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Posted by Mary on January 31, 2008, 3:41 am
> Ok Mary,
> I'm confused a bit here. First you say :
> Now, to shape the v-neck opening, decrease one stitch at the v-neck
> side every other row. =A0I do that by doing
> "purl 1, purl 2 together" at the beginning of every back row.
>
> Later you say this:
> For the decreases, there are several ways to do it, but I prefer doing
> "knit1, knit 2 together" at the v-
> neck side at the beginning of every front row, which is not too
> visible.
>
You are working first one one side of the V, and then on
the other here. No matter which side you happen to be working on, you
want to decrease 1 stitch at the V side every other row. Whether you
do it with a decrease at the beginning of a row or the end of a row
doesn't matter for the shaping, but will make a difference in
appearance. Why not make a small test swatch and see?
> I have some other questions besides this please: What happens to the 2
> middle stitches that I put on a separate holder at the beginning?
> Where do they come into this?
That stays on the holder until you're ready to do the edging
of the V later on. When you are finished with the front of the
sweater, you will have a little holder dangling in the middle of the
front. As you put the sweater together and pick up the stitches
around the neck hole to make the edging, the stitches on the holder
will be the center (lowest part) of the V.
>
> Also, right after that, you say this: =A0 Use the same number of
> stitches to decrease, and continue on the armhole shaping for that
> side as usual. =3D=3DDo you mean, decrease the armhole edge at the same
> rate as the V-neck? That doesnt sound quite right.
No! You handle the armhole edges however the pattern says,
and that will be different whether you are making an armhole for
raglan, standard, or block.
> Also--my biggest problem is that I am pretty much designing this as I
> go and making notations on what I'm doing. I'm just working on the
> front of the sweater, for starters. I have no idea how many stitches
> will be at the back of the neckline yet.
The usual method is to make the back of a sweater before you
make the front. However, there is a rule-of-thumb about how many
stitches will be used for the back of the neck, and that is generally
one third of the total number of stitches across the body. For
example, if you are making a sweater with 120 stitches across the
front (or back), you will have 40 stitches used for the neck (1/3 of
120 =3D 40).
>
> I commonly create my doll sweaters in this fashion and then save the
> patterns I create for future use as well, but this is my first attempt
> (obviously!) at a V-neck, and I'm a bit lost here. Thank you for all
> your help!
>
> Wendy
> A Knitting Fool in CT
> mysmt=3D=3Dat=3D=3Dsbcglobal.net
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