Dpn lovers seem to rule in the comments from the last post. Who knew!
I've been working on shaping my
Take It From The Top .
I thought this pullover was a little big across the top so I took it in under the bust. I worked a decrease before and a decrease after the two imaginary side seams, work straight for 1" and did it again. Then I worked straight to the waist. At the waist I worked a set of increases at the imaginary side seams. I have boxy hips so I worked another set 1" further down so that I get a flare right away. I worked 2" straight, worked another set of increases. I need to try it on once more to see if I need a 4th set. Probably depends on how long I want to make it.
The shaping looks fairly subtle from the side but it seems effective.
I think I'm there and I'm going to make it the same length as this T-shirt. Yay, only a couple more inches to go.
Have you experimented with shaping that's not in the pattern? How did it go?
-Deb
I'm ALWAYS experimenting! In the shaping dept., I'm happy to report that Isabel, who is knitting a top down pattern from Twist Collective as her very first sweater, has just done her own shaping adjustments (sans help from me) and the result is a sweater body that fits her like a glove. She's a math whiz and seems born to knit--I wonder how that happened... Anyway, she's just embarked on the sleeves--on dpns.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I've attempted shaping without a pattern is a sock. I have square feet, so less of an angle on the toe works better for me. I like what you're doing with the sweater - the cable down the front is lovely.
ReplyDeleteJed