hey everyone.
i am almost done. i'm finishing up the hood and then i'll be off and running on the sleeves.
i'm panicking about the sleeves and would love some advice.
i keep seeing posts, here and elsewhere, about the nightmare of "setting" in the sleeve. i don't know what this means. i guess i thought i would just line up the edges and seam away. but clearly this probably isn't the case.
does anyone know of an online resource or guidance on how to see this done or how to do it? or please email me at katyaflutes at gmail dot com
btw- great posts today on finished CPH. clearly the long weekend was good to knitting!
here's my latest- all blocked and progress on the hood.
4 comments:
Don't worry so much about setting in the sleeve. It will work itself out. Cara at januaryone.com just finished hers and she ended up seaming up the sleeves before she seamed it with the body. That way she was seaming a tube to a tube - seems to be easier!
I think Cara did that because she had sewed the body all in one piece -- front and back together. I'm not sure it's what you'd do otherwise.
Here are some setting in sleeves instructions:
http://www.keyboardbiologist.net/knitblog/archives/000796.html
I also seemed my sleeves and sides before setting in the sleeves. I pinned the tubes together at several points. It was nerve wracking (being my first time to set in sleeves) ... I had my Nancie Wiseman book in front of me.
I find that pinning the sleeve in before you ever start is the best way to ease it in and make it fit. Does worry, you'll do fine.
And I love that color! What is the yarn?
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