Japanese Shortrows?

Has anyone tried this technique for short row shaping?
http://nonaknits.typepad.com/nonakni...se_short_.html
DA


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I took a class by Lucy Neatby (mentioned in the piece) and she showed
us this technique. It is really quite simple.

By the way, she uses little safety pins that don't have springs to get
caught in the yarn - they are available at some LYS's - possibly other
places as well. I suppose small plastic paper clips might work too.

"JCT" wrote in message
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I took a class by Lucy Neatby (mentioned in the piece) and she showed
us this technique. It is really quite simple.

By the way, she uses little safety pins that don't have springs to get
caught in the yarn - they are available at some LYS's - possibly other
places as well. I suppose small plastic paper clips might work too.


I use the coil less pins for row markers, so that is not a problem. Did you
like the results? It seems pretty easy compared to some of the others I
have tried.
DA

I found it easy - looked good to me. Best way to decide is to try it,
I guess. I thought the website illustration was great.

DIfferent groups I have attended have started teaching this process. It
makes a big difference to have someone show it, though it only takes
about 20 minutes to learn well. They had a program for it at the recent
Florida Fiber In held in Orlando and it was fun to do, though I had
seen the same presentation by the same knitter/designer before...Linda
Walsh. Hope you all can find a way to work it into your knitting. Think
how nice those even darts will look on a bustline...or seemless
shoulders for a change.

Hugs,
Susan

"Susan Carey" wrote in message
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DIfferent groups I have attended have started teaching this process. It
makes a big difference to have someone show it, though it only takes
about 20 minutes to learn well. They had a program for it at the recent
Florida Fiber In held in Orlando and it was fun to do, though I had
seen the same presentation by the same knitter/designer before...Linda
Walsh. Hope you all can find a way to work it into your knitting. Think
how nice those even darts will look on a bustline...or seemless
shoulders for a change.

Hugs,
Susan

Thanks Susan. I learn things easier by reading/doing than having some one
show me. I do have a question about seamless shoulders. It would seem to me
that you would need seams to support the weight of the knitting. Many years
ago I knit a sweater from cuff to cuff which grew when you wore it,
stretching the neck line.
DA

Really it is more ladderless seams than seamless. Sorry to have mis
written. You know how patterns call for binding off seven and knit to
the end of the row and then back and bind off the next seven and so on.
Well, with this the ladder part does not show which makes for a
smoother and less difficult to match seam. It would work if you were
doing an over the top sweater pattern where you start at the back and
come up over the shoulders, as that would make a difference in the
shaping, but I don't think too many patterns are made that way.

Susan

"Susan Carey" wrote in message
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Really it is more ladderless seams than seamless. Sorry to have mis
written. You know how patterns call for binding off seven and knit to
the end of the row and then back and bind off the next seven and so on.
Well, with this the ladder part does not show which makes for a
smoother and less difficult to match seam. It would work if you were
doing an over the top sweater pattern where you start at the back and
come up over the shoulders, as that would make a difference in the
shaping, but I don't think too many patterns are made that way.

Susan

Ok, that works. Back on the 80s there were a lot of patterns for sweaters
knit from cuff to cuff.
DA

I did this on my NYCO -- which I promise is almost complete. I used
the short rows and then the three needle bindoff for the shoulder seam.
It looks good - should be strong enough but time will tell. I don't
like sewing the ladder type shoulder seams.