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

[@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.

[@LouseSmith]

Thank you so much identity for over 50 years been trying to catch on to this but I was going from the bottom up and I usually knit sweaters from top down now you made it easier much planar to me you are blessed you have such a way of explaining things may God be with you

[@maryleonardi-cattolica1640]

Terrific video. I've been adding a high/low hems for years and just winging it. It's great to actually have the math.

[@robinknits6493]

I am a budding tech editor--certified by TKGA. But I still need to learn a lot about different constructions. Your videos have been invaluable. Thanks for putting them out. Much appreciated.

[@angelawatkins5455]

This is so helpful. Thank you so much for the time you put into making this video.

[@deniseengel1451]

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

[@aylamonic]

Thank you so much this was very clear and was a huge help and figuring this out!

[@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!

[@annettehoffmeister4144]

Thank you so so much 🧶😊

[@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!

[@teslaandhumanity7383]

How do I make a pattern larger for my size , the pattern I love doesn’t do my size . Should I use the difference between say 3 xl to 4 xl to get 5 xl . My bust is 50” unfortunately. I have dyscalcula and struggle with maths 🧮.