Fitting your Knits

Hi Guys,

I received a couple of emails today, asking for help in the fitting of the knits.

I'm happy to post about this.

The main question seems to be how to make the garments smaller.

If you're only decreasing the body circumference by a couple of inches or so, you can just do fewer raglan increases.  Not only does this make the body portion narrower, it also decreases the depth of the armhole.  On most people, if the body needs to be smaller, so does the armhole...you don't want the armhole falling too low (and on the tank, showing your bra band).  You'd need to figure out your gauge, how many stitches you'll need to have on the needles to get you the desired bust measurement, and then do your increases until you have approximately that number.

If you need to make a garment drastically smaller, you'll have to change (decrease) the number of cast on stitches, then re-calculate the number of stitches in between your stitch markers, using the proportions of the original garment.  Then do the increases like normal to the desired body width.

That's the fast answer...if you have more specific questions, please feel free to email me or comment here and I'll answer them as soon as I can.

Comments

[Michelle]

Just a question about the textured tunic--the schematic shows no waist shaping, but on the cover and on the photo for the pattern, it looks fairly fitted. Is this a photo trick or was the pattern altered? Just wondering, as I'm trying to figure out how to do the waist shaping...

Thanks...

[rosecomet]

Hi. I feel kinda stupid at this point. Could you explain this for me lamen terms? I read and re-read and I still don't get it.

"SET-UP RND: [Knit to marked st, purl marked st] twice. Cont working side slit trim at each marker for 5 more rnds, following chart from rnd 2."

[rosecomet]

It's from the Textured Tunic, page 104. Sorry and thanks.