Armhole shaping question

How-to Questions
1

I know I’ve made sweaters before and had to do armhole shaping via decreases, but I’ve obviously forgotten what to do. lol

The pattern says “decrease one stitch at each end on every other row.”

Do I do a stitch and then do my decrease, knit, decrease, knit a single stitch?

Or do I do the decreases using the first two and final two stitches?

Thanks!

2

You can do it either way, even leave a couple of knitted stitches at each edge. It really depends on what you want. If you do the decreases in a stitch or two, it can make seaming easier. If you do them at the edge, they won’t show as much, but sometimes the decreases add a bit to the look of the sweater.

3

This sweater has a heavy pattern - almost like a waffle pattern. Would it be better to do the decreases on the endmost stitches so it doesn’t break the pattern?

Thanks so much!

4

That makes sense. I don’t think you’d want to create any more of a seam than you have to.