Working on the same baby sweater–“babies who lunch” in Sublime yarn. This is a cardigan with raglan sleeves. Under the arm there is a 5 stitch bind off in one row, so it is horizontal. Then the rest is slanting decreases. It never is perfectly horizontal/vertical, and it never is right for mattress stitch according to the video under “finishing”. Sometimes the sleeve stitch is slight vertical and sometimes nearly completely horizontal. How do you make this work when trying to join the sleeve to the body?
It may not be so easy to use mattress stitch on this raglan line. You can always line up the public sides of the sleeves and the fronts, pin along the seam line and stitch a seam diagonally from the armhole bind off up to the neckline. A sewing stitch like a runnung backstitch works well here (a stitch forward and a half stitch back).
For adult sweaters it works well to put the raglan decreases one or two stitches in from the edge and use mattress stitch but sometimes that’s not so convenient for baby sweaters due to the smaller size.
Dear Salmonmac and Suzeeq: I just told DH about your wonderful support. I had spent all day yesterday trying to resolve the problem with raglan sleeves on baby sweaters. I just read your helpful insights and breathed a deep sigh of joy. DH says “alright, ok–so there is a knitting G_d!”
I missed the Firesign Theater but love Monty Python. Is it similar? I wonder if I can find some FT on the web. I’ll have to try. Bless my effort, please.
Domino’s makes me ill anyhow so i didn’t bother with their pizza.
Yeah, it’s a similar group. They recorded comedy sketches, I don’t know if they ever did live ones. I’m sure you can find files of some of their recordings.
My exbf didn’t like the sauce on Dominos, made him nauseous.
While I’m here, could I please ask for a special blessings on my knitting needles and yarn?