Sleeve Question

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Permalink Reply by Janet on December 26, 2010 at 7:19pm

Yes that is what I did with my original sleeves.  I have to restart, didn't gauge correctly, lol.  Anyway, I twisted the accent yarn with the main color every couple of rows behind the knitting as I went up so that there would not be any loops to hook my fingers into etc...  Janet 

Permalink Reply by Debra Fassler on December 26, 2010 at 7:27pm

Thanks for the info - I figured that I could, just wanted to know if there was something I was missing since it doesn't specifically say to carry the accent yarn in the directions.  Here we go...wish me luck!

Permalink Reply by KnitWhich? on December 26, 2010 at 7:49pm

You'll do fine.  And happy knitting!

Permalink Reply by virginia karlsbroten on December 27, 2010 at 4:07am

I started late too (last summer) and did the body first...all went pretty well. I am using 2 dark purple yarns, one a baby alpaca and one a lace merino. I did one of the sleeves on dpn's and set it aside to do the other one. One day last week, I discovered that some how, I had used only the merino on the lower half of the first sleeve, How many times did I have that in my hands and measure it and look at it? Last night I started it over and am knitting right off the goofed up one instead of unraveling the whole thing. I hope I have sense enough to stop when I get to the all merino part! Oh, well, I have enjoyed the magic loop, so this is just more opportunity to perfect that method. I am very anxious about attaching the sleeves but everyone on this site is so kind and helpful and they have promised to help me bumble through;-).   vk   Good luck with yours! 

Permalink Reply by Janet on December 27, 2010 at 8:57am

Yup, rather than unraveling the whole sweater, I am going to knit from the one that is wrong.  Save me some time, lol.  Janet

Permalink Reply by Janet on December 27, 2010 at 5:27pm

Would there be a way that you can put a safety pin or some type of stitch marker where the all merino part is???  This should probably stop you in time so that you can get situated!  Jaent

Permalink Reply by Beverly J. Carmichael on December 27, 2010 at 6:18am

Yes, carry it up the underarm exactly the same way to did on the body of the sweater.  Good luck.

Permalink Reply by Deb Van Iderstine on January 1, 2011 at 8:19pm

I did both my sleeves on one magic loop, carrying the accent yarn up the underarm. I just put them on holders today, and am starting the body now. I've had a little trouble with laddering on the sleeves, but plan to stitch the gap once I've blocked them.

Permalink Reply by Janet on January 1, 2011 at 10:26pm

I bet that once you wash and block, you may not have too much laddering.  I usually have a little laddering on my socks, but once I have blocked them, the laddering seems to disappear.  Did you have to change the length of sleeve from what the pattern called for????  I think I will but I need to know where the underarm of a raglan sweater should hit when you join the sleeve to the body. 

Permalink Reply by Deb Van Iderstine on January 2, 2011 at 6:40pm

From what I've been reading in other posts, people who made the sleeves longer because they were afraid they'd be too short decided they shouldn't have when the sweater was finished. I'm making it somewhat oversized, am following the largest directions, which say to put the sleeves on holders at 15 1/2 inches. I went a little over that in order to have my first row joining a stripe row, to have the extra strength of the 3rd strand and the ease of remembering where I was in the pattern. Your comment is exactly why I'm planning to block first, in the hopes that I'll end up with less (or no) extra work to do. Also, just to keep life interesting, my 87 year old mother pitched a pillow at me a couple of days ago, and knocked a cup of coffee into my knitting bag with the sleeves and yarn, so I've got to wash them out now that they're on holders. I could have screamed, but she actually apologized when she saw the damage she'd caused.