Neckline Shaping Without Binding Off Stitches

[@Knittyneeds]

Greetings from France 🥰. I tried this on a swatch and it turned out REAL neat, easy to pick up stitches and knit the neckband. Had fun with this NEW project. Thanks so much for sharing. I also do have another request IF YOU HAVE THE TIME ONLY on how to make the V neck and pick up stitches for neckband 😅. I looked it up on your video list but couldn't find 😂. Thanks for all kindness and generosity in making these videos for the YOUNG AND THE OLD. I am 70 years and wish to get my old hands (for as long as they last) on making a V neck sweater. Thanks for sharing caring and making a 70 year old SMILE 😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🤗🤗🤗👍👍👍

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you for sharing the results of using this method on your project! And many thanks for the suggestion. I've just added it to my "to-do" list. Happy knitting, my friend :-)

[@ljwilliams755]

you're a genius, plain and simple

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you, Linda. You are very kind :-)

[@theastewart6721]

I agree 100%!

[@10rowsaday]

@@theastewart6721 Thank you, Thea 🙏🙏

[@OGJaquarPrincess]

Thank you for this. I’m wanting to learn shaping without complications and you did it. Thank you.

[@kathieling]

Wow what a brilliant way to do the neckline! Love not having to cast off and then pick up stitches!! Cannot wait to try this out! 😊

[@Ruthleibbrandt]

What a clever way of getting rid of that unsightly neckline ridge. Only wish I'd known about it when I was younger and did more knitting. Thank you and warm regards.

[@kimsimpson1274]

Wow, amazing!!! Been knitting for years and never saw anything like this before. Can't wait to use it on my next project!!!😊

[@jenniferelliott2085]

Once again you show your genius- thank you such a simple and easy way to make a perfect neckline.

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you, Jennifer. You are very kind :-)

[@esmekaffen4961]

As Ms William’s said, you are a genius, pure and simple. You never cease to amaze and inspire! Your tutorials are always so clear and easy to follow. This is brilliant and I look forward to trying this out on my next sweater. Thank you!❤️☮️

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you so much, Esme 🙏

[@kitcanwood745]

BRILLIANT!! 😁 Wonderful video, clear and straight to the point, as always. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@sallyburley8672]

Amazing, thank you, Maryna! I look forward to using this! x

[@glynmarillier8501]

Brilliant method, lovely effect and, as always, simply and clearly demonstrated. Thank you.

[@penelopekostick743]

You are such a good teacher! I love all your videos, so informative and inspiring. This one is amazing but I especially love the Latvian braid,😍thank you!

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you, Penelope 🙏It means the world to me to know that you enjoy my tutorials. Thank you, my friend!

[@nadzoll]

Wow, keeping this in my back pocket for a future project. Thank you!

[@rosiemckinney1061]

This is very helpful. Thank you.

[@10rowsaday]

You are most welcome, Rosie :-) Happy knitting!

[@theastewart6721]

Hi Maryna. This is amazing! Such a great technique and it looks so much neater. Thanks for another fantastic tutorial!🌸🌺💞

[@exiled150]

I'll have to watch this a few more times, but I think it will help a lot on necklines.

[@kablooiecat1971]

that's amazing! Thank you! I finally understood how to work it.

[@druidsongevergreens]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Your tutorials are excellent

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you, ErinRose :-) Happy knitting!

[@ninavolante287]

Thank you very much 4 this genial tutorial!!! Lisa (from Rome, Italy) 🤗

[@10rowsaday]

You are most welcome, Lisa 🙂Happy knitting, my friend!

[@PFuchs-zl1yz]

You're a genius. Thank you for that video, it looks gorgious! It looks so easy when you do it, but I might have problems when I adapt it to my written instructions for decreasing. But will definitely try it. Greetings from Austria.

[@helena_maria_._._]

Wow! Thank you so much! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💞💞💞💞🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@bophaloek6531]

Amazing and beauty! Thanks you

[@elaineoverton4829]

Love it, thank you!

[@lindyeck4866]

This is genius.

[@gretchenmassol9844]

This is a marvelous method ! I will try it on my next neckline. Does it have a name? You should give it a name so we can refer to it quickly. Thank you Maryna for sharing it with us in this clear and excellent video. As always! Best wishes to you and yours.

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you, Gretchen :-) As to the name, I call this method "stretchy neckline", but if you have other suggestion for a proper name, I would really appreciate your insight. Happy knitting, my friend!

[@jacque6315]

I am loving this technique. Thank you! I completed the first side of the front of my sweater, but was curious if there’s a reason for stitching in the back loop when knitting across to begin the second side, rather than just simply knitting in the front loop like normal. Thanks!

[@isawa6649]

Looks great! Thank you

[@carmenz8764]

you are amazing and so good at explaining! many thanks!

[@Sandra-oj1fr]

wow, perfect! Thank you for this tutorial ❤

[@10rowsaday]

You are most welcome, Sandra :-) Happy knitting!

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you so much!

[@monicavazquez3744]

Isn’t this short row technique? Just beautiful! Does it work for any size sweater ? Thank you.

[@10rowsaday]

You could think of it as a variation of a short row method and yes, it works for all sizes. Simply follow the shaping instructions in your pattern but make an additional stitch and turn the work instead of binding off stitches at the neckline. Happy knitting :-)

[@theanimefan00]

Can't wait to use this method as a baseline of a turtleneck! Dosen't the stitches gonna double in number this way? Should you knit the twin stitches together when making a turtleneck with ribstitch from this neckline?

[@10rowsaday]

Yes, we end up with more stitches than the stitches of the neckline shaping. Those additional stitches take care of the holes that inevitably form between rows of shaping. If the final number of stitches is bigger than the number of stitches you need for the neckband, make evenly-distributed decreases in the first round of the neckline. Happy knitting :-)

[@theanimefan00]

@@10rowsaday thank you for your answer! I ended up only decreasing 1 for an even number of stitches to a 1x1 rib for the turtleneck. As I went with the absolute minimum measurements for the neckhole, it looks pretty good and tidy so far. Will come back and comment if it is finished, if it fits so snug as I imagined. 💞 Thank you so much!

[@10rowsaday]

@@theanimefan00 Thank you :-)

[@marianemartin2644]

I just do German Short Rows so much the same but for me much more simple.

[@10rowsaday]

German short rows is a great method. I used it during my test runs in search for a way to shape neckline without binding off stitches (in fact, German short rows were my first choice to test), but I found them slightly finicky when used to shape the left side of the neckline. Shadow wraps seem easier and more straightforward. But I am happy to know that German short rows work well for you. Maybe, I should give them another try.

[@marianemartin2644]

@@10rowsaday perhaps because I knit combination continental it works well for me. There are as many ways to knit as there are people who knit.

[@terrimetcalf3378]

In an actual pattern, would you also add short rows on the stitches for the shoulders before binding them off so they would be sloped?

[@10rowsaday]

Hi Teri. I'd do it only if I need to keep the stitches of the shoulders open. In most cases, it is better to use the sloped bind off - www.10rowsaday.com/sloped-bindoff

[@machomamma]

This is a fantastic technique, Myrna! Do you think this could be used to make live stitches on a top-down heel flap, rather than having to pick up from the sides later?

[@10rowsaday]

That's an interesting idea, Mira. I haven't tested it, but I think it could work. Let me know if you get to trying it out. Thank you :-)

[@machomamma]

@@10rowsaday Hi Myrna, Most of the socks I make are toe-up. One of the reasons is I hated picking up the side stitches. But next time I find a pattern that I like that happens to be top-down I'll give your technique a shot.

[@marjoaleixo1793]

Maravilha...gratidão por compartilhar!

[@10rowsaday]

You are most welcome, Marjo :-) Happy knitting!

[@novo7912]

What a talent ! You are real knitting genius . I'm just a beginner but watching your work with a hope that I will learn step by step. I'm trying right now knitting an open vest ( with 2 buttonholes). Do you have any resource in that subject , please?

[@10rowsaday]

Thank you for the kind words, Viera 🙏As to the vest that you are making, I hope this tutorial about buttonholes will help - www.10rowsaday.com/one-row-buttonhole Happy knitting :-)

[@novo7912]

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[@novo7912]

Thank you !❤

[@irenecortez7819]

Love it. Thank you

[@selmaabali4767]

thank you very much. my necklıne is unfortunetly to big wich ı knit.what can ı do to make it smaler please

[@10rowsaday]

Hi Selma. The easiest way to make a neckline smaller is to make a "stay" - thread a piece of yarn into a wool needle and run it through the surface of the fabric along the neckline on the wrong side of the work. Pull the yarn a little bit to make the neckline smaller, but not too much, otherwise the neckline will be puckered. Then secure the yarn and hide the tails. Good luck :-)

[@RizwanAhmed-rh4xl]

hi this is really a very helpful video but please also tell that when we make border we knit all the selected stitches or should make one stitch of bind stitches?

[@10rowsaday]

With this method, we don't bind off any stitches, so there should be no stitches to pick up from the bind off edge.

[@RizwanAhmed-rh4xl]

@@10rowsaday I think you didnt get my point, I was trying to ask you that the stiches left on the needle after the process, do we make a border out of all of them or do we reduce some Thank you.

[@10rowsaday]

@@RizwanAhmed-rh4xl Sorry I misunderstood you. What we do with those stitches depends on the way the neckline is finished. We could bind off stitches right away, or make a neckband in ribbing or other pattern, or we could continue to work in stockinette to make a turtleneck. As to decreasing stitches, if you end up with more stitches than the number recommended in the pattern, decrease them evenly. Happy knitting :-)

[@RizwanAhmed-rh4xl]

@@10rowsaday thank you😊

[@leah3084]

I am confused, did you knit up to 2st before the twin stitches or 1st. before. Love this method

[@10rowsaday]

If the pattern instructions tell you to bind off 2 stitches, work to 2 stitches before the twin stitches, then add a twin to the next stitch and turn your work. Happy knitting :-)

[@kackaurban6028]

hi, thanks for the tutorial, but i have a question, how do i cast off the rest of the neckline? do i have to cut the yarn? or is this just a preparation for like a turtleneck?

[@10rowsaday]

When the shaping is finished, the working yarn will be at the neckline and you can start to make a neckline band right away. No need to cut and re-attach the yarn.

[@kackaurban6028]

@@10rowsaday thank u! will try it

[@leah3084]

What if I want a deeper neckline, can I continue in pattern few more rows until binding off the shoulders?

[@10rowsaday]

Of course. You can use this method to make any kind of neckline. Just remember to make a twin stitch at the neckline edge every time you get there even when you don't make any decreases. Good luck :-)

[@theaduproject]

Can you do the exact thing for armholes?

[@10rowsaday]

It is an interesting idea! We rarely pick up stitches from armholes, but if that's what your pattern tells you to do, you can use this method to leave a set of open stitches along the edge. Happy knitting :-)

[@cf743]

Hi I have two questions for you. I have followed your method based on shaping in my pattern, but I find that there are 10 sts on each side of neck after finishing neckline, when using old method pattern says to pick up 6sts on each side of neckline. How can I adapt this to my pattern, or should I be knitting row sts together through back loop where the increased sts were? This would then give me the correct st count? I hope this makes sense as I couldn’t see in the video whether you knitted those inc sts together or not and not clear in the instructions. Other than that this is a brilliant way for next shaping as old way looks like a complete amateurish mess😊. My apologies, this is my first sweater, so any advice is much appreciatedappreciated Carol

[@10rowsaday]

Hi Carol. Yes, you can knit two stitches together through the back loop in equally-spaced spots to bring the number of stitches to the number recommended in the pattern you follow. In some cases, the number of stitches that you get using this method will be the same as or very similar to the number of stitches in the pattern. It all depends on the stitch pattern used to make the neck band. Happy knitting!

[@gloriamou6390]

Can this method be used for armhole shaping as well?

[@10rowsaday]

That's an interesting idea. I think it will work for shaping armholes of bottom-up sweaters and cardigans worked without making side seams.

[@gloriamou6390]

@@10rowsaday Thank you for this innovation method.

[@hazeluzzell]

Magic!

[@LevantineDictionary]

Do i need a circular needle to do this or I can do it with straight ones?

[@10rowsaday]

You can do it with straight needles, but if you plan to use these stitches to make a seamless neckband, you will need to use circular or double-pointed needles. Happy knitting :-)

[@botsproef8573]

Beginner knitter here. Noticed you end up with 20 stitches in the neck. Now i’m scared to end up with to many stitches or is it the same as if I would have bound off and picked them up afterwards.

[@10rowsaday]

You can always adjust the number of stitches in the first round of the neckline. Decrease stitches if you end up with too many stitches, or make increases if you need more stitches. Happy knitting :-)

[@patriciafuchs7023]

Dear Maryna, it's me again from Austria, I already commented this (since it is so 🤩), but may I ask, how can I work the shoulder in short rows at the same time (!) as the neckline? My pattern says to do exactly that and it is so confusing, because I have never worked that before. Is there any knitting help from you that I could possibly watch and understand how that is done? The darn pattern does not give any more instuctions and I can't find nothing in the Internet about that. Thank you 😘

[@10rowsaday]

Hi Patricia. Sorry I haven't responded sooner. I understand how it can get confusing when we combine this method with short row shaping. It helps to follow the pattern instructions step by step. Whenever the pattern tells you to work short rows, focus on short rows and don't worry about the neckline shaping.. When the pattern tells you to bind off stitches at the neckline edge, slip those stitches instead of binding them off as it is described in this tutorial. If you need more help along the way, I'll be more than happy to help. Just send me an email with a quick description of the issue. Happy knitting, my friend 🙂

[@patriciafuchs7023]

@@10rowsaday Dear Maryana, thank you so much for offering your help. I'm afraid the problem no longer exists, since after weeks of frustration and trying to get it done, the piece landed in the garbage. I just could not get around doing all of it at the same time, it looked awful! Herewith I promise that I will never ever knit a sweater that has to be seamed EVER again. It's just not for me. Have a great day, dear Maryana and thank you again.

[@10rowsaday]

@@patriciafuchs7023 Dear Patricia. I am sorry I didn't rush to help you sooner. If you ever need help with your knitting in the future, please send me an email to maryna [at] 10rowsaday.com. I reply to all emails within a day or two. Happy knitting, my friend!

[@filukkasunivers2389]

I cant see the turning stitch on the pearl side.......nooooo it went so well to this point

[@10rowsaday]

The turning stitches at the left side of the neckline are not as visible as the ones at the right side of the neckline. If you have trouble finding them, place a removable marker next to that stitch. The marker will help you to recognize it in the next row. Happy knitting!

[@mariajoaoc2703]

Dear Maryna, I bought your "HOW TO SHAPE NECKLINE WITHOUT BINDING OFF STITCHES" pdf but I did not received the rest of the material as you announce. Can you please send it to me? This is the order reference: [Order #26058] (February 18, 2024). Thank you so much.

[@10rowsaday]

Dear Maria. I've just emailed you the PDF with this e-book. You can also download that file from the "Download" section of the order confirmation. Happy knitting!

[@lauraservidei5728]

So, if I counted correctly, you start with 15 stitches, and you end up with 20 live stitches + 6 bound off stitches. Isn't that a bit too many? Thank you for a great concept!

[@10rowsaday]

When we pick up stitches from a bound off neckline, we usually pick up an extra stitch from the spot between the rows. It helps to prevent holes along the bottom of the neckband. With the method described in this tutorial, we add these stitches as we shape the neckline. Happy knitting :-)

[@kristinamariaszalontaymlle974]

😱🤩

[@heidih3048]

Am I the only one seeing that this method is not producing a smooth- looking fabric near the neckline? When you look closely, the fabric looks irregular close to the area where the neckline is finally bound off. You can see it briefly at the beginning of the video when the finished swatch is shown.

[@10rowsaday]

The photo of the finished swatch is at www.10rowsaday.com/stretchy-neckline Because some of the stitches are twisted (we do it on purpose to prevent the holes), the line between the main fabric and the neckband is not perfectly even. It is a small sacrifice we have to accept if we want to avoid a stiff bulky ridge at the neckline.

[@filukkasunivers2389]

wtf now what do i do???? im at the end, you just gonna leave us hanging

[@10rowsaday]

Once the neckline is shaped, use the live stitches to make the neckband, cowl neck, or whatever other treatment you want to add to the neckline.