OMG I LOVE YOU! As a very new knitter with lousy 3D perception this made so much sense. The work you put into your examples is so appreciated. I bow before your skills as a knitter and a teacher, Madam! You are a treasure.
Thank you Roxanne! I come back to this video frequently to help me understand short rows, it’s such a nice overview! Thank you for all of your hard work and for sharing your knitting knowledge😄
February 3 2024 Maryland USA: As a beginner knitter I am over the moon with your video. I have been in such a confusion, you like when you were little and your sibling spinned you around and walking now a straiight line was impossible!!! Your instructional video is perfect. I especially appreciate your camera position so I can visibility see without twisting my neck to get it! You are a genius! Thank you for the time and sharing in this video. We are now BFF!😂❤
This was very clear and helpful. Thank you! I had been intimidated by specific techniques videos because i wasnt confident in the basic concept and usage of short rows!
Roxanne, you have done an amazing job of explaining & demonstrating short rows. Thanks a million! I’m saving this video for reference. I know I will view it again and again!
I have watched Gsr videos and obviously didn’t understand them and always did them wrong. THIS VIDEO is the clearest I have ever watched the next gsr Inhave do to with finally be done right. Thank you sooo very much
Thank you sooooooo much! I had watched a couple other vids trying to understand short rows so I could work them into a freehand sweater I’m knitting and I just wasn’t understanding others. You explained it perfectly and now I understand AND feel confident adding them to my sweater. ❤
I was look for the W&T but your video has answered my problem, I'm going to use your short rows it do easy now you have explained it. Thank you so much you saved me pulling out my knitting and looking for another pattern.
I don't really have any difficulties with short row techniques, but I just HAD TO watch your video! I love how methodic and instructive your teaching methods are. It's so calming and takes away any stress or frustration one might have with more advanced techniques. It's a pleasure to watch and confirm I'm following best practices. Thank you Roxanne so much for all the work you do! You rock!
This was the perfect tutorial for me! I am a newer knitter working on a pattern with short rows, and I had no idea what that meant. Thank you for such clear instructions and explanation. 💜
Can’t wait to see your live. The only thing I don’t understand about sr is: if you want to add sr to a sweater that doesn’t have one. How do I know how many rows do I need and how do I know where to start? I hope you can cover that in your live. Thank you. You have taught me a lot.
The chart at 1:23 helped a lot, because I kept feeling like one end was going to be taller than the other -- but i see that's not the case. Awesome lesson.
This is fab. As i've only ever used short rows in socks and it hadn't occured to me that short rows are analogous to increases and decreases wrt changing length vertically vs horizontally. That's such a more helpful way to think of it when for eample, doing the back of a jumper neck.
Amazing! I have done short rows before, just blindly followed the pattern and it worked. But knowing how they work is so satisfying. Thank you for this|! Definitely adding this vid to my knitting playlist, thank you so much!
Thank you, Roxanne, for clarifying short rows. I am new to knitting and am interested in all aspects of knitting, especially those that enhance my knowledge of what I am doing. Thereby improving my knitting. Thanks again.
Will you be doing an advanced short row tutorial, explaining how to plan for short rows, how many to do in various cases? Specifically I am interested in calculating how many and how wide for a dowager’s hump...
Thank you, Rox! So timely. I just finished a “practice” baby sweater with a 1x1 ribbed shawl collar. My efforts with wrap and turn look like bad scar tissue. After that difficult lesson, I watched some videos, read up in Vogue knitting and practiced swatches (also for buttonholes which were another weak point in the baby sweater). I was able to do the wrap and turn better, but the German short row technique and swatches/projects you show are so smooth looking! I’ll do some more swatch practice while I finish the body of the full sized sweater and see if I can do the German short rows successfully.
Thank you so much for this exceptionally clear, careful explanation and demonstration of short rows. Emboldened me to try them out on my first ever sweater. And practising using the swatch you made was very helpful.
Thanks for the explanation of the what and why of short rows. I’m just now following patterns, and setting a goal to knit a sweater one day. I really enjoy your channel and the knowledge you share.
Great video on short rows! You always make things so clear. When I learned to do socks, I was taught thr heel flap and gusset, which I did for years. I just learned the fish lips kiss heel and I absolutely love it. I also use short rows in sweater to add length to the back of raglans.
Excellent presentation, I have been doing both w&t and DS without really understanding why! I'm working on a shawl collar currently. Previously have knitted many pairs of socks.
You are SUCH a good teacher, Roxanne! As I was watching this, questions kept popping into my head and in the next moment you answered them! E.G. what would you use it for; what would it look like in a different stitch, and so on.... Thank you so much. :-)
This is one of the clearest videos I have seen on short rows. I am unclear however on how to calculate how many stitches I should stop short on. For example, If I wanted to pick up stitches for a sleeve and wanted to do short rows around the cap, how best do I calculate making that “crescent” until the shoulder cap is complete? I hope I am making sense.
Topic Suggestion: Hi, Rox. I'd be curious to see how you construct one of your spreadsheets ahead of knitting a garment and then how you use it as you knit.
Thank you so much! Your videos are always so insightful and helpful! I'm using german short rows on a pattern for the first time and I had no idea what it was :D
I really wish my book had this information. Demonstrated clearly. I havent finshed the video yet, but i wonder if, when shoulder shaping while knitting top-down, there is any adjustment needed. Basically do use short rows the same way whether you knit bottom-up or top-down?
Whether (and how) you use short rows depends on the type of sweater construction you're knitting. Lots of top down sweaters (raglans in particular) use short rows, when they could just shape the neckline with increases and cast on sts before joining in the round. A bottom up raglan is more than likely going to shape the neckline, and not use short rows. Sweater constructions with seams at the shoulder will use short rows in a similar way to each other -- casting on and then doing short rows (rather than stair step cast on shaping) for top down, or using short row shaping instead of bind off stair steps shaping.
@@RoxanneRichardson Ah thanks, I forgot to mention top-down for set-in sleeve construction. For shoulder shaping, instead of using stair-step cast-on, they cast on the full length? Then after than, i'm having trouble picturing how the short rows should be worked. I understand how they are worked when going bottom up, but to create that sloped shape when working top down, i can't see it yet. Thank you.
Thank you for the tutorial , I want to ask you a question about a certain pattern for a hat in which is giving a certain pattern to follow ( a cable pattern ) , but also saying ( at the same time work shortened rows as follows : first on all sts. ) , How can I make shortened rows on all sts and working on the pattern at the same time ? Thank you again and I hope you will answer my question 🌼🌼
I love your videos, i have learned a lot! I am doing my first sweater and want to add a bit of length to bottom back hem, but I am unsure if I should do it starting wide and doing shorter rows each time, or the other way around? I am going top down in the round, and will add a bit of ribbing after. I have seen patterns where they just split at the sides, but I want it a bit more subtle, I only really need about 2 inches. Trying to match a sweater I own that I always seem to wear!
I have done that! There are two videos: one that replicates doing each shoulder separately, as for a sweater front, and one that demonstrates doing them simultaneously, as for a sweater back. You can find both videos in my 3NBO playlist.
I'm working my first garment. I like the look of the sloped bind off however, the garment I'm working has a selvedge edge. Does that change things at the end of the row?
Thank you for this great video on short rows! I learn so much from your videos! I'm making felted slippers and want to add length to heel only. This is an example...does it matter if I knit 7 st w&t, then 5 st w&t, 3 st w&t OR knit 3 st w&t, then 5 st w&t, 7 st w&t? If it does matter, why? In another video you mention the 1898 hat where you do a w&t. Is that a short row? Again thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise!
Without knowing more about the slipper construction, the gauge you're working at, and how much length you want to add, I can't answer your slipper question. You could post the question in my Ravelry group, and include more information. As for the W&T for the 1898 hat, the process for wrapping and turning is the same as for a short row, but the goal is simply to turn and reverse direction permanently. The wrap is to connect the two ends of the row, in order to prevent a hole.
Hi: I am trying to make a video of my work so that I can see what I am doing (right or wrong) :). Can you tell me what camera you are using and how you set it up. I am trying to use my cellphone camera but I can't figure a way to get it above me to show my hand movement. The way you do it is perfect. I do not want to buy video equipment because this is just for me at home. Please advise, thanks
My system is way to elaborate. I use an actual camera, and have a stand (it may be a light stand, I'm not sure) with a horizontal arm that holds my camera above my head, and is connected to a monitor so I can actually see what is in the frame. Not what you're looking for. Lots of people use their cell phones for overhead recording. There are various types of tabletop tripods (which you could elevate on a higher surface) or devices you can clamp to the edge of a table that have a bendable arm you can position overhead.
Hi Roxanne does the slip stitch count as the first stitch of the next row? My pattern states I’m to increase the number of stitches by 2 at each row so I’m not sure if I start counting with the slip stitch or the next one. Thank you
I am knitting the Afterparty Sweater. The pattern calls for a short row which is not too far above the (6 1/2 inches above) ribbing. I am wondering why a short row and not a decrease row. The direction just says work a short row w&t.
If the pattern doesn’t incorporate short rows to raise the back neck, how do you know where to start adding the short rows? I’m making a raglan cardigan. I don’t know where to do the first wrap and turn.
I just watched the video again. Very helpful. I, too, prefer German short rows. The blue scarf/wrap you showed towards the end is beautiful. Is that one of your patterns?
The one with the criss-crossing strands along the bottom edge? That's one of mine. It's called Criss Cross. You should be able to find it in my Ravelry shop.
@@RoxanneRichardson that was quick! I only said something because in the video you said there would be and I went for them and they were gone! Glad you could put them in so quick!
Hello I have a question about a long cardigan with shawl collar, how do we know how many stitches we need to divide for the short rows. Here you have 5 stiches for the short row but for bigger project how do we calculate? Like big shawl collar!!!
![A better way to knit German short rows [and why yours may look all wrong]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/i_F8A5Lyz88/mqdefault.jpg)
Roxanne, you are the best knitting teacher there could ever be. A natural-born teacher, for sure. Thank you!
OMG I LOVE YOU! As a very new knitter with lousy 3D perception this made so much sense. The work you put into your examples is so appreciated. I bow before your skills as a knitter and a teacher, Madam! You are a treasure.
When you said it adds height, I got it ,finally . Thank you.
Thank you Roxanne! I come back to this video frequently to help me understand short rows, it’s such a nice overview! Thank you for all of your hard work and for sharing your knitting knowledge😄
Thanks for thIs. I have done a lot of short rows but this was best example of German short rows I have seen.
Thank you for the clear explanation. Hoping to stay awake on Saturday evening!
February 3 2024 Maryland USA: As a beginner knitter I am over the moon with your video. I have been in such a confusion, you like when you were little and your sibling spinned you around and walking now a straiight line was impossible!!! Your instructional video is perfect. I especially appreciate your camera position so I can visibility see without twisting my neck to get it! You are a genius! Thank you for the time and sharing in this video. We are now BFF!😂❤
I thought I knew all about short rows, but I decided to watch any way. Whadda ya know, I learned some things as usual! Thanks🥰
This was very clear and helpful. Thank you! I had been intimidated by specific techniques videos because i wasnt confident in the basic concept and usage of short rows!
Photography is fantastic, thanks! You give us real confidence with your simple, direct example!
Ah, Roxanne, this is so clear. I know the German short rows but couldn't explain to others how it works. I give them your video instead. Thanks.
💡 moment!
It all makes sense.
Thanks Roxanne
I love to watch your movies. I know a lot already about knitting but they is alvais a room to watch you explaining. Thank you, Regards from Mauritius
Very informative without being boring or wordy. Great video and after combing through countless other videos it was just the one i was looking for
Roxanne, you have done an amazing job of explaining & demonstrating short rows. Thanks a million! I’m saving this video for reference. I know I will view it again and again!
I have watched Gsr videos and obviously didn’t understand them and always did them wrong. THIS VIDEO is the clearest I have ever watched the next gsr Inhave do to with finally be done right. Thank you sooo very much
Thank you sooooooo much! I had watched a couple other vids trying to understand short rows so I could work them into a freehand sweater I’m knitting and I just wasn’t understanding others. You explained it perfectly and now I understand AND feel confident adding them to my sweater. ❤
Great information. Thanks ever so much. Happy knitting!🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hi Roxanne u have explained short rows Tec so nicely now I am going to use them without hasitation thanx
This was incredibly helpful in explaining how the short rows are completed on a cardigan collar! Thank you so very much!
This is a terrific video. Thank you Technique Tuesday.
wow, I honestly never thought I would understand and you made it so clear and simple! Thank you 🧡
I was look for the W&T but your video has answered my problem, I'm going to use your short rows it do easy now you have explained it. Thank you so much you saved me pulling out my knitting and looking for another pattern.
Well done. Love the colorful sock samples!
This is explained beautifully. I am learning so much from you. Thank you.
Really really good explanation and demonstration!!! Thank you!
I don't really have any difficulties with short row techniques, but I just HAD TO watch your video! I love how methodic and instructive your teaching methods are. It's so calming and takes away any stress or frustration one might have with more advanced techniques. It's a pleasure to watch and confirm I'm following best practices. Thank you Roxanne so much for all the work you do! You rock!
Perfect! I have long known HOW to do short rows, but couldn’t envision the WHY
Thank you for describing the different short row methods. I learned a lot and will be applying it to my Papillon shawl very soon.
Wonderful technique video!
Suddenly clicked....now the knitting possibilities are endless...you are really gifted at breaking down complex ideas!!!!!!!! Thank you so much
Great video Roxanne! I will definitely be watching it again and am looking forward this series! Thanks!
So glad you explained the semantics of short rows. Never explained to me before like this. Truly appreciate it. 👍🏼👏🏼 Thank you🤗
I get it. I finally get it! Thanks so much. Looking forward to the Q&A session.
You are a marvelous teacher,thank you.
Anne W
Just found your channel and really loves your clear explanations of both how and why short rows are used. Rox, you definitely rocks!!
This was the perfect tutorial for me! I am a newer knitter working on a pattern with short rows, and I had no idea what that meant. Thank you for such clear instructions and explanation. 💜
Glad it was helpful!
Can’t wait to see your live. The only thing I don’t understand about sr is: if you want to add sr to a sweater that doesn’t have one. How do I know how many rows do I need and how do I know where to start? I hope you can cover that in your live. Thank you. You have taught me a lot.
The chart at 1:23 helped a lot, because I kept feeling like one end was going to be taller than the other -- but i see that's not the case. Awesome lesson.
I’ve been waiting for this episode. Thank you for another great video 🥰🥰
This is fab. As i've only ever used short rows in socks and it hadn't occured to me that short rows are analogous to increases and decreases wrt changing length vertically vs horizontally. That's such a more helpful way to think of it when for eample, doing the back of a jumper neck.
You are an amazingly wonderful teacher.
Amazing! I have done short rows before, just blindly followed the pattern and it worked. But knowing how they work is so satisfying. Thank you for this|! Definitely adding this vid to my knitting playlist, thank you so much!
I have already added this to my Knitting playlist. Thank you so much. x
Thank you, Roxanne, for clarifying short rows. I am new to knitting and am interested in all aspects of knitting, especially those that enhance my knowledge of what I am doing. Thereby improving my knitting. Thanks again.
Heyyyyy. First to comment. Just discovered short rows to lengthen the back of a sweater. Thanks Roxanne 😀
Nice treatment of this procedure. Thanks.
Thank you Roxanne.
Will you be doing an advanced short row tutorial, explaining how to plan for short rows, how many to do in various cases? Specifically I am interested in calculating how many and how wide for a dowager’s hump...
That would be wonderful! I'm also trying to reliably figure out the math for that exact situation so I won't have to frog so much...🙃
Thank you! This helped me a lot .
Thank you Roxanne!
Extremely helpful. Just learning (on my own) German short rows, and this tutorial really helps.
Thank you, Roxanne! ❤️
Thank you, Rox! So timely. I just finished a “practice” baby sweater with a 1x1 ribbed shawl collar. My efforts with wrap and turn look like bad scar tissue.
After that difficult lesson, I watched some videos, read up in Vogue knitting and practiced swatches (also for buttonholes which were another weak point in the baby sweater). I was able to do the wrap and turn better, but the German short row technique and swatches/projects you show are so smooth looking! I’ll do some more swatch practice while I finish the body of the full sized sweater and see if I can do the German short rows successfully.
Thank you so much for this exceptionally clear, careful explanation and demonstration of short rows. Emboldened me to try them out on my first ever sweater. And practising using the swatch you made was very helpful.
Thanks for the explanation of the what and why of short rows. I’m just now following patterns, and setting a goal to knit a sweater one day. I really enjoy your channel and the knowledge you share.
Thank you for these techniques
Thank you, you are such a good teacher!
The examples are very helpful
Yay!! I finally understand! Thank you for explaining so well. 😀😀
Great video on short rows! You always make things so clear. When I learned to do socks, I was taught thr heel flap and gusset, which I did for years. I just learned the fish lips kiss heel and I absolutely love it. I also use short rows in sweater to add length to the back of raglans.
Excellent presentation, I have been doing both w&t and DS without really understanding why! I'm working on a shawl collar currently. Previously have knitted many pairs of socks.
You are SUCH a good teacher, Roxanne! As I was watching this, questions kept popping into my head and in the next moment you answered them! E.G. what would you use it for; what would it look like in a different stitch, and so on.... Thank you so much. :-)
Thank you Roxanne it is very very helpful
This is one of the clearest videos I have seen on short rows. I am unclear however on how to calculate how many stitches I should stop short on. For example, If I wanted to pick up stitches for a sleeve and wanted to do short rows around the cap, how best do I calculate making that “crescent” until the shoulder cap is complete? I hope I am making sense.
Knitting school is fun! 😊
Topic Suggestion: Hi, Rox. I'd be curious to see how you construct one of your spreadsheets ahead of knitting a garment and then how you use it as you knit.
If you search my channel for "spreadsheets" you should find a couple of Casual Friday videos where I've demonstrated how I use them in different ways.
@@RoxanneRichardson Oh, cool. Thank you. I'll do that.
Thank you so much! Your videos are always so insightful and helpful! I'm using german short rows on a pattern for the first time and I had no idea what it was :D
Wow!!! What a fantastically clear instructor. It doesn’t get better than this. Thanks so much for all you do for the fiber community. ♥️
I really wish my book had this information. Demonstrated clearly. I havent finshed the video yet, but i wonder if, when shoulder shaping while knitting top-down, there is any adjustment needed. Basically do use short rows the same way whether you knit bottom-up or top-down?
Whether (and how) you use short rows depends on the type of sweater construction you're knitting. Lots of top down sweaters (raglans in particular) use short rows, when they could just shape the neckline with increases and cast on sts before joining in the round. A bottom up raglan is more than likely going to shape the neckline, and not use short rows. Sweater constructions with seams at the shoulder will use short rows in a similar way to each other -- casting on and then doing short rows (rather than stair step cast on shaping) for top down, or using short row shaping instead of bind off stair steps shaping.
@@RoxanneRichardson Ah thanks, I forgot to mention top-down for set-in sleeve construction. For shoulder shaping, instead of using stair-step cast-on, they cast on the full length? Then after than, i'm having trouble picturing how the short rows should be worked. I understand how they are worked when going bottom up, but to create that sloped shape when working top down, i can't see it yet. Thank you.
@@chillbro2275 If you bring your question over to my Ravelry group, I can help you out more easily (draw some pictures, etc)
@@RoxanneRichardson ok thank you! See you there.
Great explanation.Thank you!
Thank you for the tutorial , I want to ask you a question about a certain pattern for a hat in which is giving a certain pattern to follow ( a cable pattern ) , but also saying ( at the same time work shortened rows as follows : first on all sts. ) , How can I make shortened rows on all sts and working on the pattern at the same time ? Thank you again and I hope you will answer my question 🌼🌼
I love your videos, i have learned a lot! I am doing my first sweater and want to add a bit of length to bottom back hem, but I am unsure if I should do it starting wide and doing shorter rows each time, or the other way around? I am going top down in the round, and will add a bit of ribbing after. I have seen patterns where they just split at the sides, but I want it a bit more subtle, I only really need about 2 inches. Trying to match a sweater I own that I always seem to wear!
Very helpful! Thanks ☺️
You are awesome Roxanne. :)
I would love to see you do a video about converting a step bind off shoulder to a short row shoulder and then three needle bind off.
I have done that! There are two videos: one that replicates doing each shoulder separately, as for a sweater front, and one that demonstrates doing them simultaneously, as for a sweater back. You can find both videos in my 3NBO playlist.
I'm working my first garment. I like the look of the sloped bind off however, the garment I'm working has a selvedge edge. Does that change things at the end of the row?
Nice explanation...
Thank you for this great video on short rows! I learn so much from your videos! I'm making felted slippers and want to add length to heel only. This is an example...does it matter if I knit 7 st w&t, then 5 st w&t, 3 st w&t OR knit 3 st w&t, then 5 st w&t, 7 st w&t? If it does matter, why?
In another video you mention the 1898 hat where you do a w&t. Is that a short row?
Again thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise!
Without knowing more about the slipper construction, the gauge you're working at, and how much length you want to add, I can't answer your slipper question. You could post the question in my Ravelry group, and include more information. As for the W&T for the 1898 hat, the process for wrapping and turning is the same as for a short row, but the goal is simply to turn and reverse direction permanently. The wrap is to connect the two ends of the row, in order to prevent a hole.
Hi: I am trying to make a video of my work so that I can see what I am doing (right or wrong) :). Can you tell me what camera you are using and how you set it up. I am trying to use my cellphone camera but I can't figure a way to get it above me to show my hand movement. The way you do it is perfect. I do not want to buy video equipment because this is just for me at home. Please advise, thanks
My system is way to elaborate. I use an actual camera, and have a stand (it may be a light stand, I'm not sure) with a horizontal arm that holds my camera above my head, and is connected to a monitor so I can actually see what is in the frame. Not what you're looking for. Lots of people use their cell phones for overhead recording. There are various types of tabletop tripods (which you could elevate on a higher surface) or devices you can clamp to the edge of a table that have a bendable arm you can position overhead.
@@RoxanneRichardson thanks very much for getting back to me. I will check out some stuff.
Hi Roxanne does the slip stitch count as the first stitch of the next row? My pattern states I’m to increase the number of stitches by 2 at each row so I’m not sure if I start counting with the slip stitch or the next one. Thank you
спасибо за хорошее объяснение
Did not know garter stitch you do not need to do a wrap and turn. My favorite method is German short rows
I am having problem with my German short rows fine on the purl terrible on the knit. Also trying to decrease a scoop neck can I use it to do that?
If you’re shaping a neck, you might as well use actual decreases.
I am knitting the Afterparty Sweater. The pattern calls for a short row which is not too far above the (6 1/2 inches above) ribbing. I am wondering why a short row and not a decrease row. The direction just says work a short row w&t.
If the pattern doesn’t incorporate short rows to raise the back neck, how do you know where to start adding the short rows? I’m making a raglan cardigan. I don’t know where to do the first wrap and turn.
Thank you😍
I just watched the video again. Very helpful. I, too, prefer German short rows. The blue scarf/wrap you showed towards the end is beautiful. Is that one of your patterns?
The one with the criss-crossing strands along the bottom edge? That's one of mine. It's called Criss Cross. You should be able to find it in my Ravelry shop.
Yes! That’s it! It’s lovely! Thank you!
I there a pattern for that pretty shawl/scarf?
There should be a link down in the description.
There’s no chapter titles or time stamps. 😕
Thanks for letting me know. I've updated the description with timestamps, so the chapter titles should show up now
@@RoxanneRichardson that was quick! I only said something because in the video you said there would be and I went for them and they were gone! Glad you could put them in so quick!
Hello I have a question about a long cardigan with shawl collar, how do we know how many stitches we need to divide for the short rows. Here you have 5 stiches for the short row but for bigger project how do we calculate? Like big shawl collar!!!
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