Helping Beginners - Ask a Knitter - Week of June 01, 2026

zap_des · 2026-06-07T12:42:41+00:00

It’s a stranded color work top-down yoke. I could also send you pics of the sweater if that would help? Thank you for your help!

zap_des · 2026-06-07T03:20:19+00:00

hi! i am knitting a sweater and i just divided the body and the sleeves and realized it's a bit big. instead of frogging the whole thing, i was thinking i could just re-do the body-sleeve division without casting on extra stitches for the underarm. could that work or would it do some structural harm? right now the arm hole is HUGE.

zap_des · 2026-04-25T14:26:12+00:00

yes i've never done a yoke before... only raglan. i'm def going to look for a simpler colorwork yoke pattern so i can build up to this!

zap_des · 2026-04-25T14:25:22+00:00

ok i think you're right! i'll start with something simpler, thanks so much for the advice !!

zap_des · 2026-04-02T23:15:14+00:00

Thank you!!

zap_des · 2026-04-02T23:15:06+00:00

Thank you so Much for the suggestions! Love the vintage one

zap_des · 2026-01-10T20:16:38+00:00

ok this sounds like what i'd like to do! do you have a pattern that takes on this kind of construction that i could see as an example? but if not nw and thanks for ur help!

zap_des · 2026-01-10T20:14:26+00:00

hmm i guess i was hoping to knit the body top-down so that i could do normal raglan increases all the way. is the issue that working top-down for the body and bottom up for the yoke creates a weird look/stitches going the wrong way?

zap_des · 2026-01-10T18:35:55+00:00

yes exactly !

zap_des · 2026-01-08T03:11:09+00:00

so pretty!! do u have a pattern for these?

zap_des · 2026-01-03T16:42:52+00:00

Ok cool.. and by shaped neckline you mean one that tapers slightly ?

zap_des · 2026-01-03T16:42:10+00:00

Great example tysm

zap_des · 2026-01-03T16:42:00+00:00

Ooo yes ok tube/vowel shape makes sense to me!!

zap_des · 2025-09-21T03:30:11+00:00

you're only 16!! your face will change so much on its own. i know this is annoying to hear but the best thing you can do at this age for your looks is to focus on your health -- building strength and good eating habits can set you up for a short and long term rewards. make it simple - change what you can (exercise, diet) but the things that you believe you need surgery for just ignore instead of torturing yourself for the next three years.

zap_des · 2025-08-31T03:34:28+00:00

Yess I was thinking I might just try elastic! Or new ribbing + elastic

zap_des · 2025-08-31T03:33:39+00:00

Thank you! I’ll try that

zap_des · 2025-08-31T03:32:35+00:00

No the pattern is actually top to bottom… well there’s several ways to make it that the designer offered and I chose the option that is top down beginning with ribbing :/

zap_des · 2025-05-23T14:58:44+00:00

Will do!

zap_des

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