as the stripes on the body, unless you changed the body pattern to be knit in the round.

adularia January 23 2007, 04:45:14 UTC

Noro Big Kureyon. It has a long gradient but you're probably still right.

Although... I am guessing that 2 sleeve widths, knitted side-by-side as a flat piece, would be approximately as wide as either of the body pieces... making it not an issue. I mean, it has HUGE sleeves.

pomma_penses January 23 2007, 09:11:56 UTC

OK, well, on the noro sweater I knit (which has HUGE sleeves) the sleeves have merely 10 sts less than the body. I'd take a good look at your pattern and do some math with this issue in mind. :) (Besides, I matches the stripes on my sleeves, and while it was a pain, I'm not sure it was more of a pain than steeking.)

adularia January 23 2007, 09:37:50 UTC

'With this issue in mind' - is that to say that you experienced the problem of stripes being too wide, even with such a small difference in width?

I hope not, because there is no way in Hell I am going to remake the sweater in the round. It took me seven cast-ons to make the back, and three to make the front, and I'm half done with the front and have partially ripped it back twice. Variegated yarns and obsessive-compulsive crazy Virgo knitters are not the best mix of the 80s and 90s.

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