Need Help?The Ugliest V-Neck ... EVER! - Replay Live Archive
Knitting V-neck sweaters isn't hard ... perfecting the finishing can be a challenge.
By examining a poor excuse for a v-neck, let's explore some tips for a professional finish.
By examining a poor excuse for a v-neck, let's explore some tips for a professional finish.
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Links mentioned in the Show
Accurate Gauge Measurement - RULERS!V-Neck Bands
Neckline Shaping COURSE
Calculating Bands (compare methods)
Practice Pattern - Any yarn, any machine
00:01:11 - The 'dreaded dimple'
00:03:34 - Not Enough Needles
00:05:14 - Bind off or scrap off?
00:12:50 - Turning Row
00:15:15 - Grading the Tension of bands
00:17:35 - Decorative Decreases
00:23:40 - Picking up stitches to rows
00:30:18 - Picking up the V-Neck
00:34:20 - Practice pattern - Any yarn - Any machine
| Catherine Thanks again Sue and Matt! |
| Ritta K Thanks Sue!! |
| Sue Jalowiec @ritta don't need brand specific, but you need pitch specific .. IE 4.5mm 6 mm.. etc |
| Jennifer J Great show today! |
| Jennifer J Thanks! Sue! |
| Sue Jalowiec @jennifer ... you don't need a special stand ... just make sure your table is sturdy. The double bed setup gets heavy |
| Marie-Jo C Sorry for insisiting upon th V necks ! thank you and see you later |
| Jennifer J I bought a brother with a ribber do I need a special stand or can I just use a table to set them both up on? |
| Ritta K Is a bulky cast on comb a bulky cast on comb or do I need one from the maker of my knitting machine? |
| SANDY W tHANKS sUE! hAVE BEEN HESITATING ON STARTING A V-NECK. tHINK I WILL GIVE IT A GO NOW! |
| Sue Jalowiec Thanks everone ... bye ... next week Rulers and measuring :-) |
| Jennifer J Can I ask an off topic question? |
| Magda C thank you , lovely as always. have anice week |
| Lyn R Learned a lot as usual |
| Mary Ann B Thanks! Great Show. |
| Maryann B Thanks for another learning Tuesday Great information! |
| Ruth S Another great one!! |
| Jean S Thanks Sue and Matt...learned so much today! |
| Dawn W Thank you, very helpful! |
| Lyn R Thanks Sue and Matt, good show |
| Gretchen F Thank you! |
| Cynthia P thanks so much Sue and Matthew |
| Wilma T Thanks Sue and Matt |
| Maria Ann thanks for another great time! |
| Cindy Minota Gotta had out early to pick up grand from school! Thanks for a great show, Sue! Your sweater is looking good! |
| Ann P Thank you Sue and Matt. My first time - it was good. |
| Dee Z Thanks Sue! |
| Patricia H Thank you Sue! |
| Suzanne S Thanks--good info today! |
| SHIRLEY R A wooden or metal ruler is better than a tape mesure |
| Cynthia P could you tell me if there is a section on understandign those rulers that come with the machines. if not could you explain itnother time |
| Nancy M I have used hand knit patterns that did not even give a row gauge... just knit for 3".... |
| Annie L Knit Radar rulers |
| SHIRLEY R These are gauges not strictly rulers |
| Dee Z machine vs. hand... depends on the hand - some folks knit looser and some tighter. there is no correlation unless it's a specific hand knitting and that person's knitting machine. Each machine is different just as each person is different. |
| Wilma T Green, yellow, blue ruler depending on machine gauge |
| Jane N No, that was sarcastic..an inch is an inch no matter how many rows or stitches in it |
| SHIRLEY R Green, blue etc |
| Phyllis K D Maybe they are talking about a swatch that's hand knit, compared to a swatch that's machine knitted. It only makes sense if we're talking about two different swatches. |
| Jill F gauge |
| Nancy R Iâm not sure, but I think weâre talking about ratios for picking up stitches. At least thatâs what I was talking about. |
| Ann P Green Ruler? |
| Magda C block with steam only. or wash the swatch ? tks |
| Annie L Rest, Block and wash. |
| Hope R Thanks everybody! |
| Marie-Jo C Do you think that the v necks are deep enough in the basics patterns ? |
| Ann P MHO is not to block |
| Cindy Minota I always like homework-thanks. The neckline course will help us all! |
| Hope R Jean, yes. I block my swatch. Should I block the neck (front and back) before I measure for the band pick up? |
| Jane N Good to know that hand knitters use a different ruler than machine knitters... |
| Phyllis K D ...will experience. |
| Ann P "Experts"in magazines have informed that you need more rows for machine knitting than handknitting. |
| Jean S I always block my swatches...does Hope mean the knitted piece before knitting the neckband? |
| Phyllis K D The swatch should reflect the same conditions as the garment will be experience. |
| Dee Z you should treat your garment like you treat your swatch... if you block the swatch and measure you should block the garment pieces before you measure. |
| Jane N All of this depends upon what one does with their swatch |
| Cindy Minota But math helps give us a base #--and changing a yarn will sure mess with what you are used to doing! |
| Nancy R When I hand knit a yarn thatâs 4 stitches per inch, it usually needs fewer rows per inch than when I machine knit the same yarn. If the machine is 4 stitches per inch, the number of rows comes out higher the hand knit swatch. |
| Ann P I don't stretch it a little bit. then see how it looks and adjust before knitting. Ive beenknitting a long time |
| Hope R Should you block before you measure? |
| Eleanor L Use the Magic Formula.Sometimes it works to pick up 2 skip one and alternate with pick up 3 skip one. |
| Nancy R Knitting machines need more rows per inch than hand knitting. |
| Jennifer J Also in hand knitting you always decrease the needle a size or two. Maybe that makes up for the extra stitches that you cast on doing 3sts to 4 rows |
| Hope R I have ripped out many bands |
| Mary Ann B I'm with Cindy as well. Thanks. |
| Jennifer J I agree Cindy Minotaur! |
| Ann P Really,I just present the knitting to the machine and guess! |
| Gio R Yes 3 out of 4 rows |
| Cindy Minota That helps me, cuz I always do 3/4 but I does NOT always work-the math is a better way! Thanks! |
| Kelly C Jenny what do you mean about reversing the work? |
| Jennifer J 3 to 4 rows, yup! |
| Ann P 2 sts to 3 rows |
| Annie L Is there a tool? |
| Hope R Your sample really helps explain what you are saying. |
| Gio R 37 stitches? |
| Nancy M I often use a row of 1x1 tuck as turn |
| Dawn W Does the tension grading also apply to a ribbed neckband? |
| Hope R With sewing a knit band, they always tell you to make it about an inch smaller than the garment neckline. |
| Jenny M B Reversing the work and doing one row for the turning row of a stockinet band makes a lovely edge. |
| Jean S have never tried making 1 row knit llooser...just lower the tension? |
| Jane N will you be talking about number of stitches to pick up for a V Neck?? |
| Lise P Hi a little late lol |
| SHIRLEY R Bind it off |
| Kelly C waste yarn |
| Nancy R I learned to put hand knit on stitch holders and pick them up. But as I said before, thatâs for ribbed necklines. If you do stocking stitch, it doesnât look so good. |
| Annie L Be careful to not take out to much of the stretch or it will not fit over your head. |
| Hope R I agree with Barbara P - binding off gives stability. |
| Lorraine L center in hold for a funnel neckline |
| Wilma T Center back I do cast off, also for stability, the sweater wonât stretch doing it this way |
| Marianne M I mostly knit a ribbing band or a ss band that I attach separately. |
| Ann P Back neck partial knitting. |
| Jane N Fudge more stitches at the shoulder |
| Tamara A Hi Sue |
| Barbara P Binding off on the back neck gives it greater stability. So the back neck doesn't stretch out too much. |
| Jennifer J Binding all of then picking back up for ribbed collar is the hand knit way that I learned. |
| Marianne M Middle stitches on hold, short row on the sides. When I have finished each side, I pick up stitches on the straight sides and then knit one row on main yarn, and then waste yarn. |
| Bonnie L. C I put them in hold at the center and knit over all when completing both side of neckline. |
| Ann P I take the sts at the left off and the centre needles onto a circular needle. |
| Wilma T I was taught it that way also, stopped doing theatre. Take off the whole sweater on WY now |
| Nancy R It depends on what you want to accomplish. When I hand knit from live stitches, usually Iâm doing ribbing for the neckline. |
| Cindy Minota As a hand knitter, I tried to machine knit according to the manuals but I prefer to bind off! |
| Deborah F Sometimes depending on pattern in both machine and hand |
| Jere B I try to bind off but it always seems to pull on one side |
| Lyn R Was taught to bind off |
| Jane N No, One side in hold, work one side, then scrap off, and knit the other side |
| Jean S I bind off as well |
| Mary Ann B I do, I like the ease of picking up the stitches. |
| Ken S No, I bind off |
| Cynthia P i do it both ways depending |
| Terry S Yes, I scrap them off |
| yes...off on waste yarn |
| Maria Ann I've shaped the neckline both ways |
| Jennifer J Why would you? |
| Jennifer J I donât recognize that center bit, you are right |
| Terry S Poppies in bloom in Southern California |
| Maria Ann Sunny Minnesota here |
| Patricia H Patricia from Louisiana |
| Nancy M got ya! |
| Phyllis K D YES! |
| Terry S SUCCESS |
| Gretchen F yep! |
| Marie-Jo C Thanks Matt and Sue ! Everything works perfectly... |
| Deborah F hello from Noble Ok |
| Wilma T Yeah!! |
| Mary Ann B Great! |
| Ann P Hi |
| Marelda C yes, hello |
| Magda C hahahaha |
| Dawn W Yes, hello! |
| Jennifer J I see and hear you! |
| SHIRLEY R Hello Sue love yuour top |
| yes |
| Nancy R Yes |
| Magda C ok. yes |
| Karyn B We see you! |
| Noreen F got it now |
| Lorrie B Yeah! |
| Lyn R Can see your face and hear your voice |
| Wilma T Weâll wait until you tell us to go and KNIT |
| Jean S There you are! picture and sound. |
| They did it !! V-neck is back |
| Caroline F All good! |
| Ritta K OMG!! HI |
| Nina L YEA!!! |
| Gio R Yeahhhh, hi Sue |
| Matthew F Hit play when it shos |
| Maryann B yea! sSuccess |
| Cynthia P yeah!111 thanks Matthew |
| Matthew F Ok we have a new stream |
| Jennifer J Next door |
| Ken S Got it now!! |
| Nancy R Looks like weâre on! |
| Jere B HI!!!!! |
| Jennifer J Karyn B I am in MD! Just. |
| Jean S almost afraid to plant here .... so much moss on our lawns from all the wet |
| Karyn B HI SUE!!! |
| Gretchen F Hi All, Minnesota is thawing. No blooms yet |
| Terry S Video is unavailable |
| Nancy R Not much out in Massachusetts |
| Lorraine L ditto with Michigan |
| Karyn B Where are you Jennifer J? I'm in VA |
| Ann P Leaves are bursting |
| Cynthia P thanks for the chuckle Sue. how many rires need changing. |
| Marie-Jo C Unavailable here either |
| Dawn W Anyone else from Ohio? It's never shows up on the map as having anyone... |
| Jennifer J They are starting to peek out here too! |
| Jere B Thanks Matt and Sue! We'll sit tight! |
| Phyllis K D The chat is rockin'! We will wait happily. No worries! |
| Karyn B Not bad, daffodils are in full bloom. |
| Jennifer J How is everyone today? |
| Matthew F fun fun |
| Matthew F We are going to set up a new stream and figure out if we can solve this |
| Sue Jalowiec hang on ... we're going to change tires ... |
| Tamara A hi |
| Lorraine L just tuned in, looks like I didn't miss anything |
| Cynthia P refreshed and no go |
| Nancy R Nope |
| Sheila G Refreshed and no |
| Wilma T Unavailable |
| SHIRLEY R have refreshed still no go |
| Noreen F video unavailable |
| Maryann B at leaast it's a consistent result just the wrong one |
| Jennifer J Looks like I havenât missed much. I have tried to refresh but am getting a video unavailable error message |
| Paula B No |
| Matthew F Ok REREASH YOUR SCREEN |
| Ann P Not working for me either |
| Nancy R No video here either |
| Nancy M still unavailable |
| Jane N ditto video still unavailable |
| Barb S Not working for me either |
| Cynthia P still unavailable |
| Nina L NO |
| Jean Schwan lost the sweater and says This video is unavailable. |
| Dawn W No. |
| SHIRLEY R oh no you are not! |
| Wilma T Nope not available |
| Sheila G No |
| Maryann B refreshed=no go |
| Matthew F Are people seeing it the video feed? |
| Matthew F and we are live |
| Matthew F Refresh again |
| Nancy M my daffodils are up and blooming, the lettuce ,peas, and potatoes I planted on St. Paddy's day are through the ground. |
| Cynthia P yes i have the unavailable message as well. |
| Jean Schwan that always works.... |
| Maryann B chatting amongst ourselves whilst the elves do the work |
| Bonnie L. C First timer! Exciting... |
| Mary Ann B Right on Jean. It's actually looking green in spots. |
| Phyllis K D No problem, we are here and patient. |
| Maryann B Says unavailable --bloody computers :) |
| Sue Jalowiec patience please |
| Jean Schwan patches of brillant blue and some sun here...forgot what color grass was for a while |
| Wilma T Lost the sweater |
| Sue Jalowiec sorry guys ... working on it |
| Karyn B Not there yet Matt |
| Mary Ann B didn't work for me |
| Marelda C black screen, clock works |
| Matthew F code |
| Matthew F we had to change the streem |
| Maryann B Brilliant blue sky and flat ocean out here. |
| Matthew F Refesh |
| Cindy Minota I'm here for a change--life has a way of throwing things at me only on Tuesdays! |
| Ann P Ann P UK This is my first time going live |
| ...and the clock is working properly too !! |
| Noreen F Noreen Fisher |
| Wilma T V-neck sweater in sight :) |
| Annie L Not me. Black screen. |
| There it is, a lovely lilac v-neck edge. |
| Jean Schwan Me too! |
| Mary Ann B A bit cloudy in MN. Warming up though. |
| Lorrie B Me too |
| Marie-Jo C Marie-Jo from France, hello ! |
| I see a V-neck sweater! |
| Nancy M we are having a lovely day here in our part of Kansas. |
| Mary Ann B Remember when they wondered what we would do with all our free time after technology took over? I know - fix the technology! |
| Maryann B Checking from the Oregon Coast |
| Hello from Salt Lake City! |
| Sheila G Sheila from Lee's Summit, MO |
| Karyn B Deep breaths Sue and Matthew...you've got this |
| Nancy M Nancy Mangeri in Kansas here.. |
| Matthew F Ok - we KNOW! one minute |
| SHIRLEY R Nothing still |
| Matthew F one minute guys working on it |
| Sharon S i have no video |
| Mary Ann B Thanks Matt. |
| Matthew F we are working on it |
| SHIRLEY R Going to log off and try again |
| Dawn W Hi from Ohio. No video. have refreshed, still no vid. |
| Jean S I refreshed and still no video.... |
| Matthew F we just atarted |
| Caroline F No video for me either?? |
| Jane N still no video aarrgghh |
| Hi from Illinois |
| Lorrie B Not working for me either. I did a refresh |
| Nancy R Nancy from Cape Cod here! |
| Mary Ann B Mary Ann from Minnesota here! |
| Jane N Nope that did not work - going to logout and try again |
| Sue Jalowiec please refresh the page |
| Karen B Hi. Karen her and first time joining from Kansas City |
| Jane N My video is unavailable..help!! |
| Wilma T Hi from the Netherlands |
| Jean Schwan Hieveryone...Jean from the West Kootenays here |
| Jere B Hey, AB! |
| Magda C Hi Sue and girls, Magda from Italy |
| Hi folks. AB here |
| Jere B Hi! Jere here :-) |
| SHIRLEY R hi Sue. Shirley from Sussex UK |
| Sue Jalowiec Hello Early-birds! We'll get started in a few |
