[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting in the round but not from the beginning of the project

Wed Nov 11 18:18:07 UTC 2020

Hi Kathy.
I'm sorry to hear that.  It is possible to pick up dropped stitches.  I could talk you through that, if you want.  Me, I'd try picking them up, rather than starting over, but it's up to you.
I don't know what could have gone wrong.  I just get on a knit row, cast on stitches when I come to the join, then keep going in the direction I was headed.  Did your cast-on come out?
Tracy

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Hi Tracy,

Boo hoo! As I knitted around on that first row, the place where I made the join began to unravel. I tried to pick up the stitches but just made the stitches drop even faster. I am willing to begin the sweater one more time, but need to understand why this happened. Do you have any ideas as to why this happened? Did I do something wrong with the join? 

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May God bless you.
 Cathy F

> On Nov 10, 2020, at 3:22 PM, henry osborne jr via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi Cathy, is there a way that you could share this pattern with us since it is free, or, could there possibly be a class for this sweater someday?
> Thank you, and May God Bless
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> hi Tracy,
> 
> Thanks so much for your reply. I’ve successfully connected the circle.
> My first mistake was that I needed to make my last purl row. So I did and when I cast on the stitches I needed, but saw that there was a gap and this worried me. But when I just continued to knit the gap disappeared and the gap closed. So yipee!
> 
> I am using a free pattern found on the internet somewhere. The pattern is called “the incredible raglan sweater.” The nice thing about this pattern is that it allows you to use whatever weight of yarn you want and make the sweater the perfect size you need. The tricky part of this pattern is that a swatch, measurements of self and some athmatical calculations must be made.
> 
> So I decided to use the yarn that was the last sweater class. It is DK weight and I wanted to see if I could use it this time. The answer was yes. So, I am really pleased with how things are going now.
> 
> I will post again with more questions when I have trouble, since you have experience with raglans. 
> Thanks again.
> 
> 
> May God bless you.
> Cathy F
> 
>> On Nov 10, 2020, at 8:47 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> I have done this many times, using the raglan pattern in Knitting From the Top, available in braille from BARD.
>> Connect the circle on a knit row, because you will continue with all knits when you are in the round.
>> There's usually a bit of a gap to be filled when connecting the piece to be knit in the round, closing up the front.  I cast on the number of stitches I need to close the gap, then keep going the same direction, thus joining the 2 pieces.  
>> I cast on the stitches using either the cable cast-on or the good old backward loop, nothing fancy.
>> If this isn't clear, I can talk you through it on the phone.  Shouldn't take long.
>> Tracy
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>> beginning of the project
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have begun work on making a raglan sweater. The pattern begins at the back of the neck and stitches are addedfor the shoulders, and the right and left front. This section is knit flat. Then the center stitches are added all at the same time and the circle for the neck is closed.
>> I am ready to close the circle, but I’m not quite sure how to do it. I have only begun a circle from the beginning of a pattern. 
>> Should I add the front stitches on the knit or purl row? Should I increase and immediately knit around? If so, how to increase and be certain the right side is on the outside. 
>> I tried adding knit stitches to the end of a knit row.so then I should 
>> purl, but I couldn’t figure out how to connect the circle by beginning with a purl stitch. Hmm, perhaps I  need a refresher on how to connect a circle. <sigh> I ask these questions because I tried this once already and had the sweater inside out. When I attempted to tink back, I dropped stitches, and could not get them back. So I’ve begun again. This time I will await advice.
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>> Thanks for any help.
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>> 
>> May God bless you.
>> Cathy F
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