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Old April 2nd 04, 02:42 AM
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"Spike Driver" wrote in message
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"Gwendoline Kelly" wrote in message
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Dennis, I do not know of such a book but just give it a bit of thought

and
I am quite sure you could do this by yourself

A. You know how many stitches and rows to the inch your desired pattern

( or
plain knitting as the case may be)
by having done a swatch.
B. The persons measurements give you the length and width of the

garment
and hopefully the length to armhole as
well and the length of the sleeve.also shoulder width
C. From the above you can work out how many stitches needed and also

the
rows if necessary.
D If you wish to have a pattern of any kind - say cable or a lacey

stitch
when the pattern is usually in repeats -just
adjust the stitches to fit a regular repeat of the pattern - this
usually only requires a few stitches adjustment and
certainly not enough to alter the size of the garment in any major

way.
E As for neck and armhole shaping - You can take the number of stitches

you
need to shape the armhole by
simply looking at any sweater you have - or any other pattern of

any
sort that have roughly the same tension -
ie stitches per inch. The when you reach the depth of , say the v


neck you require, you decrease each side by
calculating how many rows you will need to get to the shoulder
measurement and then decreasing on a regular n
number of rows.
F To pick up the stitches for a neck band - just do a little trial and
error - generally it works well if you use the
same size needles as used for the basque and using the basque as a
measurement tool just slightly stretch it
around say half of the neck ( from centre back to the bottom of the

V
multiply that by too and pick up the
required stitches
I hope I have explained this so that you can understand it but if not

please
e mail me for any queries . I have not bought a pattern for years - I

make
all my sweaters like this using fancy patterns I have seen somewhere or
somehow aquired. Good knitting God Bless gwen


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Gwen Kelly


"Slinky" wrote in message
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Maggie Righetti's "Sweater Design in Plain English".

Barbara Walker, can't recall which book is better.

Elizabeth Zimmerman's "Knitting Around, or Knitting Without a
License"; her percentage system is priceless.

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:04:43 -0600, "Spike Driver"
wrote:

The question I have is on a good book that would let you set up a

sweater
from scrcatch with just the measurements from the person.
I guess I am asking for a book that will teach me how change the

mesure
inot
stitches and rows. I no you have fill in pattern like the raglan on

the
internet now. I do not want that, I want to be able to take measure

ments,
draw out the pattern and set up the stitches and rows. Any one has

any
ideas on a good book or have one you would like to sell?

God Bless,

Dennis






Gwen,

Thanks a ton. Gail asways says "You have been knitting for almost 25

years.
You just need to sit down and start it, you will surprise your self." I
will have to set down and give it a go this fall. As I stated she would
help me with all the measurements. I never heard it stated as simply as.

I
think I could do it. I have knitted many patterns listed difficult or
expert and have very little trouble. I did some lace valances for Gails
kitchen years ago, with those I found out what difficult meant. I call it
Gails! kitchen because she will not let me in there except to help clean

up,
I don't know why.

Thank you gwen. On of the ladies replied when I first asked about the
v-neck pattern wanting to know why am I lettering myself be tied down to a
pattern. She stated she can make a sweater with two measurements. I

should
have wrote down her name.

Thank a ton Gwen and God bless,

Denns




 




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