Okay, I think it's time to address a sweater fit issue. The pretty ribbing on my Na Craga creates a little bell skirt post blocking, but that's not the look I want, and ignoring it hasn't worked. I'm not looking to place blame, I just want to love my epic sweater. #SweaterKnitting #MenWhoKnit - ThreadSky

willygknitter.bsky.social • 25 days ago

Okay, I think it's time to address a sweater fit issue. The pretty ribbing on my Na Craga creates a little bell skirt post blocking, but that's not the look I want, and ignoring it hasn't worked. I'm not looking to place blame, I just want to love my epic sweater.
#SweaterKnitting #MenWhoKnit

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truditrubl.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/ask-patty-what-the-flip-2/

truditrubl.bsky.social•23 days ago

There is a brilliant article on this issue by Patty Lyons on Modern Daily Knitting by the title „What the Flip“. It explains the why and how to avoid it, I refer back to it frequently. Good luck 🍀!

willygknitter.bsky.social•21 days ago

Thanks for the reference. This is not the issue I had with this sweater, but I love Patty's tips and tricks! I found the same tip in her book Knitting Bag Of Tricks. The "ribbing" for this design isn't flipping so much as it is flaring, which is more of a gauge issue.

youcancallmemel.bsky.social•25 days ago

your ALT description is 💯🤍

I wanna be like you when I grow up (and @andrearangelknits.bsky.social … I always read and love her added text descriptions)

bethlpm.bsky.social•25 days ago

Well, shoot. I hate to say it, but frog the ribbing and do a couple decrease rows, then reknit the ribbing with a smaller needle. First, figure out how many inches smaller you want it to be, then calculate # of stitches to decrease. Then do the ribbing. I don't like the feel of baggy knits myself!

roxmpls.bsky.social•25 days ago

You could potentially cut off the ribbing, capture the live sts and re-knit the ribbing in the opposite direction, reducing the stitch count and/or reducing the needle size.

juliettenoether.bsky.social•25 days ago

In theory ribbing should always be knit on needles a size or two smaller than the body's. It looks like that didn't happen here. I second Roxanne's advice. Note you snip a single stitch and rip out the entire row from there, not cut along the ribbing. It's easy to pickup from there

willygknitter.bsky.social•25 days ago

Thanks for the helpful tips. I definitely did use smaller needles for the ribbing, but the ribbing is not very elastic, having a cable detail to look pretty. It's possible that my tension wasn't tight enough; sometimes yarns don't knit smaller no matter what you do with needles.

juliettenoether.bsky.social•24 days ago

In that case, you might want to substitute a plain ribbing.. Or you'll have to also figure out how many stitches to take out, which could get very involved. The silver lining is that it'd be faster to knit 🙄

willygknitter.bsky.social•25 days ago

Okay, you've convinced me. I've done so many sweater surgeries before, but hadn't embraced it emotionally yet for this one. I have the yarn on hand and can unpick the seams. And while it's a little more time commitment, the knitting rhythm is a more familiar one than sewing skills.

willygknitter.bsky.social•25 days ago

That's my plan B. We're trying the tacky method first. And if it works, I'm the kind of person who can't not tell on myself when I find a captive audience. (Why do I do this? he asks in italics)

roxmpls.bsky.social•25 days ago

Did you use the same number of sts and/or same needle size for the ribbing as for the sweater body? Do the cables in the ribbing flow into the body cables, or is it more random?

willygknitter.bsky.social•25 days ago

It's been a while. I followed Alice Starmore's instructions... except for the gauge, apparently. The ribbing doesn't flow into the cables, so decreasing for the new band should be fine. I'm anticipating taking the ribbing in may also help with length issues.

roxmpls.bsky.social•25 days ago

Terrific! :-)

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