Comments on: Custom Raglan Cardi Knit-Along, Week 3: Adjusting Body Length & Adding Waist Shaping

By: Zontee

Zontee — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:04:00 +0000

Hi there–since there’s very little activity here on this knit-along’s blog posts, you may want to consider popping onto the knit-along’s group on Ravelry (linked in the blog post) if you’re a user of that site or feel free to send an email to support@lionbrand.com and one of our pattern experts will be happy to help!

By: Little237

Little237 — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:07:00 +0000

Not sure if anyone will see this since just starting this part of the project. Smooth sailing until I got to the divide for body in size medium. Just finished ripping out . Can anyone offer some more detailed help on this part. I’ve tried endless video tutorials, but not are quite similar enough so I’m quite lost. First sweater attemp. For example… I went to bind off 3 after knitting first 37. Then ended with 36 on the needle. Ugh! When I do the 3 bind of should I have knitted the 38, then knitted 39 and brought 39 over? I knitted 38 and brought 37 over. I continued in this manner to end and ended with too many stitches left. Also on sleeves: do I knit the 60 and then place on waste yarn or do like 1 video and place them on waste yarn as I get to them without knitting them. So happy with my effort until i got here!! Sorry for confusion….hard to explain in type.

By: Little237

Little237 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:08:00 +0000

So glad I found this response as I just finished the yolk for a medium. So careful to do everything right as this is my first structured type garment. I also ended with RS row. I will just knit a purl row and start the divide. Loving this in cotton ease!!!

By: Llogue82

Llogue82 — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:54:00 +0000

What did u end up doing. I will soon be at that point and am wondering if using the same size as body worked out

By: Jems2

Jems2 — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:46:00 +0000

I’m interested in adding shaping for the waist and I understand the
math.

I’m stuck on what stitches to use to decrease and where to place them.

Thanks for any help, this is my first sweater!

By: Zontee

Zontee — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:34:00 +0000

Hi Kathy, since this is a loose-fitting pattern (and the ribbing is decorative and not serving to “pull in” the fabric), there aren’t really any advantages or disadvantages to swapping out the ribbing for a trim pattern–just be sure that you pick up stitches in a multiple of your new trim stitch pattern (and that your stitch count is as close to the original amount for the ribbing as possible). Hope that helps!

By: KathyA

KathyA — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:31:00 +0000

I finished my cardi down to the point where I’m supposed to switch back over to rib and finish off the body. I’ve added a single cable down each side, a panel of cabling in the back, and some gentle waist shaping. My question is, has anyone considered a knit trim instead of the rib trim? I’m looking in the stitch finder at the knit trim: umbrella trim and wonder what would be the advantages/disadvantages to using that for my trim at the waist and arms, and possibly for the center trim instead of rib.

By: Maureenrudowicz

Maureenrudowicz — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:31:00 +0000

The same thing happened to me – what if we were to use the larger needles to do the front edge ribbing? I am thinking that because the whole sweater is knit with the larger needles that makes more sense. I await your reply.

By: Helraymc

Helraymc — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:31:00 +0000

When I added the ribbing on the front, after the binding off, it pulled the front way shorter than the body!! What did I do wrong.

By: Tleonardi1

Tleonardi1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:23:00 +0000

Thanks! I made my sweater a bit longer and just started the ribbing for the bottom. This will be my first sweater, and it is very exciting to see it taking shape.