So excited for this series. You have already revolutionised my knitting with all your tips and discussions about getting the garment to fit. You and Eli had a discussion about getting the shoulders to fit and now I always start with a smaller size to accommodate my narrow shoulders. The difference is stunning.
@@HannalAsta I've looked back and the only one I can see with Eli is about International Women's Day, it may be in there. I was knitting to fit my bust size and everything looked baggy, but now I knit to fit my shoulder and neck size then increase out to fit my bust size. They were saying that the shoulder fit was important to get it to hang right. It may have been on one of Eli's podcasts but I don't think so. They also taught me that it is better to rip back and get the fit right. Hope this helps xx
Oh my goodness thank you so much for this! I needed exactly this, as I bought a sweater pattern and the yarn for it only to find out the pattern stops a size smaller than I needed! I bought extra yarn so I should have enough, but I've been nervous about how to adjust the pattern to make sure I get something that actually fits.
This was so great and informative! I'm always changing up patterns and making them longer because of a long torso. When I write my patterns, I try and encourage knitters to customise in length to begin because it's a great way to ease into that 'customisation' side of things and start to understand how those adjustments work in a pattern.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Anushka! I have only ever altered lengths of sleeves on garments because that was fairly easy to do. I have also knit a size smaller if I wanted the garment to fit a little more on my body.
A: As a serial alter-er (in both knitting and sewing), I think your information is so germane. Knitting does take a diff sort of leap of faith than sewing. And you can be fantastic with the arithmetic but, if you don't understand the properties of the yarn you're working with or if you've not become exceedingly closely acquainted with physical dimensions, it's only luck if the finished object is all you hoped it would be. I'm in my 11th year of knitting and, unquestionably, every one of those years has made me the knitter I am now. And the knitter I am now still makes plenty of well-intentioned and well-thought out errors! :-) People learn much more quickly from mistakes than successes. In the beginning, when reminding myself of this, it would make me very slightly appreciative of those things I really wanted but that weren't yet meant to be. And every project is its own beginning, really. Thank you for this great video.
Thank you so much for your generosity of sharing your knowledge about garments. I change the most frequently the length of my sweaters to accommodate the pattern to my short arms and long torso. But I already changed also the distribution of stitches after the yoke for having less fabric on the back. Often I need to size up the circumference of the sleeves also. It’s easy with a drop shoulder but more tricky with a raglan or a yoke. It’s really a creative process to find the best way to create a garment what suits your body and your taste the best.
What a timely video! Am knitting a camisole from good ol' Rowan Magazine #31. Have just completed the back, and need to press it so that I can take a good look at it and compare it to a rtw cloth cami. I decided to do it this way because I always knit looser than the pattern designer, and it was doing my head in to try to work out how to adjust. Even swatching wasn't enough. I'm prepared to frog and redo the whole piece until I get it right, because this project is going to be the template for several others in the future.
Because I have a long waist, am wide now around the middle and have short legs I like the silhouette of cropped sweaters as it balances my proportions - so I like high low hems, or having the back longer than the front. So I often add short rows starting around the middle of the back; I use German short rows and maths and it usually works out pretty well. And because I'm a loose knitter and don't often get the designer's gauge I often end up making a size smaller, as well as using a smaller needle; and with a lot of trying on and comparing to other makes it usually fits pretty well these days.
So excited to learn how to change fit. Changing the ribbing or cast on or such is easy enough but anything that requires math has seemed far to complex
Hi Anushka, I hope you're OK. Love your hair also love the top you have on. Thanks for sharing all your knitting experiences and knowledge. Take care and stay safe. Love Jen xx 💖😘
I only started knitting at the start of covid but I started making adjustments pretty early on, I generally just wing it like, oh, I'm wide across my back so maybe I start with the medium and put extra decreases to get to the small lower down or I change the shape of sleeves and stuff. But I'm also the kind of person that doesn't read the recipe properly so 🤷♀️ I'm definitely looking forward to learning more about altering knitted garments. Oh btw, I knitted Arachne sweater because I saw it on your video as my first colour work yoke and I love it so thanks for that too :)
I've adapted non-garment pieces, but usually, it happens after I've made a doozy-one first. Hats, needle cases, and some cowls. Looking forward for tips and tricks on adapting sweaters/tops, I have broad shoulders and longer than average arms and torso, so learning how to adapt things the first time, will be kind of nice. Also, you gave me some confidence in just starting a sweater (but a loose one, so I have fewer places to muck-it-up).
Looking forward to this series! Im usually a to the t with instruction knitter but I have had to adapt in length in body and arms but would love to know more about the maths behind the adaptations. Trying my first attempt at changing type of wool as I found a pattern in 2012 mag that i loved but couldn't get hold of so knitted a gage and worked out needle sizes. I want to be able to put my ideas on my head onto the needles eventually! Any books you can recommend about creating from a design?
Thanks for the info I have been wanting to use twisted stitches on a simple top down sweater 🤔 would that add to the pattern or would the number of stitches be the same?😳 So confused 😕
i’m allllmost ready to split the sleeves on my first knit sweater! The Knitting Expat has a plain top-down raglan pattern which has the best neck shaping that i’ve seen in amongst comparable patterns. it’s such a nice break from the super tight gauge of socks; i’ve really been enjoying the process😌. One question about shaping: the pattern says to knit the yoke until it’s 13inches before splitting the sleeves, and when i measure 13in on my bust it seems like way too much. But i’m not really sure how long i think it should be. i can’t tell where to measure on myself or on other garments that fit me well. if you have any advice about that situation in particular, that’d be lovely, but i definitely am curious how you are confident in what you’re measuring and how you measure it!
Congratulations on starting your first sweater 👏 13" -over a foot long! That does sound like a lot. You could rip back and make it shorter, finding the armhole depth of a sweater that you like.
Hi, I have a pattern to make a newborn baby sweater and want to make it in a 3 or 6 month size. How do you take that original pattern and make it larger? Thanks
Thank you very much for this. You are very, very accomplished.
So excited for this series. You have already revolutionised my knitting with all your tips and discussions about getting the garment to fit. You and Eli had a discussion about getting the shoulders to fit and now I always start with a smaller size to accommodate my narrow shoulders. The difference is stunning.
Brilliant! I'm so glad that that simple change has made such a difference 🙌
oh that sounds really interesting! Where can I find the discussion between Anushka and Eli about shoulder fitting?
@@HannalAsta I've looked back and the only one I can see with Eli is about International Women's Day, it may be in there. I was knitting to fit my bust size and everything looked baggy, but now I knit to fit my shoulder and neck size then increase out to fit my bust size. They were saying that the shoulder fit was important to get it to hang right. It may have been on one of Eli's podcasts but I don't think so. They also taught me that it is better to rip back and get the fit right. Hope this helps xx
@@BrendieR Yes, that helps already quite a lot. Thank you so much for the summary :) I'll also have a look into the video - maybe I'll find it :)
Glad to see you tackle this subject! It's great to be confident enough to change the pattern to suit your own needs! Thanks so much 💓
Oh my goodness thank you so much for this! I needed exactly this, as I bought a sweater pattern and the yarn for it only to find out the pattern stops a size smaller than I needed! I bought extra yarn so I should have enough, but I've been nervous about how to adjust the pattern to make sure I get something that actually fits.
Oh that sounds frustrating, but I'm sure you'll be able to increase the size!
This was so great and informative! I'm always changing up patterns and making them longer because of a long torso. When I write my patterns, I try and encourage knitters to customise in length to begin because it's a great way to ease into that 'customisation' side of things and start to understand how those adjustments work in a pattern.
Great tips and advice! Thank you.
You're most welcome ☺
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge Anushka! I have only ever altered lengths of sleeves on garments because that was fairly easy to do. I have also knit a size smaller if I wanted the garment to fit a little more on my body.
That's a brilliant way to get started!
A: As a serial alter-er (in both knitting and sewing), I think your information is so germane. Knitting does take a diff sort of leap of faith than sewing. And you can be fantastic with the arithmetic but, if you don't understand the properties of the yarn you're working with or if you've not become exceedingly closely acquainted with physical dimensions, it's only luck if the finished object is all you hoped it would be. I'm in my 11th year of knitting and, unquestionably, every one of those years has made me the knitter I am now. And the knitter I am now still makes plenty of well-intentioned and well-thought out errors! :-) People learn much more quickly from mistakes than successes. In the beginning, when reminding myself of this, it would make me very slightly appreciative of those things I really wanted but that weren't yet meant to be. And every project is its own beginning, really. Thank you for this great video.
Thank you so much for your generosity of sharing your knowledge about garments.
I change the most frequently the length of my sweaters to accommodate the pattern to my short arms and long torso. But I already changed also the distribution of stitches after the yoke for having less fabric on the back. Often I need to size up the circumference of the sleeves also. It’s easy with a drop shoulder but more tricky with a raglan or a yoke.
It’s really a creative process to find the best way to create a garment what suits your body and your taste the best.
What a timely video! Am knitting a camisole from good ol' Rowan Magazine #31. Have just completed the back, and need to press it so that I can take a good look at it and compare it to a rtw cloth cami. I decided to do it this way because I always knit looser than the pattern designer, and it was doing my head in to try to work out how to adjust. Even swatching wasn't enough. I'm prepared to frog and redo the whole piece until I get it right, because this project is going to be the template for several others in the future.
That sounds like an excellent process, good luck!
Because I have a long waist, am wide now around the middle and have short legs I like the silhouette of cropped sweaters as it balances my proportions - so I like high low hems, or having the back longer than the front. So I often add short rows starting around the middle of the back; I use German short rows and maths and it usually works out pretty well. And because I'm a loose knitter and don't often get the designer's gauge I often end up making a size smaller, as well as using a smaller needle; and with a lot of trying on and comparing to other makes it usually fits pretty well these days.
It sounds like you've developed a great process, fittings are so important!
So excited to learn how to change fit. Changing the ribbing or cast on or such is easy enough but anything that requires math has seemed far to complex
Hi Anushka, I hope you're OK. Love your hair also love the top you have on.
Thanks for sharing all your knitting experiences and knowledge.
Take care and stay safe.
Love Jen xx 💖😘
I only started knitting at the start of covid but I started making adjustments pretty early on, I generally just wing it like, oh, I'm wide across my back so maybe I start with the medium and put extra decreases to get to the small lower down or I change the shape of sleeves and stuff. But I'm also the kind of person that doesn't read the recipe properly so 🤷♀️
I'm definitely looking forward to learning more about altering knitted garments.
Oh btw, I knitted Arachne sweater because I saw it on your video as my first colour work yoke and I love it so thanks for that too :)
I love that comparison! I guess I also have the same approach across recipes and knitting patterns :)
I've adapted non-garment pieces, but usually, it happens after I've made a doozy-one first. Hats, needle cases, and some cowls. Looking forward for tips and tricks on adapting sweaters/tops, I have broad shoulders and longer than average arms and torso, so learning how to adapt things the first time, will be kind of nice. Also, you gave me some confidence in just starting a sweater (but a loose one, so I have fewer places to muck-it-up).
Starting simpler is good, and there's nothing wrong with a trial 😌
Looking forward to this series! Im usually a to the t with instruction knitter but I have had to adapt in length in body and arms but would love to know more about the maths behind the adaptations. Trying my first attempt at changing type of wool as I found a pattern in 2012 mag that i loved but couldn't get hold of so knitted a gage and worked out needle sizes. I want to be able to put my ideas on my head onto the needles eventually! Any books you can recommend about creating from a design?
Hey hey Anushka ! I’m just watching but stopped off here to say - love your hair! Now back to the podcast. 😁
Thank you so much 🥰
Thanks for the info I have been wanting to use twisted stitches on a simple top down sweater 🤔 would that add to the pattern or would the number of stitches be the same?😳 So confused 😕
i’m allllmost ready to split the sleeves on my first knit sweater! The Knitting Expat has a plain top-down raglan pattern which has the best neck shaping that i’ve seen in amongst comparable patterns. it’s such a nice break from the super tight gauge of socks; i’ve really been enjoying the process😌. One question about shaping: the pattern says to knit the yoke until it’s 13inches before splitting the sleeves, and when i measure 13in on my bust it seems like way too much. But i’m not really sure how long i think it should be. i can’t tell where to measure on myself or on other garments that fit me well. if you have any advice about that situation in particular, that’d be lovely, but i definitely am curious how you are confident in what you’re measuring and how you measure it!
Congratulations on starting your first sweater 👏 13" -over a foot long! That does sound like a lot. You could rip back and make it shorter, finding the armhole depth of a sweater that you like.
And confidence has just come with a whole lot of practice, and plenty of embarrassing mistake!
Hi, I have a pattern to make a newborn baby sweater and want to make it in a 3 or 6 month size. How do you take that original pattern and make it larger? Thanks
I just gave up….. when are going to get down to changing the figures on a pattern. Wow