Hi,
I usually do a raglan seam for sleeves but this cardigan pattern wasn’t that. Does the pictures look right? I am not sure if the dip seen in the pictures looks right. It kinda looks like the pattern book picture but anyone’s thoughts or help greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Lou x
Hi, what pattern is it?
It looks OK to me, I’m not sure what you mean by dip? Is there part you don’t like the look of? Is the sleeve seam sewn, and the body side seam sewn, or open?
It’s a very nice fabric pattern.
@Creations thank you! It’s this pattern. I am reattaching a picture with the section I am unsure looks correct. All seams are sewn in the picture. Strickanleitung Jacke aus Baby Merino günstig online kaufen »
Ah, ok. I thought that area was a little baggy on the sleeve just due to the sleeve seam not being sewn yet and maybe it was just how the fabric was laying.
It does look slightly out of shape but it would perhaps even up when blocked or washed. Which you could try.
The only thing I can think that would cause this is perhaps the gauge being a bit out. The centimeters in height for the armscye need to match the centimeters in width (and around the shaping) of the sleeve cap.
If your gauge was reasonable then it’s likely just needs a wash and shaping. It’s not really going to be seen in this position is it, and will look very nice when on a body.
Maybe others will have other ideas. I think it’s fine myself.
I made a man’s sweater which had a bit of a strange shape in the sleeve, kind of banana shape. Only I see it when my son is wearing it, he says it’s perfect and no one else can see it, and it isn’t really that it was a drop shoulder or a fitted set in sleeve and not raglan but more to do with the sleeve width and decrease rate which was just how the pattern was.
Edited to add. There are a couple of project pics on ravelry, maybe these will help you decide it’s fine as is or want to change how it’s set in.
Thanks so much for the help as always, it’s kind of like the sleeve width was too wide for the armhole eye or maybe I should have went down the side a bit. The project pictures on Ravelry are far neater. I don’t usually have a problem with gauge and what else is weird is that it is exactly the same on both sides.
Also, this is the picture in the pattern book so I thought that kinda had a droop too just maybe not as bad as mine.
Decisions, decisions, the perfectionist in me wants to unpick it, but like you say will anyone really notice especially on a cardigan 
True, the pattern pic looks a bit baggy in that area on the sleeve too. I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong here at all. And I don’t think your outcome is really different from the pattern or those on ravelry, it’s just how the pattern is.
I’d leave it.
If not though, which part would you change? Make the armscye bigger or the sleeve narrower? It takes some maths to calculate a fitted shaped sleeve cap which might be more than you want to do, it depends on what you like spending your time and attention on.
The example I gave of the men’s banana shaped sleeve which I left alone, I changed the shaping of the next boy’s/men’s sweater I made and was happier with it. I have started my knitting journey knowing nothing about body shape, size, clothing, sewing, ease… and as a result it is taking me time to learn what shape and size I want to aim for. I’m more informed now about what patterns I want to follow or modify, but even so it’s still a learning journey. I’ll wrip out a sleeve 4 or 5 times to get the shape i want when needed, and then other times it’s just not necessary as it is ok as it is, even if not perfect.
I think yours looks a LOT like the photo in the pattern. I don’t think you need to redo it. Blocking should help, and really–who is going to look under a baby’s arm and see that?? 
But if you do, try stretching the sleeve a bit under the arm, and then easing it across the cap. Just a tiny bit. That’s more in line with a set-in sleeve (although that’s not what this is).
Thank you so much for all the help/support/reassurance. That is what I love about knitting the constant learning and creativity, the more diverse the patterns the better for me. You are of course right, I will leave well enough alone, particularly as it is exactly the same on both sides, sometimes it just helps to talk things out and you know how it is the more I looked at it the more in my mind I kept thinking something just doesn’t look right 
xx
