I made a sweater.
Jan. 29th, 2008 08:19 amMy theory was that short rows provided extra length for extraordinary cleavage, but not so much the width; horizontal increases provided the opposite. So I wanted to try using both.
However, I did NOT feel like knitting up an entire sweater only to decide it didn't really work for me, but there was no other way to do it than knitting an entire sweater.
( so here's the sweater-- which would fit on a soda can. )
My conclusion is that it works fairly well, but I'm testing it out one final time with an addition. My notes so far are:
Use purl columns for vertical darts, approx 30% in from either side.
Increase just above waist to full width for bust.
After increases complete, do short rows to allow for bust height.
What I want to do on the next trial is do decreases over the short rows to take up some of the extra so it doesn't puff up above the bust area. I'm trying that now, in fact.
However, I did NOT feel like knitting up an entire sweater only to decide it didn't really work for me, but there was no other way to do it than knitting an entire sweater.
( so here's the sweater-- which would fit on a soda can. )
My conclusion is that it works fairly well, but I'm testing it out one final time with an addition. My notes so far are:
Use purl columns for vertical darts, approx 30% in from either side.
Increase just above waist to full width for bust.
After increases complete, do short rows to allow for bust height.
What I want to do on the next trial is do decreases over the short rows to take up some of the extra so it doesn't puff up above the bust area. I'm trying that now, in fact.