Neckline Shaping with Holding Position

[@paulabrown3519]

Thank you June for a brilliant video, my neckline turned out my best ever!

[@maritkuivonen8650]

Excellent instructions, clean clear and short! Thank you, June!

[@weegie2818]

Enjoyed watching, straight forward. Thank you

[@dianathefiberfan]

Thank you June. Great instruction video.

[@JuneClark]

thanks

[@curlycords]

Thank you June!!! this was extremely helpful. I appreciate your time and your generousity of sharing your skills.

[@JuneClark]

Thank you

[@nyperi13]

WOW!!! That was SO helpful! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 🥰

[@brendaeves3236]

Super video! Great instructions, so helpful, thank you

[@JuneClark]

Thank you. Glad it helped

[@christinechinchen7473]

Thank you so much June you are a good teacher

[@JuneClark]

Thank you

[@knit1924]

Hi June, after the neck shaping, if I want to do a shoulder shaping, do I knit straight up to the place to do a short row shoulder shaping, then take off on waste yarn? Is that doable?

[@JuneClark]

Knitting Nana yes! When doing a shallower back neck, you would probably start the shoulder short rowing before the neck

[@knit1924]

@@JuneClark thanks again, June. What would we do without you!! You're a gem!

[@knit1924]

@@JuneClark okay, so then at some point, I would start short rowing the shoulder then at some point the shallow back neck shaping starts and they would both end at the shoulder's end. I get it!

[@joytorjussen1573]

Why didn't I watch this before I messed up a whole morning's knitting by not doing the neckline correctly? Thank you very much June for the clear, instructions.

[@JuneClark]

You are welcome!

[@rrsw04089]

Really helpful video June but what do you change on the carriage to stop it knitting the needles in hold

[@JuneClark]

Nothing, on a Brother you slide the N/H lever to H and needles in E do not knit

[@knit1924]

Hi June, I have friend that is using a Brother 965i. She is doing one side of neckline " in pattern" and she cannot recall how to do the opposite side, now? Can you direct me to a video of the complete proecess?

[@JuneClark]

Please see the back of the manual. Note pattern row, make sure all stitches are in hooks and push back to B. Lock on pattern row, part button in, knit selection row. Unlock pattern, insert yarn and set carriage for pattern. Release part buttons

[@nxubrant111]

Brilliant as always!!!😁

[@knit1924]

June, is this neck shaping for the back or the front of the neck of a sweater? Or for both? By the Way, thank you for a great video!

[@JuneClark]

Knitting Nana wherever you want to do it. I do a shallower one for back neck on jumpers and a similar one for cardigan necks

[@countkostaki]

I have tried this method several times on scrap and on a couple of garments and each time it doesn't seem to work - because the patterns say decrease one stitch every 2 rows followed by every 3 rows, cosequently I end up with holes around the neck edge. If I followed your method by decreasing the same amount of stiches every row as opposed to alternate rows (and therefore end up with the same amount of decreased stitches), would this alter the shape of the neck?

[@JuneClark]

Very slightly. You could do on alternate rows until stitches are decreased and then straight. You can’t use holding method if decreasing is more than alternate. I tend to ignore the pattern when I come to neck shaping

[@carmelgahan3605]

June, I can do the right side well but when I get to do the left, once I put the needles into upper working working and rethread the yarn, and take carriage across from the left, it casts off those needles - the ones in hold stay as they should. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong please?

[@JuneClark]

Needles need to be in B position with stitches in the hooks. If you are selecting a pattern row, then push in both part buttons

[@carmelgahan3605]

@@JuneClark Thanks June… another question therefore… if the needles have been in Hold, the stitch is now behind the latch. How do you get it to be in the hook? Is there a manual step I am missing? Sorry to be asking such basic questions…..I could not see the answer in the manual. Again, I value all your advice here and on the FB group.

[@JuneClark]

@@carmelgahan3605 use the latch tool and push the needle back and pick up the stitch, as you would to transfer a stitch

[@carmelgahan3605]

@@JuneClark Thanks again, that makes sense. Such tiny instruction points make all the difference to new machine knitters. I hope it helps others too.

[@nataliap8591]

hello from Poland :) I have a question why does the thread break off at the edges? what am I doing wrong?:(( I have a Brather machine.

[@suemcarthur105]

this is such a basic comment but what settings are your levers on, my knitting keeps falling off the machine, can you show a shot of where the levers and buttons are please

[@JuneClark]

Sue McArthur not sure I understand what you mean? My N/H lever is on H for hold. No buttons are pressed as I am only knitting stocking stitch

[@knit1924]

Hi again, June, when you ignore a pattern that says, decrease every alt row, three times, do you still do every row ? How does that figure in to the number of needles decreased and number of rows knitted? If I do every row instead of every alt row, I would end with more needles decreased than the pattern calls for and more rows knitted. How do I compensate for that? Sorry for the question, I just can't get it all figured out in my head.

[@JuneClark]

When you have reached the number required to be decreased, just knit straight to the required number of rows. You can do it every other row if you want and it will give a narrower neckline.

[@knit1924]

@@JuneClark thank you so much for the help I so desperately needed!