Knit Talk - Ep 44 - Adding a Curved High/Low Hem to the Bottom of a Sweater

Sure, you can add a split high / low hem to a sweater - but what if you want to work it in the round?
In this weeks video we go through my favorite formula so you can add it to your own sweater!
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[@harrietyarmill2873]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing the percentages! I love a high-low bottom hem and appreciate this information. I am sure to use it.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

Fantastic! I'm so glad you'll give it a whirl.

[@deniseengel1451]

Thanks again Megan for the excellent explanation. I feel like I could accomplish this if I wanted to. You have a great week!

[@annettehoffmeister4144]

Thank you so so much 🧶😊

[@LottaSocks]

Love your explanations! I like to do math-y things, so I find this fun & then think about other applications. Last week = top down SRs, longer to shorter. This week = top down SRs for hi-low hem. I generally prefer top down construction, but… Question: If making a bottom up (raglan) SR neck shaping would - in essence - be made similar to THIS weeks video, shorter to longer SRs… (ala the hi-low hem shaping). Correct? The percentages/# of sts may/may not change depending on desired results. I guess I’m trying to “reverse engineer” a top down SR neck shaping with a bottom up. Some patterns I like are bottom up, and I was curious. My go-to top down is made ala Barbara Walker, where you work back & forth, increasing at edges of piece, and then cast on xxx sts for front neck, all creating a higher back neck. I think Ann Budd also has a book/patterns using this concept. Wrap & Turns in st st … I kept messing up (=ugly wrap pick ups). Since I learned how easy German Short rows are to make & resolve (no more ugly sts!!!), I don’t “fear” the SRs now!

[@teleuteskitty]

Thanks for your work on this, it's extremely helpful and clearly communicated. Sorry I'm late to the party (although I've subscribed now), and hope you don't mind me asking a question: I've always wondered, if you are adding significant depth to one side, should you also add increases to accomodate the larger circumference needed to complete the round? Otherwise, wouldn't you create a kind of hump? For example, I'm thinking of adding about 2" to the back of a fingering weight sweater, so will need about 18 short rows.

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

You’re most welcome and thank you for subscribing! And no, you don’t need any extra circumference with increases. I actually just added 24 rows to a fingering weight sweater myself and there’s no hump or puckering. You’re just changing the shape of the hem, not actually adding any real circumference. I hope this helps!

[@nicolethomas4936]

I was wondering if you had it in your que to do a step by step tutorial on a top down sweater with “ set in sleeves ?”

[@TheUnapologeticKnitter]

I don't currently, no. While I'm happy to create tutorials with information about techniques you can use to adapt a pattern I don't create step by step tutorials on actual garment construction. So if you'd like to learn more about set in sleeves I'm happy to add that to the queue!

[@nicolethomas4936]

@TheUnapologeticKnitter sounds good ... thank you I look forward to that tutorial!