Am I the only one old enough to remember Paul Harvey? Anyway, looking through my blog posts I realized I havent’t posted all of my youtube videos here on my blog. I left off at three-needle bind off–whoa! There’s lot’s more. I’m loading the rest (i.e., the rest for finishing the sweater) into this one post.
After seaming shoulders with a three-needle bind-off,
you will start the Sleeve Cap (Part 1):
Followed by the Sleeve Cap, Part 2
Then work the rest of The Tapered Sleeve, Part 1:
And The Tapered Sleeve, Part 2
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Almost done! Finish up the the Neck Ribbing, Part 1
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I love the teaching power of videos in knitting, and here’s a source for some excellent ones: Liat Gat’s Video Knitting Dictionary. What, you may ask, is a Video Knitting Dictionary? I didn’t get it, either. It’s a PDF document you download for FREE with thumbnails that link to streaming videos demonstrating knitting techniques. Easy to navigate.
My favorite is the video on picking up dropped stitches:
After making a few videos myself, I really appreciate the quality of Liat’s videos–excellent lighting and sound, high resolution.
Sign up for a FREE download at her blog, or her site.
I like a three-needle bind off at the shoulder seams because I think it makes a neater looking seam. This means my shoulder stitches must be live, which is why I do all that horsing around with short rows for shoulder shaping that you saw in the previous post. Another way to work your shoulders is via binding off stitches, and then grafting the seams or sewing them with a backstitch, but try as I may, mine always look messy. That’s why I like the method I’ve shown.
Berroco (one of my favorite yarn companies) has posted a nice video on crocheting a scalloped edge on your knitted or crocheted sweater (or anything else, for that matter). If you’ve done any knitting for children, you know boy’s and girl’s clothes are the same, except for the color and trim. Take any child’s sweater, knit it in pink with this scalloped edge, et voila! Something for the girly-girl in your life.
I like to use short rows and a three needle bind-off for my shoulders because I think it makes a tidy-looking seam. This may seem more complicated than binding off and seaming or grafting the shoulders. I chose this method because I think getting a nice-looking, non-lumpy shoulder seam is problematic for newer knitters. If you want to view them in a larger window, click on the video to be taken to youtube. First, short rows. I use a slightly different method than you may have seen.
Eunny Jang from Knitting Daily shows how to cast on for ribbing that looks good on both sides. I had seen this before, but then lost the source and couldn’t quite remember how to do it–which is strange, because it’s so easy! I have to plead middle-aged memory again. This is one of those subtle techniques that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but adds a more polished look to the finished garment.
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