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Machine knitted sweater shown on model with overlay sketch highlighting the asymmetrical hemline design

Asymmetric Hem for Machine Knitters

Adding a shaped hemline is an easy way to create a custom machine knit designer sweater. With just a little planning you can add this feature to any pattern and quickly knit it with your knitting machine.

garment shaping increasing short row

Add this designer touch to any sweater



A recent Machine Knit-Able (Morning Tracks from Universal Yarns) featured an asymmetric hem. This design also had a wide decorative band around the lower edge of the sweater.

If we examine the hand knitting pattern from Universal yarns or take a close look at the photo, we can see that this slanted hem was created with short rows.

How to knit this?

  1. Cast on the instructed number of stitches for the hem of the sweater
  2. Knit a hem or 2 rows (the original has a wide band knit separately)
  3. Put all needles into hold position
  4. Return groups of needles to working position (don't forget to Wrap )
  5. Continue until all needles are in working position
  6. Continue knitting the body of the sweater


Short Row Shaping aka Partial knitting is an essential skill for all machine knitters.

Partial knitting is just as it sounds ...you knit part of a row of knitting instead of the entire row.

Instead of knitting just squares and rectangles, short row shaping can be used to shape your knitting.



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How calculate the shaping?

Use the Knit it Now Slope Tool

This tool is designed for any diagonal shape that is wider than it is tall (as opposed to the Magic Formula )

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2 COMMENTS
Julie L
 Nov 23, 2021
This is a really cool design element. I showed it to my sister, and she wants me to incorporate it into a new sweater I'm designing for her. (I do almost all my machine knitting for her.)

nosub n
 Nov 22, 2021
check out the machine knit-able

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