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Top too short - ideas? Alison 07-05-2006
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Posted by Alison on July 5, 2006, 8:17 am
I used the long weekend to finish a cotton top (knit in Knit 1 Crochet
2 Cotonade yarn.) i've been working on this for YEARS. I picked up
the neck stitches, joined shoulders, picked up sleeve edgings, and
only have the side seams to sew. It's too short. I measured it and
it is right for the pattern, but the pattern has a finished length for
all sizes of 21" which on my large size just reaches my waistline.

I am knitting a lacy edging to stitch on the bottom edge which may
help.

What I wanted to know was - has anyone cut off the ribbing and cast on
stitches and successfully knit the other direction for a bit? I have
plenty of yarn.

Alison

Posted by hesira on July 5, 2006, 8:51 am
Hi Alison,

This is something I've never done, but I'm trying to figure out how to
do it. Why don't you knit a swatch and try it on a small scale,
before taking scissors to the sweater. What I'd do is make the swatch,
insert a needle or a lifeline above where you planned to cut, and then
cut away. I still can't figure how to knit the other direction, but
maybe it would become clear once you had it on the needles.

Hesira

Alison wrote

What I wanted to know was - has anyone cut off the ribbing and cast on
stitches and successfully knit the other direction for a bit? I have
plenty of yarn.

Alison


Posted by Els van Dam on July 5, 2006, 5:19 pm

> Hi Alison,
>
> This is something I've never done, but I'm trying to figure out how to
> do it. Why don't you knit a swatch and try it on a small scale,
> before taking scissors to the sweater. What I'd do is make the swatch,
> insert a needle or a lifeline above where you planned to cut, and then
> cut away. I still can't figure how to knit the other direction, but
> maybe it would become clear once you had it on the needles.
>
> Hesira
>
> Alison wrote
>
> What I wanted to know was - has anyone cut off the ribbing and cast on
> stitches and successfully knit the other direction for a bit? I have
> plenty of yarn.
>
> Alison

Alison, I have indeed, when you cut very carfully and take a couple of
rows out, I have renewed the ribbing of Otto's sweater that had holes in
it. Holes from welding....:=(( It does work, at least it did for me at
the time

Els

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Posted by Olwyn Mary on July 5, 2006, 8:53 am
Alison wrote:
> I used the long weekend to finish a cotton top (knit in Knit 1 Crochet
> 2 Cotonade yarn.) i've been working on this for YEARS. I picked up
> the neck stitches, joined shoulders, picked up sleeve edgings, and
> only have the side seams to sew. It's too short. I measured it and
> it is right for the pattern, but the pattern has a finished length for
> all sizes of 21" which on my large size just reaches my waistline.
>
> I am knitting a lacy edging to stitch on the bottom edge which may
> help.
>
> What I wanted to know was - has anyone cut off the ribbing and cast on
> stitches and successfully knit the other direction for a bit? I have
> plenty of yarn.
>
> Alison
I have done it when puttng on a new ribbing (repairs - don't ask) but I
don't know if it would be a smooth transition if this top is knit in
something like stocking stitch. Perhaps you might need to insert a band
of pattern stitching to cover the transition, otherwise it should work.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Posted by Lucille on July 5, 2006, 10:52 am

> Alison wrote:
>> I used the long weekend to finish a cotton top (knit in Knit 1 Crochet
>> 2 Cotonade yarn.) i've been working on this for YEARS. I picked up
>> the neck stitches, joined shoulders, picked up sleeve edgings, and
>> only have the side seams to sew. It's too short. I measured it and
>> it is right for the pattern, but the pattern has a finished length for
>> all sizes of 21" which on my large size just reaches my waistline.
>>
>> I am knitting a lacy edging to stitch on the bottom edge which may
>> help.
>>
>> What I wanted to know was - has anyone cut off the ribbing and cast on
>> stitches and successfully knit the other direction for a bit? I have
>> plenty of yarn.
>>
>> Alison
> I have done it when puttng on a new ribbing (repairs - don't ask) but I
> don't know if it would be a smooth transition if this top is knit in
> something like stocking stitch. Perhaps you might need to insert a band
> of pattern stitching to cover the transition, otherwise it should work.
>
> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com


I've done it on stockinette and I wasn't thrilled with the end result. It
works out much better if you add a ribbing, or an entirely different stitch.

Lucille
>



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