Posted on 30 Mar 10:25, The Rebirth KAL and Pullover Posted on 21 Mar 22:34, Top down and a little lacy Posted on 26 Feb 09:32, A staple pullover - colorblocked! The body and sleeves can be worked separately in pieces that are seamed together or the body and sleeves can be worked in the round to the armholes, then joined and worked in a single piece to the neck. Because raglan shaping produces such a clear diagonal line on the front and back of the garment, the increases used to add width are often decorative. How do I know where to put them, so that it will fit on me? Im familiar with the general concenpt, but unsure of how Ill know where to start the raglan increases. Compound raglans literally bend the curve, adding small arcs along the raglan line that help sweater fabric lay more smoothly on the upper bodys curves. Bottoms Up Raglan is presented in one size only for now. k2tog - knit 2 sts together. If youre working with a gauge over 4, divide the number of stitches and rows by 4 to get the gauge over a single inch. The shaping of the sweater is based on raglan styling from the top down. Raglan Construction A Look at Top-Down Knitting Techniques. PS - many thanks to Anne Marie Hart for technical editing support on this post! If all of this is still sounding a bit much to take on by yourself, Im always adding patterns to my Teachable Workshops. Thank you so much for this tutorial! This is a pattern for working the body of the sweater as one piece starting from (8 sts inc at raglans, 2 at front neck, per inc row) You do this by knitting to the sleeve, using a tapestry needle threaded with waste yarn and slipping all of the sleeve stitches onto the thread (tie it together, so you dont lose the stitches!!). Half of our bottom neck stitches come before the marker. Add a few extra raglan increases after you've split for the arms and body. The bottom up method is generally seamed together but the seaming is actually very simple because each area to be seamed is a straight line rather than the curved line of a traditional set in sleeve. I decided not to make modifications to this extremely well written pattern and I havent finished knitting it yet. Regards, Sarah. However when I think about looking at the sweater as a whole it seems like on one side you would want stitches to lean left and on one side you would want stitches to lean right to make it symmetrical. critical to the proper fit of any sweater pattern. The top down version is entirely seamless which makes it very accessible for beginner sweater knitters. Personally Ive never seen a sweater design that suits everybody and that every crocheter or knitter adores wholeheartedly, without reservations. Both sweaters are for my kiddos. For some women, the knitted sweater construction can result in sleeves appearing too short and too tight, and can create discomfort at the underarm and armhole. Knitting is about 90% (don't quote me on that %, it's an estimate) math, and that's what Excel is great at, so it's pretty natural, I think, to use them together. This file is awesome. If you turned your work at the same stitch over and over, youd create a vertical line, but you couldnt work the next row. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. over his head if I do it exactly the way the pattern spits out. This means that for larger bust sizes using traditional construction, the sleeves will be too large. Beginning at the neckline the sleeve cap expands to become the shoulder of the garment. You may prefer (or need) the body or arms of the sweater to be longer than The sleeve cap and body can be shaped at different rates or at the same rate; just remember that in most cases, the sleeve and body need to have the same number of rows or rounds between the armhole and the neck. My FO demonstrates the wisdom of her advice (as well as her eye for a stunning cable motif). The sleeve cap is a triangle that mirrors the shape of the armhole, with the top of the sleeve (the neck edge) measuring 0 to 4 (0 to 10 cm); plus sizes fit best with at least 1 (2.5 cm) remaining at the top of the sleeve. A garment with raglan shaping has seam lines (or shaping lines) separating the sleeves, front, and back parts of the garment through the yoke. You must enter a numeric value in all text boxes. Thanks so much for sharing you work, I really appreciate it!!! They dont necessarily need to be read in order but the more you know the better prepared you will be to decide which sweater construction method is best for you. Thank you soon much for the tutorial. A child's proportions The needle size does not enter into calculation of the garment pattern. If youd like your raglan to be more body-shaped, make some of those body increases in the front only, and AFTER youve joined for the underarm. Check out the illustration. Raglan. The top one is worked with short rows, the bottom is worked with bind-offs. Or you can choose one of our designs, and get the pattern custom generated for your gauge and measurements. Add a few stitches to your bicep to give yourself some extra room. However it can also be worked in pieces and seamed together. I am still wondering about when I am knitting a cardigan with raglan sleeves and Im using an increase like a make one which leans right or left, which one would I do first, the M1R or M1L? We dont reach our widest measurement until several inches below the underarm (and the larger you are, the truer that tends to be!). That will tell you how your stitch counts change as you move from the underarm to the neck. I wanted to make sure it was perfect for you, and I'm grateful for her sharp eye and clear voice. When you knit a raglan the traditional top-down way ( as detailed in my tutorial ), what you're making for the yoke is a flat rectangle with a hole in the middle for your head and mitered corners, which are the raglan "seams.". Those stitches sit right across the top of the neck, and contribute to front and back neck depth. Knitting is an art, but the engineering-part of my brain is constantly questioning why so many designs can't just be explained as formulas. Typically patterns suggest a Backwards Loop Cast-On. To allow for a better fitting neckline on crew neck raglan pullovers, designers will add short row shaping along the back of the neck to raise the back above the front . The pattern is generated so that you can use any size knitting needle with any weight yarn. Fortunately, we crocheters and knitters have control over our own garments, and theres no rule demanding a smooth, straight raglan line. In a raglan, stitches from the sleeve contribute to neck depth (see illustration below). Copyright 2023, Kristen TenDyke Designs | Powered by Shopify. 6-7 - somewhere in that range. or if you are a beginner this pattern may not meet all your needs. Divide the number of shoulder stitches by the stitches per inch from your gauge. Looking forward to meeting you in September. You also have a stitch count in the shoulder and neck. try to match someone else's gauge. THE CIRCULAR YOKE Two ways of visualizing the circular-yoke sleeve and body. having a pattern that spells everything out to the letter Lets call this C. If you have an even number of stitches, simply divide bottom neck stitches by two. Love the changes. You can change the way increases look by adjusting the number of knit stitches between them. Wauw - I'm really impressed and glad to find another excel-fan. I love the neckline, too. It would be back and forth in rows although you can still do it after you join in the round and then resume working in the round once the short rows are complete. Because the raglan lines draw the eye in from the curves of the bust, theyre quite flattering on curvy womenemphasizing the bust while creating a look of feminine narrowness across the shoulders. I prefer to turn to the wrong side of the work and using a Cable Cast-On, which is lovely and firm. adventurous. We might need to finesse this later, but its a good starting point. We arent shaped like that! I love the lace. This decorative seam continues down into the a-line body and forms the focus of interest for the sweater. This might be a good time to talk about the goal of short rows. Heres the thing - if youre used to working the same shaping all the way from the neck to the underarm, you may have noticed that creates a very straight line, and fundamentally is making a rectangular pyramid. Simple Worked-From-The-Top Raglan Pullover Pattern Calculated by the Percentage Method. This method makes the pattern fit your gauge. Increases are made around four fixed points. If you want to join me virtually for a 12-week knitting adventure as we mastergarment fit and modification, then my signature masterclass is waiting for you here. For example, sleeve length can be easily extended or shortened simply by ceasing knitting at the desired point. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. So, the basic structure of the raglan shaping begins at the neck with increases on the body and sleeves on every round, then it changes to alternating between 1 round of body and sleeve increases and 1 round of shaping on either body OR sleeves (depending on the size), then it changes to working increases on the body and sleeves every other I'm going to be extremely direct here, and if you think I'm wrong - write back and tell me. One in about a 3-4T and the second will be about a Check the illustration below. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('interstitial-ad');}); Save patterns, share updates, and connect with your community. To work a raglan from the top down, you would begin at the neck edge and achieve the raglan shaping with increases. This is because you can keep working in the same direction as that type of cast-on. The sleeve cap extends all the way to the neck edge. I am also happy to see Dusty Road, which I managed to miss last summer-gorgeous both in color and construction. if you'll be casting on 16 underarm sts, you'll work raglan increases in the front/back until you have 83 sts, then 16 will be cast on at the underarm, giving you 99. . sweater, but you need to know something about what you are doing. When you are creating your raglan seam, you can use any type of increase that you wish. The front and back views show how shoulders slope downwards quickly near the neck, then more gently until they reach their full width. Either print and draw right on, or highlight cells to illustrate your dream shaping. I cant wait to try this formula out. If you still have rows leftover, you can re-evaluate your neck depth or consider working bind-offs instead. This action will also remove this member from your connections and send a report to the site admin. The shaping is all absolutely identical, and you can see that this would have zero effect on the back neck. that which is calculated by this method. Put a safety pin where you want the neckline to land. This method of FBA can look kind of odd off a body because of how it changes the appearance of the raglan, but it looks just fine on. Whats your favorite sweater style to knitraglan, set-in sleeves, dolman? As weve already seen, raglan sweaters too employ geometry ruleswhether theyre constructed from the top down or the bottom up, the neck opening is essentially a rectangle that grows at its 4 corners into trapezoids or cones. All Rights Reserved. If youre not a raglan-lover, decide whether your lack of affection stems from this sweaters armhole shaping and how it works for your unique figure, or if you simply need to tweak fit as you make your raglans. A sporty bit of knitwear that can take on many personalitiesfeminine and lacey, structured and austere, simple and chunky, or refined and fitted. It's knitting a little pocket for a nonexistent neck boob. UFO to WIP: Can This Crochet or Knitting Project Be Saved? Simple Worked-From-The-Top Raglan Pullover Pattern Calculated by the Percentage Method The pattern is generated so that you can use any size knitting needle with any weight yarn. NOTE: subtract F from this number to get the number you are increasing to during the raglan shaping. Womens upper bodies, however, dont necessarily curve in a smooth line: our curves pick up speed and then slow down, so to speak. For a bit more refinement you could have a mirrored M1R and M1L, and if you were working on a lace cardigan, you might opt to use a yo (yarnover) increase as it would fit with the lace. The chest measurement is treated as the 100%; all other measurements are some portion of that measurement., This is a pattern for working the body of the sweater as one piece starting from the top. (This strand is marked in photo #1 with a red line.) I enjoy raglan sweater knitting, and I know you will, too. If the front neckline is deep (like a scoop or v-neck), the whole sweater may slide down the back. Today we are going to look into the pros and cons of knitting a sweater with raglan shoulder shaping and give you some pattern ideas to try out this method. The most basic would be a kfb (knit into the front and back of the stitch). Post your comments or questions here, or to get questions answered, interact with other knitters and find more free stuff, join my students group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/knittingclasses/If you haven't done so already, I hope you'll like my knitting classes page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knittingclasses Yes, since you're measuring your body, but that won't have anything to do with the raglan length. Multiply neck shaping depth by your row gauge to figure out how many rows youll be working this shaping over. If there are just a few stitches at the shoulder, consider adding shaping for the back neck in addition to the shaping for the front neck. In contrast to yoke depth, which is the total depth of the top part of the sweater, raglan depth is simply the rows you work from the cast-on to the underarm. Neither of these is carved in stone, and as you'll read below, it's rare that all sizes will require the same shaping rates. It's an artifact of the swatch. Raglan shaping is usually worked from the top-down and involves a long, slanted (or sometimes curved) seam running from the neck to the underarm. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. To correct this, I write my patterns with two rates of increases. For a crew neck, youll want to use two shaping rates to eliminate stitches, so that youre getting rid of stitches faster at the bottom of the neckline. Determine how deep you want the front neck to be - desired front neck depth, This might be a good time to talk about the goal of short rows. To counter them, add a few extra decreases in the yoke. Caelius is the sweater in Dovestone Hills that uses this shoulder construction method. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts! Posted on 28 Jan 15:32, The Ripening of the Raspberry Cheesecake Capelet Posted on 27 Oct 18:04, New & Improved - Stormy Top Posted on 13 Oct 23:59, It's time for Autumn Field Socks! This is the shoulder width, and from the top of the shoulder, half the width will fall the front and half to the back. I do have a question that Im wondering if you could help with. So, the basic structure of the raglan shaping begins at the neck with increases on the body and sleeves on every round, then it changes to alternating between 1 round of body and sleeve increases and 1 round of shaping on either body OR sleeves (depending on the size), then it changes to working increases on the body and sleeves every other IMO. Change the width of the front and back cones, and you affect the sleeve width too. appropriate to the gauge you enter are needed. Sign up here! This seemed like a perfect opportunity to talk a bit about different types of seamless construction as there are 4 different seamless methods used in Dovestone Hills. If this is your first sweater I recommend starting with the Tilda pattern. Because knitting is a matter of individual abilities One last thing - about that short row shaping rate. Short rows keep us from knitting stitches. Divide shoulder width by 2 for starting neck depth. 3) Each human body follows or ignores a different set of geometrical principles: no two bodies are the same. In a traditional raglan, you start with the neck size you want, increase the body and sleeves every second row or round until you get close to the body stitches you want. Its going to be a bit more involved for a raglan sweater. The reason for this is so that the pattern can be continued down the body when you no longer need raglan increases. Do not round this number. Front length: 19inch Back length: 20inch Bust: 41 inch (finished and wet blocked) Materials With Raglan top down you would need to start with the neck size you want. Want to go deeper on front neck shaping? For the raglan inc, when you add in the different directions for sleeve increases only or body increases only, those formulas do not seem to add up. its accuracy or the outcome of its use. When you're knitting a top-down raglan sweater, you can make raglan increases in many dif. 5. I just purchased Caelius to knit for my teen daughterit will be my first A-line sweater and I think the Dovestone DK is the perfect yarn. However it can also be worked in pieces and seamed together. When working a raglan sweater pattern, each piece can be worked bottom-up or top-down. Raglans have no shoulder seam; the expanding sleeve cap becomes the shoulder of the garment. This was traditionally the most common method of top-down knitting as its very easy to knit. This gives each section a triangular shape. With adding these instructions I will be able to knit easy Things that fits well.Dorothee. You can work those short rows right up against each other the same way you can work one decrease every row when you bind off. Fundamentally, a raglan is a sweater that is shaped between the underarm and the neck with four columns of decreases that go from the front and back of each armhole up to the neck. This can mean that you will be limited to yarn choices that include some structure and elasticity themselves, such as wool or wool blends, and plied yarn. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. In August 2015 I released the book, Dovestone Hills, which coincided with the release of baa ram ewes Dovestone DK yarn. Important: Make a test square in the pattern stitch in Half of the shoulder width + raglan depth = yoke depth. I've made one sweater so far, and have nearly finished the planning stage of my second. Raglan shaping is usually worked from the top down and involves a long, slanted seam running from the neck to the underarm. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Copy the reflected apex to the main sheet and join the dots. His tailor developed this style of sleeve to be more comfortable for him after the loss of his arm. us newbies. I have fallen for more than a few of your designs but was intimidated because I am considered a new-ish knitter. Very nice overview of techniques! Raglan lost his right arm in the Battle of Waterloo and some have speculated that the raglan style was developed by his tailor to fit better on his armless side than a traditional shoulder and sleeve. So cute for a summer tee, dont you think? the example covers shaping a sleeve, but the formula can be applied to any shaping you want. Everything after that is finessing. Yoke-shaping is governed by measurement; let us take as an example the sweater given below. There's a Pullover or a Hat for the Rebirth KAL! That area - the underarm to the neck - is called the yoke. I know how much time and detail you have put into this and I sincerely appreciate it! Without this shaping, the collar will be pulled to the back. This is Linda, wearing Soft Structure, which has a shallow V-neck, and more increases in the front than the back - worked beneath the underarm. LCx3 - work 6 stitches in a left leaning cable (3 stitches over 3 stitches) LCx2 - work 4 stitches in a left leaning cable (2 stitches over 2 stitches) ssk - slip as if to knit, slip as if to purl, knit the 2 slipped sts together. The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Comments must be approved before showing up. So I guess the percentages are a bit different on little ones. As pointed out by April K., this percentage method works best for adult proportions. Knit the lifted stitch and slide it off of the left needle (see photo #3). The chest measurement is treated as the 100%; all other measurements are some portion Because the shoulders and armholes are not well defined on a raglan sweater, there tends to be a little extra fabric in the underarm area. In raglans worked from the bottom up, the raglan shaping is achieved with decreases. This is your desired front neck depth. Common misconception: all raglans increase in the front and body every other row and are seamless. And it addresses the difference between the stitch gauge and the row gauge which very rarely are equal. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. sweater neck do not work on children with large heads! When I get to the other side of the sleeve do I do it in the same order or do I reverse the way they lean? are different: I love your site, especially the raglan seamless sweater calculator.
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