I’ve been making a lot of Action charts lately, and as I’ve been doing it I’ve made some notes on things to mention about the look of Action charts. A Look at Action Charts If you want to know why I do this, please read this. If this method of charting doesn’t work for you,…
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Outreach, Reaching Out, & Building Community
Outreach, reaching out, and building community are hard things. It is easy to want to do them, but more difficult to know what to do, and even harder to implement. Outreach to Jill Wolcott Knits® I’m often surprised when I do some outreach at the response I get—and also that I don’t get. You just…
Row Gauge, Blocked and Unblocked
Row gauge is bound to come up whenever knitting professionals are in a conversation. I can almost predict how it will come up, and of course I know what my response will be. But unlike stitch gauge, row gauge is a little less clear-cut. It is difficult to match row gauge, so having some tools…
Smooth Ears On Your Go High Hat
If you haven’t seen Penny Shima‘s Go High Hats, you can see photos here, and on her project pages (version 5, version 4, version 1. She took the idea of a pussycat hat literally. This led to a small modification in the bind off, which gives the nice smooth ears of a real kitty. When you…
Blocking Adds Polish
Blocking makes more of a difference than you might think. Almost always wet blocking isn’t enough. Blocking with a steam iron gives the polish your hand knits want and deserve. I gave a hat recipe in Thursday’s newsletter. The photos in today’s blog are the hats I made using the recipe. These are hats without…
Single Decrease: Technique Talk
The single decrease is almost the first purposeful thing we learn in knitting after we learn to execute knits and purls. You may also learn to cast on, and you probably made an inadvertent yarn over or two, but the first thing we learn to do in terms of making our knitting something other than a rectangle…
Changing Course Toward Techniques
I’m changing course away from sizing adjustments, to talking about specific techniques. Before I get started on that though, I want to introduce you to my techniques database. Knitter, please meet the Jill Wolcott Knits® Techniques Library. I’m in the process of putting together a web page to make accessing this really easy, but it…
Sleeve Cap Adjustments, Part 1
The sleeve cap is probably the most confounding part of almost any garment. In fact, there is an argument that the interesting shoulder and sleeve details seen in recent couture collections are there in part to dissuade fast fashion copiers. There is some science and some art involved in making them work. The sleeve cap is…
Finishing Armhole Adjustments
This will be armhole adjustments for sleeveless garments. If you are putting in a sleeve, you will have other considerations. Armholes are like necklines and provide another place to tweak fit. Finishing Armhole Adjustments Picking up stitches to add a finish will provide the best options for making armhole adjustments for fit. Like the neckline,…
Finishing Adjustments 1
Finishing adjustments can add that extra polish that makes your piece perfect. While not strictly sizing, the finishes are places that can have a huge impact on the way things fit, so I think that discussion fits here. This post considers finishing adjustments to the body, and I will get to sleeves will be discussed in another…
Chest Adjustments, Final Steps
Today I’ll look at front chest adjustments and upper back adjustments. I’ve been writing about sizing adjustments that are generic, and we’ve gotten through the bottom to underarm (part 1), the armhole shaping (part 2), and so let’s take the next step! Upper Back Adjustments: Above Armhole Depending on the shaping of the back neckline, there may be…
Making Sizing Adjustments, Part 2
It is time for Making Sizing Adjustments, Part 2. You should look here for my June 21, 2016 blog on adjustments between the bottom and the bust. What I’m addressing are simple adjustments and are simply meant to be a first step; they may not solve all your needs. Finding a great fit and solutions…
