I’m wanting to knit the wishbone sweater by Kutovakika and had a question about aligning charts and reading them. If you could please explain your reasoning when answering that would be much appreciated!
So the pattern states to knit the 117 stitches of the back flat with the front and shoulder seams on hold and then work the front (also 117 stitches) similarly, starting with a RS row.
So that would be
Row 1 (RS): work row 1 of chart B, turn.
Row 2 (WS): work next row of chart B, turn work.
Row 3 (RS): work next row of chart B, turn work.
Repeat chart B a total of 4 times. My question is this follows on from finishing chart A (shoulder shaping) and if you look at the photos I’m not sure how chart B matches chart A or more specifically how many repeats of chart B to do to get to 117 sts.
Chart A finishes with 117 stitches. It has in the final row 18sts, 5 pattern repeats of 16sts(the blue bit) and then ends with 19 sts. Please see attached photos. If I start knitting chart B read right to left as is RS row how many repeats of the pattern repeat do I do? 7? I don’t think the chart line up with the way I’m reading them? Please ask if I need to provide further details.
Thanks for the link, GG!
Very intricate but pretty pattern. For chart B you begin with sts 1,2 and 3 (3sts) then repeat the red boxed sts 7 times (16x7=112sts) then end with sts 20 and 21 (2sts). 3+112+2=117sts.
It’s looks like the charts align like this. The ink lines match the different scales in the print out of the 2 charts. The spacing between cable crosses is maintained too. Or am I not understanding your question?
This is such a lovely pattern stitch and the detail on the shoulder is beautiful, im between projects and quite tempted by his pattern. I notice though that quite a lot of the project photos have a bit of excess fabric in the upper chest below the neck which I’m not keen on. There are a lot of modern patterns in this kind of bulge at the front neck. Do you know what causes it in the shaping and how I could eliminate it? I have noticed online pics of factory made, shop bought, sweaters with this design feature too… when did this become fashion? It appears to me to not fit, maybe showing my age!
I think it’s the result of the ribbing pulling the fabric in slightly. The neckline is SO wide, and ribbing just wants to draw in. You could maybe do the ribbing for a larger size, so it wouldn’t pull in so much? I.E. pick up stitches at a different rate, if the ribbing is added later. If it starts with the collar, go down a size for the body.
Thanks colocro! The flat shape of this sweater is a unusual, have you seen it flat? It’s kind of bottle neck shape like a round yoke. I always avoid round yokes. I don’t know if I could wear this. I understand about adding more rib stitches which I could definitely work out on my own, but I wonder what shape it would result in with the extra rib on the bottle neck shape yoke? I spend so long on necks as it is without setting myself up with something problematic. I see so many patterns I like until I see they are round or raglan or have an odd excess on the chest, then I reject them. This pattern is top down I wonder if it starts with the neck and I’d have to work out how to fix it before I even start… sounds too much for my low level knowledge.
I’ve seen more of a bulge at the front neck on yoke sweaters that don’t have short rows worked at the back neck. It’s as though they are made for people with wider shoulders or longer front torsos. For me it’s an uncomfortable look.
This particular sweater has a pretty saddle shoulder detail but a wide funnel neck. I wonder if modifying the ribbing at the neck as ColoCro suggests might help with both the bulge and the width of the neckline.
Thanks. This one has the option of short rows in the back neck and photos of both versions, with and without the short rows, but I still see the front bulge on the pics with the short rows used. I’ll have to pass on this. I can manage a certain amount of pattern modification but it’s just beyond me to know how to change it, especially top down which I’m less familiar with. I just love the stitch pattern and those shoulders.
Looking at this project, I feel like the pattern photos show a VERY oversize sweater, which could be what’s causing the excess fabric. This one sits quite close to the neck.
I prefer the drape of the dropped shoulder in the oversized samples. With the closer fitting one I am not keen on the armhole fit, it is like a round yoke in the way it’s pulled at the underarm, the fabric kind of stretches flat across the gap between body and arm, almost shawl like, or webbed feet. I don’t know if I can describe it in a way that makes sense to anyone but it’s one reason I don’t like round yokes too. It’s just personal preference on all these aspects, the sweater looks lovely on all the pics, but just not for me, I’d feel uncomfortable. I feel a close fit needs a set in shaped sleeve cap which fits up in the armpit rather than webbing across.
There is a video tutorial by the designer for the shaped neck and cable. The cast on is right at the top of the neck and the short rows only shape the collar or neckband rather than the body.
There’s always one reason or another I go off patterns. It’s good to learn what I like and don’t like so I have a better chance of making something I will wear, but it does mean I reject a lot of beautiful looking patterns.
