Thursday 28 March 2013

How many shapes of sweaters have you tried knitting? What shapes are your favourite to wear, hand knitted or bought off the rack?
 
A-Line shaping where the bottom is wider than the bust in a gradual way.
 
A Straight sweater where the width is equal all the way down.
 
An Hourglass sweater with waist shaping.
 
A Modified A-line which accomodates the hips.
 
Have I missed any? I have every one of these shapes in my wardrobe, as you probably do too. My favourite to knit is the Modified A-line where I make the hip about 3" wider than the bust, because I need to if I want to button it up. But I do love the A-line shape so the striped cardigan I'm knitting is going to be that shape.
-Deb
 

2 comments:

  1. I've knitted every one of these shapes, and love them all! I think the boxy shape is fun to work with when either cropped or extra loose. I might be planning to work with this shape really soon--maybe something in vine lace with closely fitting sleeves to counterbalance the loose body.

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  2. I've made them all except for the shaped one. In the past, I've mostly knit for everyone else. This past couple of years I've been concentrating on knitting for ME & just may try them all.

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