It’s me again sorry, I have finished the back of my OH sweater but read the pattern wrong, I bound off 1 inch too soon (it was in the abreviations, I looked at the wrong one) :doh:
I should have done 9.5 inches but did 8.5 inches, will this make much difference or will I have to undo my bind off edge to add the other inch, if so how do I do this.
I thought I was doing too well for my first attempt but heyho.
Thanks in advance
Squiz
You can think of this backwards and forwards but, for me, the solution is just to undo the bind off, start a new piece of yarn if you’ve cut the end and add in that extra inch of knitting. If the sweater has shaped armholes, this will be necessary to make the space for the sleeves long enough anyway.
Undoing the bind off is easy: undo the last st where the yarn end was pulled through it and then pull out the sts one by one, putting each one on the needle as you go. You’ll be happier in the long run and good luck with it!
Thank you for this advice, I think I understand, I will try this now, the sleaves are knitted from the top down but would it be possible to work it so the pattern starts from the ribbed bottom then sewn in later or am I being a bit too optimistic
I was assuming you knit the back from the bottom up. Making that too short would affect the opening for the sleeve if it’s a set in sleeve.
If the back is knit from the top down then the sleeves won’t be affected and the only difference will be in the length. It would be up to you whether you wanted a shorter or longer sweater.
If it’s from the top down, then just undo the BO and knit to the length you want.