Archive of Thread: Help! Cardigan Band instructions Back
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Sue Jalowiec
4 years ago
Sneak preview:
We are working on a new pattern shape for a deep v-neck cardigan. The V will go below the armhole opening.
The Issue: There are a number of ways to create a band for this style of sweater, but writing pattern instructions for machine knitters isn't straightforward.
If we were creating a pattern for one gauge and one v-neck depth, calculating a band wouldn't be an issue. But a dynamic pattern with "perfect fit" neck width and neck depth options, is a different story. (Plus the whole "not enough needles" issue)
Band options:
- If you are a hand knitter, you may pickup the entire long edge of the fronts and back and knit a band
- Machine knitters could do this in pieces with seams
- MKers could knit a long narrow band and attach it to the garment
Instead of telling you how to knit your band, we could give you the A-B-C dimensions and the stitches/rows of each section.
Would you be able to knit a band for your sweater based on these dimensions? Thoughts?
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SHIRLEY ROTHERY
4 years ago
I think I could work from this.
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Jacqueline Oertli
4 years ago
This makes sense to try.
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Ann Poprdan
4 years ago
When I am knitting cardigan bands, I knit the band from the bottom to where the front turns for the V, then do the part from the V to the shoulder. Then the back neck. The join of the back neck and shoulder fits in with the shoulder seam, and the join at the V is covered by the button on one side and makes a buttonhole on the other.