Short Rows Demystified: Beyond Squares & Rectangles - Replay Live Archive

Short Row | Partial Knitting is a must-have skill for every machine knitter! It’s the secret to shaping beyond basic squares and rectangles—think bust darts, curves, socks, and more.
In this live session, we’ll break it all down, tackle common trouble spots, and give you the confidence to master short rows for beautifully shaped knits.
In this live session, we’ll break it all down, tackle common trouble spots, and give you the confidence to master short rows for beautifully shaped knits.
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. . Thank you for joining me. for this month's Live.. . Let's get started.. . Our Shortrow Classroom.. Knititnow.. . Com/shortrows.. . Our classrooms are a. collection of everything. . on the site on a specific topic.. . So you might find patterns,. you might find video replays,. . or you might find tutorials.. . You will find tutorials.. . You will find quick wins.. . What else is there?. . Blog posts.. . Anything having to do with short. rows you can find in the classroom.. . So it's a great place if you're. looking for a specific topic to start.. . Instead of searching through the whole. site, hit the classroom. . and see what's there.. . And if I've missed something,. please just let me know.. . So this video will also,. the replay of this video will also be. . up in the classroom when it's done.. . Short rows.. What are short rows?. . Okay, before I start there,. I do want to start with one thing. . that we're talking about that I want. to talk about here before we even get deep. . into short rows, because I'm. going to get carried away today.. . I can tell you that right now.. . I'll warn you right now.. . We just came up with a new feature called. our Monthly Recap, and our Monthly Recap. . is a way for you to go back and see all. of the content that we have. . created over periods of time.. . I realized recently that we have blog. posts and we have machine knitables,. . and we have tips of the week,. and we have these lives,. . and we have all the stuff in our glossary. and so many things going on,. . and it's so easy to miss things.. . I might tell you about something cool. and neat that's happened or that you can. . try, and six weeks will go by,. and I'm like, Where was that?. . I can't find it.. I don't know what to do.. . So we do have this new feature.. . Let me show you on my desktop here,. the monthly recap.. . And it's under Knit Club,. and it's monthly recap here.. . And we took it all the way back to .. . Nobody wants to talk about ,. but we did do some things in ,. . even though we were all locked down.. . In the different areas of different months. here, we can go ahead and scroll through. . and you can see the blog posts,. you can see the the knittables,. . what was featured in that month.. . So it's just yet another way of being able. to find content that was published at Knit. . It Now, and you might not be able to.... . You wanted it, you wanted to save it,. so you don't want to just save a URL or. . place a bookmark on your own computer.. . You can come back to the Recaps here.. . So again, it's under Knit Club. and Monthly Recaps,. . and you can see them all right here.. . Now, another thing that we did recently. that I want to share with you is let's go. . to the Learning Library,. and we I have a tip of the week,. . let's say this tip of the week,. and this is one that I really. . like and I want to go back to it.. . I'm just not ready to work with it just. now, but in the future,. . I want to go back to this particular tip,. this particular tutorial.. . There is a Right here,. there is a pin, push pin.. . I guess that's what it's called,. a push pin that you can click.. . Click the push pin,. and then when you go back to the learning. . library, you can go to your own personal. learning library, and anything that you've. . pinned Here's my Fisherman rib.. It's right here.. . Anything that you've pinned will. be in your personal library.. . Now, there was a little. bit of confusion about it.. . There was a little bit of confusion. about the personal library.. . It is in each section,. has its own personal library.. . So this is the learning library,. has your own personal thing. . in your learning library.. . Patterns, you can save yourself.. Let me see.. . Go back to the blog.. . The blog also has. pushpins so that you can check off one. . that you might want to keep and it'll. have your own personal library.. . Let me see what else is there.. . Skill builders, learning. library in the glossary.. . You have a personal. library in the glossary.. . Maybe you want to remember. what half double crochet is.. . Go ahead and click that little push pin. and in your personal library.. . So there isn't one. generic personal library.. . It is in each one of the sections for you. to easily go back and find. . things that you liked.. . Turn the pin on and off.. Okay, I got it.. . I got it.. . I know what Fisherman Rib is,. so take that one-off.. . And you can just unclick it. and you can take that off.. . Okay, so that was my commercial. for the morning here, so let's. . start talking about short rows.. . Let me check in with everybody here.. . Terry's from Alabama,. Doris from Bantree, Ireland.. . Welcome, Doris, we got people. from all over the world.. . Thank you.. . If I miss your question here in the chat,. please either chime in and ask. . again or contact me after.. . I just don't want to miss you.. . Sometimes they go through pretty quickly.. . And Matt's saying, wait.. . I don't know why he's saying, wait.. . Maybe I've done something wrong.. Anyways, Joy.. . Hi from France.. Hi, Joy.. . All righty, let's take. a look here at our outline.. . Short Rows.. Classroom.. . Knittednow.. . Com/shortrows.. . Everything you might want to know. about short rows is in there.. . What are short rows?. . Short rows are the ability to knit It,. . partial knitting, is another name for it.. . You've got stitches on your needle. bed, and you knit across,. . and you need stitches.. . What if you want to add some shaping. to your garment, or you want to add some. . interest, some different texture,. change directions, maybe some angles.. . We'll talk about all the different ways. you can use short rows,. . but how do you make them?. . There's two features.. . There's two things that determine whether. you're going to knit across needles or. . maybe you're only going to knit across . needles and then knit back,. . and then needles, and then knit back,. and then needles,. . and then knit back to add some. texture dimension to your knitting.. . So So two things.. . One are the needle positions.. . Needle positions, hold position.. . You'll hear we talk about hold position.. . Your pattern may say,. put left , right into hold.. . That just means pull all of those. needles out all the way out.. . Maybe D position, E position,. or F position on your machine.. . Whatever it is, pull those. needles all the way out.. . The second thing is now having all those. needles out, if you set your carriage. . to hold, it will not knit those needles.. . So again, needles on a needle bed,. pull out all the way,. . set your carriage to hold, knit across,. you'll knit stitches, and you'll pass. . over those needles that are in hold.. . We'll talk more about why and how and what. results you get, but that's. . the basis of partial knitting.. . It is the needle position. and the carriage setting.. . What is the carriage setting?. . Every machine has a little bit. different setting for their carriage.. . Lk knitters will see that they've got. Russell levers on either side,. . and you can engage your Russell Levers,. either right or left or both.. . Other Silver Reed machines. also have Russell Levers.. . This one happens to have its. Russell Levers on the front.. . So if you're working on different. machines, sometimes it's good. . to just mark your machine.. . I saw a gal the other day who had taken. little sticky notes and put them on each. . one of the settings of her. machine so she could remember.. . And I know I have a hard time.. . I've gone to the fact,. you actually probably will see my LK,. . I've got an H right on the carriage. because I could never remember. . where the Russell levers were.. . Brother machines have a little slider. that set your carriage to hold.. . Most of the Brother machines that I've. used will only hold in both directions.. . You don't have the choice of holding. in one direction or the other, but it. . really just depends on your machine.. . So you need to figure out what is hold. on your machine, whether it's D, E, or F.. . Get those needles all the way out and use. the hold position on your carriage.. . Now, what happens when we put our needles. in hold and we set the carriage to hold?. . Let's think about it. just real quickly here.. . Our needles have.... . I don't know whether you can see how well. you can see that, but our. . needles have a butt, right?. . All of our needles have. the needle butt sticking up.. . And that needle butt travels. through channels under the carriage.. . If you have your machine set for hold. . position and your needles are all the way. . out, those needle butt were going. to travel through a the channel,. . a straight channel,. and they will not do anything.. . Normally, when needles knit, they'll go in. and out picking up yarn to form stitches.. . But if we want to not form stitches and we. don't want to do anything,. . we can either put our needles all the way. back in A position,. . which also means that the needlebutts are. going to go through a straight channel. . and not move in and out,. or put them in hold,. . which will also go through a straight. channel and they will not go. . in and out and form stitches.. . So it's just something to keep in mind. that the mechanics under your carriage. . takes the two steps, needles all the way. out and your carriage setting to hold.. . On this little drawing here,. you can see those channels.. . If it's going through the curvy channel,. the needles are going to go. . in and out and form stitches.. . If they travel through a straight channel,. they're not going to knit.. . So that's the mechanics of short rows.. . But why do we want to use short rows?. . One of the reasons we want. to use short rows is for fit.. . Our bodies are rounded and curvy, right?. . Some of us more curvy than others.. . However, we aren't stick straight,. and we're not making pillow. . covers for a square pillow, right?. . We are making things for bodies,. or we're not really making blankets.. . If we want to make something other than. blankets and scarves and just straight. . panels that don't have any dimension. to them at all, we want to use short rows.. . So we use short rows for fit.. . One of the reasons would. be for bust starts.. . We need some extra fabric over the girls,. or maybe over a pregnant tummy,. . or maybe a pump in the back here or. whatever,. . we are curved and we want to be able to. . form our fabric so that it can form to our. . bodies, not just with the stretchiness. of knits, but with the actual construction. . of the fabric that we're creating.. . And yes, we're working with knits,. but just think about this,. . the addition of bust arts can really,. really improve your knitting.. . And I've got a number of examples. in the learning library about bust. . arts and why they improve your fit.. . And if you're not convinced,. if I haven't convinced you,. . bust arts are one way to use short rows. to improve the fit of your garments.. . Another reason to use short row shaping,. very common reason to use short row. . shaping for fit, are shoulder slopes.. . Again, our bodies are not square.. . My shoulders are definitely not square.. . I'm really, really have sloped shoulders.. . And if I think about it,. if I knit just a piece that's going to fit. . across like this, there's going. to be too much fabric here, right?. . So I'm going to want to shape. that shoulder a little bit so. . that it fits, my garments fit better.. . Short row shaping for shoulders. is very, very common.. . Shaped shoulders, all of our patterns.. . I'm going to say all of our patterns have. the option to add shaped. . shoulders so you don't have wings.. . Nobody wants wings.. . And even though we have knits and knits. conform to our body,. . it'll fit so much better if you. shape your garment with short rows.. . I threw in another little commercial here.. . One of the things that we've been. working on is learndesigninit.. . Com.. . If you're not familiar with it,. this is a sister site of Knit It Now,. . and we're making some really really. major changes to learndesigninit.. . Com.. So if you use Designinit, stay tuned.. . I think I just sent out an email recently. asking you what if you use Designinit,. . what your challenges are and what you'd. like to see, We're in the midst of. . making some major changes over there.. . So please help us out.. . If you use Designinit and could use some. help, and there's something that we. . can do to help you, please let me know.. . End of commercial.. . No more commercials, I promise.. . Another reason for using short rows.. . One was for fit, to get fabric. over our curves and get them. . to mold to the curves of our body.. . Well, how about construction?. . Just construction ideas. for using short rows.. . We want to do any curves at all,. like shirt tail hems or the front of.... . This is a vest with. with curved front edges.. . Why not?. We can use short rows for this.. . We don't have to knit squares.. . This is construction as well.. . I mentioned shoulder shaping before.. . A lot of times when you're knitting. shoulders, the instructions might be. . something like bind off. six stitches every other row three times.. . Well, if you're binding off six stitches,. you're going to bind off and you're going. . to have a row, and then you're going. to bind off and you're going to have. . a row, you're going to have a bind off. and you're going to have a row,. . and you're going to end up with stair. steps, which nobody wants stair steps.. . You can't sew those things together.. . Use short rows.. . We've got a number of tutorials about. that as well in the learning library.. . Being able to short row your shoulders.. . You're going to short row your shoulders,. fix those shoulders so. . that they fit better.. . But also in finishing,. you can put the two seams together.. . When you're using short rows,. you end up with live stitches that you can. . join, so you're not trying to seam. stair steps.. . So construction is one. reason to use short rows.. . How about just for fun?. . There's lots of fun things. that you can do with short rows.. . Here's one is this spiky scarf.. . This was by knit One, and it's just. . a really fun way of knitting partial rows.. . And as you can see, she's not. knitting over needles.. . She's knitting over a few needles,. making those dragon's teeth and knitting. . another set of dragon's teeth,. another set of dragon's teeth.. . I love this scarf, and I've often thought. that that particular look of those. . dragon's teeth or those spikes sticking. out would be great for a pillow.. . Not so big, but just smaller spikes. and have them randomly put all. . over a pillow top for some texture.. . I thought that would always be really fun.. . So that's always been one. on the back of my mind.. . Pauline.. . Yeah, certainly Pauline,. I will definitely do that.. . Remind me, I will write that down.. . Anybody who's on our design. the Knitted Knitted Mailing List. . should have gotten that.. . I'll probably will send it to our whole. Knitted Now email list as well,. . but I really am interested in knowing what. you want to talk about as far. . as design and it is concerned.. . So just for fun, I You mentioned. no joggies on the shoulders.. . How about construction using short row for. construction for no joggies in a neckline?. . You're making a round neckline and it's. going to say, cast off,. . bind off the center stitches,. and then bind off three stitches. . every other row four times.. . Again, you're going to have joggies,. and it's going to be really. . hard to pick up that neckline.. . Use short row shaping,. and you can pick up stitches to then. . finish off your neckline. without having joggies there.. . My favorite place to use it. is the top of a sleeve cap.. . Set in sleeves, also going to have odd. numbers of stitches and rows to bind,. . stitches to bind off to create a curve.. . Any time you're creating a curve,. think about short row shaping.. . Now, with sleeve caps,. you may need to fudge a little,. . fudge your pattern a little, because. most patterns aren't going to be written.. . Short rows can only be. worked every other row.. . Think about it.. . We've got needles on the bed.. . We put needles in hold.. . We knit across, we hold, we come back,. we put more needles in knit across, hold,. . come back, knit across,. hold, and come back.. . We're doing it every other row.. . So if you're trying to avoid joggies,. either in a neckline or the top of it,. . anytime you've got a curve,. you need to do it every other row.. . So you may need to fudge your pattern. a little bit, but I give you permission. . to do because it's sure worth it. to use short rows to avoid the joggies.. . Okay, here we go with the DAK emails.. . Thank you, guys.. Matt will take care of that.. . I think we'll send it. to the whole list again.. . This time Matt will just copy that one.. Thanks.. . Okay, how about short rows for circles?. . Yes, we can knit circles. on the knitting machine.. . Here's a pinwheel circle. that's very easy to do.. . This particular pillow top,. I think it was a pillow top.. . It could be a Christmas tree skirt.. . It could be a skirt skirt,. for heaven's sakes.. . Something nice and flowy.. . Start at one side and just. knit these wedges.. . Put these wedges at the top of a hat,. for example, or knit a hat sideways.. . Lots and lots and lots of ways that you. can use short rows for construction.. . Okay, so last night I went I was going. through these slides and I had diagonals. . here, and I had the worst. photo ever of diagonals.. . It was an untruth.. . It wasn't deliberate.. . I just wasn't thinking. when I put it together.. . So what I did was take a picture. of something that I'm working on.. . I told you that I was hand-knitting short. rows, and I'm making a scarf,. . and I'm not sure if you can see,. self-striping yarn.. . And all I'm doing is knitting wedges. back and forth using short rows.. . We'll definitely do this.. . Coming soon, we'll be doing. this on the knitting machine.. . I'd love to try and do it on the double. bed so that you don't. . have any curled edges.. Everybody hates curled edges, whatever.. . But this is just an idea for short rows,. another construction. . method for short rows.. . We have a pattern called. the Sideways Hat a duo.. . And this sideways hat. is knit with short rows.. . It is knit sideways,. . obviously, and it is a way of getting. . rid of the bulk at the top of a hat.. . We do all sorts of things to get. rid of the bulk at the top of a hat.. . We knit wedges, we knit circles, we do. . decreases, we do all kinds of fun things.. . But this sideways hat is one option so. . that you can knit this sideways hat. . in short rows, and it shapes that top.. . So it gives your top of your head. without all that bulk at the top.. . Now, picture this.. . This is a hat, but picture it.. . You can make a ball, right?. . You can make a child's. ball by using short rows.. . Short row both sides at the same time,. and you end up with a nice form for a ball. . or stuff it for a round. pillow if you want.. . Lots of uses for short. rows for construction.. . Another way is with godets.. . Let me find something here.. . Godets or gussets.. . I've got a picture of a thumb.. . I didn't have a thumb. here, but a mitten here.. . But let's think about mittons.. . We got mittons, we're going to want to put. a thumb on this, but we've got all. . of this area right in here to fill in.. . We'll use short rows to come back and back. and back and increasing, increasing,. . increasing, increasing, increasing. . I just saw a sweater not too long ago.. . Silhouette Patterns.. . Peggy at Silhouette Patterns. has a newer pattern out that's so cute.. . It has. princess seams, which we probably stay. . away from as machine knitters,. but it is a fitted top.. . And then at the waist, she's put a peplum.. . So it's just all roughly around the edges.. . And I should have gotten. a picture of it for you.. . I'm sorry, I didn't.. . But that could be worked with short rows.. . Same way with ruffles.. . So many things.. . I'll show you some more.. . While I'm thinking about short rows,. I like to picture them this way.. . You're knitting a a full width,. your needles, your needles,. . whatever, and then you're going back. and forth and only knitting. . part of those stitches.. . Partial knitting.. . Same thing, you can do it over a lot. of stitches, you can do it over a few. . stitches, but you can do it on both sides.. . Thinking about both sides,. so you're wide here down at the bottom. . and you're going narrow to the top.. . When would that come in handy?. . How about socks?. . Sock, toes, and heels.. . I thought I had it.. Sorry.. . Let me show you some Sock, toe, and heels.. . Let me get there.. . We're going to go to Learn and Classrooms.. . Learn and Classrooms.. . Let's go down to our Short Rows Classroom.. . Sh, Sue, there it is.. . All about short rows.. . Flowers.. How about some short row flowers?. . We talked about circles.. . I actually use short rows. to knit a heart shape.. . So keep in mind that partial And this. special knitting is going to give you that. . dimension and shaping. that you're looking for.. . Sock, toes,. and heels are one of the primary ways. . that most people know. about knitting Short rows.. . Let's see if I can find.. . Here looks like a toe, right?. . So if we go back, think about our little. drawing there where we had all the needles. . in work, maybe needles in work,. and then we short-wrote on each side down. . to a point or less than a point,. and we get this nice little. . pocket for sock toes and heels.. . We talked about some quick wins,. the short row flowers.. . How about a whole shal here?. . You worked with short rows.. . I believe this was a full needle bed,. and then I just short rowed down. . and short rowed back up again.. . And what was nice about it was it gave me. . a nice little seam, not exactly a seam,. . but a decorative touch here that could be. used anywhere, just even on the front. . of a sweater or anywhere.. . You could use this idea. for angles, creating angles.. . So that's in our classroom,. and it's talking more about. . More fun stuff with short rows between. socks, shoulders, bus darts,. . all the normal things we do, but there's. a lot of other fun things we do.. . Just put some flowers on things.. . Just really, really, really,. really easy, those flowers.. . Cheri says, Knitted and crocheted flowers. are really popular. . with the handwork groups.. Absolutely.. . And the flowers that we have there.... . Where am I?. . The flowers that we have are. a really, really easy one.. . I can tell you real quickly.. . All you do with that flower is you cast. on a wide piece and you knit a few rows,. . and then you start short row shaping. it so that you've got a wider piece.. . You're going to end up with a. triangle wide at one side and down,. . down, down, down, down So easy.. So take a look for the flower one.. . That's a quick win,. as a matter of fact, on the website.. . All right, let's talk a little. bit more practicality here.. . On that shal that I showed you,. it had some holes, right?. . Think about what happens. when you're short rowing.. . You've got stitches on the bed. and you put some of them in hold.. . You knit across your yarn goes across. those needles that are in hold,. . and you knit back.. . So your machine knows not. to knit those other stitches.. . It just travels across and comes back.. . But what happens when it comes back?. . You're going to end up with a gap.. . There's going to be a hole where that yarn. comes back and starts knitting. . the needles that you want to have knit.. . We overcome these gaps.. . Normally, you want to have sock toes.. . You don't want holes. in your sock toes, right?. . You don't want holes at your shoulders.. . You don't want holes in your. bus darts, for heaven's sakes.. . You want to prevent the holes by wrapping.. . So we're saying wrapping no holes unless. you want them, unless you want them as. . a decorative touch because they. do create a nice eyelid for you.. . There are two methods of preventing holes. by using automatic wrap or manual wrap.. . These are just two techniques.. . Both do this, accomplish. basically the same thing.. . I think I did a study,. and I'm sure it's in that classroom,. . a study of which one works better. And truthfully,. . I like manual wrap,. and you see me demonstrate I'm. . always going to manual wrap.. . For some reason in my brain, I cannot. get my head around automatic wrap.. . It's just a mental thing, I think.. Automatic wrap.. . Let's say your instructions say to hold. to short row four stitches. . every other row five times.. . With automatic wrap,. you're going to pull three needles. . into hold first and then pull. the fourth needle into hold.. . To me, that just doesn't. make any sense at all.. . And if you don't know what I'm talking. about, take a look at the two videos. . that are in the classroom,. automatic wrap versus manual wrap, and see. . what you think, and try it both ways.. . As a matter of fact, I just created,. and I don't know if I hit the release. . button on it or not, but I just created. a new skill builder on short row shaping.. . Maybe if you could take a look and see. if I want I'm going to head and.... . I finished it this morning,. and I don't know if I turned it. . on or not, but I can take a look.. . So a skill builder that will give you some. exercises to practice short row shaping.. . Automatic wrap,. manual wrap, and leaving holes.. . So please check out that skill builder. before you even start thinking about using. . short rows or before you start knitting. that sweater and the sweater tells. . you to short row the shoulders.. . Come on, learn how to do it before. you start knitting that sweater.. . And I don't want to get up. on my soapbox, so let's move on.. . Pauline says she's been doing some short. row shaping practice this week,. . and she prefers manual wrap, too.. . And Pauline, I don't know whether it's. just because of the numbering thing,. . and I have this thing with numbers.. . So if it tells me to put four needles. in hold, I want to put four needles. . in hold, not three and then one.. . But But I'm sure there's a ton of people. who are going to disagree. . with me about that one.. . So automatic wrap versus manual wrap,. please check out the challenge.. . The challenges are a premium member bonus.. . They are designed so that you can just. check Short-Row Skill Builders is. . active and ready for everybody.. . Let's go there and just take a really. quick look at. . It's under Learn, Skill Builders,. . and these are organized by the skill. . levels in our success path.. . And I believe I put it in shaping.. . I should have put it in shaping.. . Did I not put it in shaping?. . I put it in stitch patterns.. . It was early this morning.. . I hadn't had my coffee yet.. . But let's take a look at our. Short Rows Skill Builder.. . Again, three sets of three exercise sizes,. cast on so many stitches,. . knit so many rows.. . Do this, do this,. do this, do this, do this.. . Bind off.. And what do you think?. . Try automatic.. Do it a little bit different way.. . Cast on the same number of stitches.. . Try automatic wrap.. . And when you're comparing the two,. it's going to be hard to get. . your head around them.. . But focus and try both ways so. that you can see what you like.. . And with our Skill Blers,. you can always upload your images.. . So create yourself a little binder.. . Today, on this X day, I practiced. short row shaping with manual wrap.. . This is what it looked like.. . Put some notes in, take a picture of it,. and put it up in your own manual binder,. . your own digital binder. instead of a manual binder.. . Years ago, we used to put everything in,. and some people still do,. . put them in a plastic sheet protector.. . The little swatches that we make,. put them in a plastic sheet protector. . so that you can refer back to them.. . Well, this is .. . Let's do a digital binder.. . The third exercise in this. challenge are eyelids.. . We can add some eyelids,. so don't do any wrapping.. . Just do the same exercise. and don't do any wrapping.. . So skill builders should be very useful. for you, and there's. . a brand new one there.. . There is also a skill. builder on shaping shoulders.. . So the focus on that one is short row. shaping and then joining. . the shoulders neatly.. . So if that's something that's interesting. to you or if you've had shoulders. . that didn't work out quite right,. there's a skill builder there for you.. . All right.. Thanks, Matt.. . Well, here's another fun. one that I didn't mention.. . This goes with last month's blankets.. . This is Susanna's blanket,. and it is, you can see by the drawing. . here how it's constructed.. . What I like about it is that you can. knit a really, really wide blanket.. . Those two sections on either side could be. the full width of your needle bed,. . and you're using short rows. in order to form this shape.. . So this is a fun one,. especially with self-striping yarn.. . This is called Susanna's blanket.. . Thanks, Matt.. . All right, so in conclusion,. why do we want to learn how to do short. . rows or master short. rows and understand them.. . We can use them for shaping to make. our garments fit our bodies.. . And even if you're not knitting sweaters,. maybe you're knitting a shal.. . And I don't know about you,. but most shals just fall right off these. . slope little shoulders of mine.. . So you could make a shal and put some. shaping in those shoulders so that it. . will fit and hang nicely on your body.. . Just so many different ways that you can. use short row shaping in order to get. . things to fit, in order to manipulate that. fabric so that it fits over our curves.. . We use short row shaping for construction,. to get rid of the joggies,. . for making Shasana's blanket for all. the different ways that you. . can use partial knitting.. . You're only going to knit across part. of the row and then knit back,. . and part of the row and then knit back.. . Lots and lots and lots of options.. . And Also playing with color.. . This scarf that I'm making,. I'm playing with color.. . I'm mixing up this self-striping yarn,. and it's a lot more interesting. . than just plain old stripes.. . And you You could just use different. colors, not even self-striping yarn.. . You could make a yellow. triangle and a green triangle and a blue. . triangle and a red triangle and a brown. triangle, whatever,. . and really mix them up.. . So you can play with color. with short rows.. . Okay, so I promise no more commercials,. but I do want to remind you to stay tuned.. . When I put this up, the Skill Builder. wasn't done, got it done this morning.. . So we have that new Build Builder for you,. Learn Design and It changes are coming,. . and also the replay links that we. talked about when we first started.. . Go back to the Replay links. and your personal library.. . So all sorts of new stuff. is happening at Knitted Now.. . We've always I had new things going on,. which is one of the reasons that we. . started the replay links,. because it's just so many things going on.. . And you go on vacation or you go out. and you work in your garden,. . you might miss something.. We don't want you to miss anything.. . We're here to help.. . Don't forget, What did I say?. . There's nine different ways of getting. in touch with me,. . so I appreciate your support.. . And if there's anything I can do. to help you, please let me know.. . I had a knitter this morning contact me,. and she was disappointed because she was. . expecting to see something. in a course that wasn't there.. . And all I could do was thank her.. I was like, Thank you.. . It probably should be there.. . And I can't.... . Oh, forgive me.. . I can't fix mix anything.. . I can't make additions.. . I can't make changes.. . I can't make Knitted Now better unless I. know what it is that you need as far as. . Knitted Now and learn. design in it as well.. . So your feedback is always very,. very valuable and very, very welcome.. . So for April, watch those flowers bloom,. watch those trees start to bloom,. . and happy knitting, everyone.. . We'll see you next month.. . I don't know that I have a topic yet.. . Let me know what you talk. about for the month of May.. . Happy knitting, everyone..

Show Notes
Links mentioned in the Meeting
Did I use any unfamiliar terms? Check out the "Terms Glossary"
Classroom: Short Row Shaping
Sideways hat duo
NEW Skill Builder: Short Rows
Date,Username,Message,IP Address |
2025-04-02T17:39:33,Marie-Jo C,Very interesting meeting! A fine way to increase our skills Thank you !,109.221.96.232 |
2025-04-02T17:37:39,Sue J,till next time ... happy knitting!,216.115.233.47 |
2025-04-02T17:37:36,Pauline P,Many thanks Sue. A great tutorial as always. Enjoy the sunshine.,86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T17:37:36,Cathy R,"Thank you, Sue!",24.16.177.81 |
2025-04-02T17:37:29,Cynthia Q,Thanks Sue,74.65.82.208 |
2025-04-02T17:37:24,Doris H,Thank you 'sue,213.233.155.160 |
2025-04-02T17:37:23,Cherie S,Thank you Sue & Matt!,24.68.12.121 |
2025-04-02T17:37:21,Maurie H,Thanks for today it was fun.,99.245.103.87 |
2025-04-02T17:37:19,Matthew F,And THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEMBERS,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T17:37:03,Cheryl Anne D,"Hi Sue, Hi Matt, thank you for all your time and effort in helping us become better machine knitters. have a blessed week, cheryl anne ",173.169.30.190 |
2025-04-02T17:32:55,Matthew F,FYI I moved it to Shaping Logic. All good This was just released today!,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T17:30:42,Pauline P,Me too. It's easier for me to put all the needles in hold rather than one needle on the next row. ,86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T17:30:11,Matthew F,I just checked. The Short Rows Skillbuilder is ACTIVE and ready for everyone,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T17:29:37,Pauline P,"Sue, I have been doing short row shaping practise this week and I prefer manual wrap too.",86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T17:29:14,Matthew F,I will check and get back,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T17:24:36,Cherie S,Knitted and crocheted flowers are really popular with the handwork groups!,24.68.12.121 |
2025-04-02T17:18:17,Jane L,Same with me-I did not receive that DAK email either!,73.139.7.53 |
2025-04-02T17:17:54,Matthew F,We can resend the email to the everyone again.,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T17:17:01,Cherie S,Same wiith me-- I didn't get an email regarding DAK...,24.68.12.121 |
2025-04-02T17:16:58,Elaine R,I would like the same DAK email. I am a member of that site.,24.220.191.245 |
2025-04-02T17:13:59,Pauline P,"I didn't get the e mail about DAK, Sue. Could you send it, please. Thanks.",86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T17:12:46,Cherie S,Good morning from the Pacific Northwest,24.68.12.121 |
2025-04-02T17:06:02,Cynthia Q,"Hi, from the Finger Lakes in NY",74.65.82.208 |
2025-04-02T17:05:33,Jennifer S,Jennifer from Oregon,192.111.94.6 |
2025-04-02T17:05:30,Pauline P,"Hi Joy, great that you're here.",86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T17:04:48,Joy G,Hi from France ð ,45.150.172.100 |
2025-04-02T17:04:39,Silvia O,Hello from Israel,185.185.133.186 |
2025-04-02T17:04:02,Doris H,Hello from Bantry Ireland,213.233.155.160 |
2025-04-02T17:00:11,Terry N,Good day from Alabama!,38.35.164.46 |
2025-04-02T16:59:29,Pauline P,"Tricia, I've been to Lake Tahoe with my cousin and we had a fabulous time.",86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T16:59:04,Matthew F,WAIT>..,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T16:59:01,Tricia T,Tricia from Lake Tahoe,174.83.150.63 |
2025-04-02T16:58:54,Pauline P,"Kathy, I've been to Anchorage and Alaska is lovely. I went in the winter time and it was beautiful.",86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T16:58:44,Anna D,Anna from Cambridge UK,84.71.138.242 |
2025-04-02T16:58:33,Karen B,Karen from Kansas,70.94.18.58 |
2025-04-02T16:58:13,Pauline P,It's 6pm here and I'll have my dinner after this session. Can't miss it!,86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T16:58:12,Kathy B,Kathy from Anchorage Alaska ,174.204.71.76 |
2025-04-02T16:57:34,Cheryl Anne D,greetings from Saint Petersburg Florida,173.169.30.190 |
2025-04-02T16:57:28,Judith G,"judith from las vegas, nv",50.158.64.10 |
2025-04-02T16:57:27,Cathy R,Good morning from Tacoma Wa,24.16.177.81 |
2025-04-02T16:57:14,Mary Ann B,"Mary Ann from Burnsville, MN.",104.28.104.112 |
2025-04-02T16:56:45,Pat Y,"Hi Sue and Matt, from Nova Scotia . Iâm practicing my Bickford seams on a dinosaur sweater for my grandson.",129.222.151.177 |
2025-04-02T16:56:01,Jenny M B,Just knitted a lacy summer top and furious because the yarn breaks all the time trying to sew seams.,31.104.104.26 |
2025-04-02T16:55:59,Pauline P,I'm about to do a simple sweater with a picot edge and a rolled neck. It will be partly self striping yarn. ,86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T16:55:52,Maurie H,Doll clothes for the granddaughters 18 inch dolls,99.245.103.87 |
2025-04-02T16:55:42,Marie-Jo C,Bonjour Maurie and hello eveerbody ,109.221.96.232 |
2025-04-02T16:55:21,Matthew F,If you are here... tell us where you are from!!!,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T16:55:14,Pauline P,"Hello Sue, Matt and fellow knitters - Pauline here from Godalming, Surrey, UK Lovely to be here and looking forward to the session.",86.137.234.240 |
2025-04-02T16:54:06,Matthew F,Matt Lives in Marblehead MA... North of Boston!!,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T16:53:51,Maurie H,"Hi from Mississauga, Canada, Bonjour Marie Jo",99.245.103.87 |
2025-04-02T16:53:37,Jenny M B,"Hello everyone, from sunny North Wales!",31.104.104.26 |
2025-04-02T16:53:29,Priscilla D,"Hi from Priscilla in Vancouver, WA",24.21.0.99 |
2025-04-02T16:53:20,Kristy M,Greetings from Louisiana,98.239.46.41 |
2025-04-02T16:53:17,Matthew F,I am back as MATT,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T16:52:46,Marie-Jo C,"Hello, Sue and Matt ! I missed the previous meeting but I won't miss this one! Marie-Jo from France",109.221.96.232 |
2025-04-02T16:52:44,Sandra B,hello from snowy guelph,166.48.98.92 |
2025-04-02T16:52:27,Susan Weaver K,Hello from Atlanta!,71.204.42.15 |
2025-04-02T16:52:15,Joan W,Good morning from New Zealand. Too early to have the camera on!,206.83.99.224 |
2025-04-02T16:51:54,Nosub N,Matt's in the house,72.93.246.97 |
2025-04-02T16:51:25,Cheryl Anne D,great happy Wednesday Sue.,173.169.30.190 |
2025-04-02T16:48:47,Sue J,welcome! we'll be starting soon,216.115.233.47 |