Sweater front placket-help please!

LOL. I've done things like that before. DId you figure it out? What
about the 13 stitches?

You don't look like a dope. I know if a pattern is driving me nuts, I
make mistakes I wouldn't have it I was relaxed and enjoying it.

Hesira

On Aug 5, 8:18 pm, myswendy wrote

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just realized that I was
knitting the COLLAR as the placket@! SHEESH!!!!!!!! Duh. Duh. Duh.
The
placket is only 4 rows wide and much shorter. On the graph, it is
only
8 stitches long. So why do they want me to pick up 13 stitches?

I'm sorry for so many questions. I really look like a dope. This
crazy
pattern has me nuts. It's beautiful but badly written.

Thanks for being understanding! No, I still can't figure out why I
need to pick up 13 stitches. The graph is the only thing I REALLY have
to go by since the text is so poor, and it shows 2 little rectangles
for plackets that are 7 x 4 stitches in size each.

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:04:52 +0000, myswendy wrote:

Here's a quote from the directions, if that helps. I found it confusing:

Mock Placket
With crochet hook & black yarn, evenly pick up 13 stitches for first side
of mock placket (2-3
stitches away from the center line) and put on size 000 needles. Work two
rows in black,
one
blue/white,

I've had a close look at an enlargement of the picture you posted Wendy
and read these instructions in conjunction with it. On the enlargement you
can clearly see the blue/white row of placket stitches on either side of
the opening mentioned above. There are definitely 13 stitches up each side
of the opening. It seems they mean you to work 1 stitch in white wool and
one stitch in blue wool across that row, (as it seems to have been worked
on the collar also) then use black wool to bind off on the next row. You
do need to cast on 13 stitches.

and bind off with one black row. On the opposite side, pick up
13 stitches again,
matching the first side. Again, work 2 rows in black, one blue/white, and
bind off with a black row.
Work in ends-sew the two edges together if you wish.

The last line of instruction also says "sew the two edges together if you
wish". On closer inspection it looks as though that is what they've done
on the pattern in the picture, though how they get the jumper on and off
the dolls when they do that I cannot guess! I hope this makes sense :-)

Bernadette

I too had a close look and used a magnifier , the plackets do not
over lap the meet each other
mirjam

You could pull the dolls' heads off to remove the sweaters. Back when
I had Barbies, the heads were easily removable. Don't know if they
still are.

Hesira

On Aug 6, 4:07 am, Bernadette wrote:

The last line of instruction also says "sew the two edges together if
you
wish". On closer inspection it looks as though that is what they've
done
on the pattern in the picture, though how they get the jumper on and
off
the dolls when they do that I cannot guess! I hope this makes sense
:-)

Bernadette

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:05:31 +0000, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:

I too had a close look and used a magnifier , the plackets do not over
lap the meet each other
mirjam

I agree Mirjam. The edges of the plackets look as though they lie
adjacent to each other, just touching on the two bind off rows. They
certainly do not overlap.

On something as small as a doll's top I believe if they overlapped
they would be too bulky and pull the rest of the garment out of shape.

Bernadette

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:34:22 -0700, hesira wrote:

You could pull the dolls' heads off to remove the sweaters. Back when I
had Barbies, the heads were easily removable. Don't know if they still
are.

Hesira

That's handy to know, thanks! :-) (Having only had boys I never learned
about "modern" dolls - lol)

Bernadette

In message . com,
myswendy writes
On Aug 5, 8:40 pm, "Cliff & Sue Drake" wrote:
Hmmmmm..... Is it possible to just make the two sides of the placket meet
in the middle? That's what it looks like to me in the photo -- and if I
recall correctly, that's how this type of sweater placket is made when it's
full-sized. I'd think trying to make the edges overlap would be awfully
bulky. HTH!

Happy trails....

Sue
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"myswendy" wrote:
I can't tell from the directions how this is supposed to be. The top
of the front is split into two pieces that work separately up to the
shoulder. It just says pick up stitches with a crochet hook 2-3
stitches from the edge and knit in the pattern as pictured. I will put
a link here for how the sweater will look when it's done, because it's
hard to explain. I can't tell if the placket is supposed to be knitted
so it can be folded over to the right side and tacked down, or if it
is to be knitted right-side out, starting from the edge and thereby
overlapping the two placket sides in the front, or what. I am SO
confused!- Hide quoted text -

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Yah, it would be bulky...sheesh.........

It seems to me that you have to pick up the stitches about 2 or 3
stitches away from the edge , not on the edge itself that way the 4
row border will meet over the split.
That is how I would try it. That is why it probably says to use a
crochet hook, which you would not need if you picked them up directly
off the edge.
Shirley
--
Shirley Shone

http://www.allcrafts.org.uk

You guys are amazing!~ My doll is actually a Sofia doll by Madam
Alexander. The sweater snaps up the back.

I am starting to think that the writer of this pattern messed up here
in the graph. Jeez. Here's a close-up of the placket in the graph. No
13 stitches! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is exhausting! Shows what
a mess poor directions can make of the loveliest pattern.

http://tinyurl.com/ysb8wm

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in Connecticut

Well, I'm impressed with you! To stick it out and figure out what the
problems are and go forward.

I've heard of Madame Alexander dolls. How does the size compare to
that of a Barbie? I ask, because the stitches in that sweater (if
she's Barbie sized) are incredibly small. I guess a better question
is, what size yarn are you using. I know you stated you put the
placket stitches on triple zero needles. Whew! For that alone, you
get my kudos!

Hesira

On Aug 6, 8:21 am, myswendy wrote:
You guys are amazing!~ My doll is actually a Sofia doll by Madam
Alexander. The sweater snaps up the back.

I am starting to think that the writer of this pattern messed up here
in the graph. Jeez. Here's a close-up of the placket in the graph. No
13 stitches! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is exhausting! Shows what
a mess poor directions can make of the loveliest pattern.

http://tinyurl.com/ysb8wm

Wendy
A Knitting Fool in Connecticut