problem with bluebell's neck???

hello,

i was wondering if any of you encountered a problem with their bluebell going ouwards at the top?!

Comments

[Trudy]

Mine did the same thing at first. Once I blocked the sweater after I finished, it started behaving and laying flat, and has not gone back. I knit mine in the Cascade 220 100% wool, which made the blocking really easy. I had never really seen the power of blocking before this. I wouldn't worry, just let it flop until you finish knitting.

[Zaz]

ok, i finished knitting it! i thought i should have been warned to not cast in my usual method: long tail cast on... this one keeps the cating on from being tight but in this case i had better have not used it and used the "loopy" one that gets tight instead.
i could block but i do not want to stretch my yarn, see? i doubt i could tighten it through blocking.
so i thought maybe i'd rip off the casting on and hold the loops and bind off? did someone ever do it?
or i could get a ribbon and stitch it there at the neckline.
what do you all think???

[Kerry]

you could try a some crochet edging aroun gte top that should pull it in for you.

[Kerry]

you could try a some crochet edging aroun gte top that should pull it in for you.

[Zaz]

true, i could but i'd HATE to patch it up with one round of crochet, it's so perfect and clean. do you think i could cut a bit then put the reversed open stitches on needles and bind off?!
has anyone tried this? i want it to really be flawless.

[Kerry]

I have thought about this and what I would do is weave my circular needle through the last/first row of stitches depending on how you look at it, unravel the cast on to where the needles are and bind off with a smaller sized needle maybe two sizes down. Should make it a bit tighter

[Zaz]

wow terry, i like your method. your method is so cunning, 1) find the stitches and run the needle through them, THEN 2) rip off the CO "row" and binding off.
i was a bit scared to cut and have open stitches and have them all running down (catastrophy script :) )
i will do just that.
i usually use a larger needle to BO without anyone sepcifying so because why would i losen my stitches with the same needle, right? so yes, i am going to BO using a smaller needle.
my ribbon option can come later if the whole band is still wide due to the quality of the stitch itself (i forgot its name in english: point mousse, when you knit on both sides without purling).
big hug.
ps, i just looked at it, and i might run the needles in the first SStich row and reknit that whole band "upwards" then bind off normally.
so now if i knit this again as it is a very fast knit, i would recommand to start it with smaller needles then when you're done with that band to go to the recommanded needle size.