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Add Style to your Sweater with Curved Hems
Add a graceful curve to your hems with short row shaping—a simple technique to elevate the look of sweaters, tops, and tunics.
Add a graceful curve to your hems with short row shaping—a simple technique to elevate the look of sweaters, tops, and tunics.
Give your hems a stylish update—this machine knitting technique creates a graceful curve that adds movement and a professional finish. Straight edges are classic, but a soft curve can take your garments to the next level.
Using short-row shaping and intentional design, this technique shows how to knit a curved hem on a flatbed knitting machine. Whether you’re working from a Knit It Now dynamic pattern or modifying an existing one, you’ll learn how to create elegant curves with control.
Curved hems offer a flattering silhouette and bring softness to sweaters, tunics, or even skirt panels. With just a few smart adjustments, you can add this eye-catching detail to many projects. It’s a great way to personalize your knitwear and build shaping confidence on your machine.
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Yes. With a few small modifications to your cast-on and shaping rows, most patterns can be adapted to include a curved hem.
Nope—just a flatbed knitting machine and some row counting. The shaping is done with short rows, a standard technique.
Yes, though results can vary. Always knit a swatch to test how your yarn behaves with the curve shaping.
