Maus asked in the comments whether or not Bob could be done mostly in the round (she and Cleo have been in cahoots).
I had actually intended to do the whole thing in the round but I couldn’t get the arms to attach “cleanly”, without a little hole on each side. It of course can be done, as EZ would say, anything can be done, but the rib pattern on the sleeves will need to adjusted. It was designed so that when you sew it to the body, the pattern matches up.
The way I tried to do it initially was to knit up to where the raglan arm decreases begin and the sleeves to the same place, also in the round. K2tog about 12 sts, one each from the arm and the body, and then begin again in the round. I never followed this thorugh because of the holes I was getting, but to adjust the pattern to account the for the selvage sts, I would dec 1 from each side of the sleeve here. Then sew together the little holes that are created when the fabric pulls at the arm creases.
Maybe I’ll work on it and post an update…? We’ll see.
In other news, Rowan #34 is on it’s way and all the designs are up for preview at Colourway. There are also several new lines of yarn and complimentary books. Keep ‘um comin’!
I’m off for vacation for the next week so please forgive me if I don’t answer emails. Also, I’ve been spending most of my time trying to dump this site into Movable Type, so that’s the reason for the lack of posts. Back to normal soon!
August 1st, 2003 at 12:52 pm
Thanks for the tips for Bob in the round. I am taking another approach, and I’m still unsure if it will work out or not.
One thing I want to achieve is to lenghten the sleeves a bit, but since I’ m no good at pre-visualising, I need to see it on me. So I ended up knitting a few rows in a scrap yarn, and used that as "placeholders" for the sleeves. That means I am knitting the sleeves starting at the point just after the decreases. I left 6 stitches (3 from front body, and 3 from back body) on hold, and will pick them up when I knit the sleeves in the other direction.
(BTW, thanks for stopping by my blog, and if you need help going to Movable Type, I’m starting to be quite the pro by now
August 1st, 2003 at 1:04 pm
Wow thanks for the further explanations of it all! I was getting the idea of doing it all in the round as I want to do bob in handpainted yarn and I didn’t want the color to change that much when going to back and forth at the top. I shall ponder this a bit more while I wait for my yarn to be painted and arrive
August 8th, 2003 at 11:38 pm
Thanks for the great tips for the Bob sweater. I went into the Yarn Garden today to look for some yarn for the Bob sweater, the customer service there stinks!!! I’m definitley not going back there again.
August 10th, 2003 at 7:59 pm
I know, Lisa, I’ve had the same problem with that store. Try Fiber Arts Northwest by the marina downtown or Northwest Wools - not as much of a selection but far better service.