Comments on: Custom Raglan Cardi Knit-Along, Week 5: Working the Front Bands

By: F Henricksen

F Henricksen — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:15:00 +0000

I’m usually a size medium, but realized after trying the sweater on once I got to the armpit area, that the sweater was too small so I had to take the whole sweater out and reknit it in a large and it’s still a little tight. I think the pattern ran small. I’ll have to stretch it a bit when I block it.

By: Zontee

Zontee — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:11:00 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing, Kathy!

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By: Zontee

Zontee — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Hi mowelborn, I just saw Lauren’s cardi yesterday (you’ll see it in tomorrow’s post!) and she’s got buttons all the way down. She hasn’t made her bands wider (if you look at the above photos, you can see that there’s the pick up row, 8 worked rows, and then the bind-off), but you can choose to make them 10 rows instead of 8 if you want just a little bit more space because of the size of your buttons.

In general, there shouldn’t be a need to make the button bands wider based on the sizing changes–but again, that’s the beauty of this type of sweater that you can keep trying on. Just in case, put your sweater on and see how wide the bands will need to be (keep in mind that with buttons, the bands will overlap, so if you see that you’ll need 2 inches of coverage, each band will need to be 2 inches). Hope that helps!

By: Zontee

Zontee — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:57:00 +0000

Hi Carolee, there’s a nice photo break-down of how to pick up stitches in a previous knit-along that might help you:
http://blog.lionbrand.com/2011/10/26/wisteria-shawl-collar-pullover-kal-working-the-collar/

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:21:00 +0000

Yea! It’s finally working today!

By: Carolee

Carolee — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:25:00 +0000

Michelle dont worry about just starting. I have followed this since day one and I am still not done with my yoke. things just keep poping up !!!

By: Carolee

Carolee — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:22:00 +0000

Thanks for this tip really scared about this pickup stiches !

By: KathyA

KathyA — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:55:00 +0000

Hello, all! I have just finished knitting the center bands, and just love the way my cardi turned out! I added cables front and back, waist shaping, extended the length of the body, and made the sleeves elbow length. I so wish I were more computer savvy so I could show you a picture. Just wanted to share that I tried putting an alternate edging for the bottom band, the feather and fan edging from the pattern library, but ended up ripping it out as even after blocking it twice it kept rolling up. I now have just the standard rib edging, and am tickled with how the whole project turned out. Thanks, Laureen and Zontee!

By: mowelborn

mowelborn — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:44:00 +0000

Lauren or Zontee,
I would like to add buttons all the way down on my cardi. I am not sure if I need to make the front bands wider (more than just the 8 rows that it calls for in pattern) to accomodate the the difference is my bust, waist, hip size. Are you adding buttons all the way down? Also, I tried to look up older posts (just in case someone else asked the question) and I am not able to. Is there something wrong with the sight or just the user (me)? Thanks.

By: Zontee

Zontee — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Hi Marijan, Lauren’s not adding another vertical row–she is picking up her horizontal stitches one vertical row inwards (this is pretty standard when picking up stitches, as it gives you a neater edge than picking up right at the edge of the fabric). Hope that helps!