My mom and I knitted this sweater together. I’d like to say she was holding one needle while I worked the other, but it was more of a tag team system. Our gauge isn’t identical, but the blocking evened it all out. I used a pattern but added several inches to the torso & sleeve length, and they’re still barely long enough because as the sweater stretches around me, it shortens more than I expected. My question to seasoned knitters is – can you pick up & knit on a ribbed edge to add length, or will that look weird?
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That sounds like a lot of fun to knit a sweater tag-team!
If you picked up the stitched and knit more ribbing there would be a bump and it might look weird.
As scary as it sounds, IMHO you'd be better off cutting the sweater above the ribbing, unraveling it, adding the desired length in st-st, then graft it back together. Check out the excellent grafting adventure post.
I should have been more clear: Unravel one row, knit some more, then graft it back together!
Ummmm... I believe it's called ruffles. One can always add a ruffle anywhere, anytime, any material: sweater, leather, lace, gabardine,bedding, beaded fringe, or whatever to add length. It's true, I've done it. You just have to get over this material purity thing - knit doesn't have to go with knit.
Lori Z,
That makes sense - thanks for the advice.
Katrina,
Do you think burlap or polar fleece would ruffle better?
Burlap ruffle sounds nice. My grandmother always told stories about the Great Depression that involved making dresses and skirts out of the bags that flour and vegetables came in. I always imagined them as exquisitely tailored dresses with buttonholes and pintucking and even ruffles - just made out of potato sack burlap - it made sense in my 5-year-old mind.
your five-year-old mind (and I'm not referrring to you specifically) is probably better than your current mind.
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