OK would this look dumb?

#1

I have been working on “Vermont #134” for several months (slow). I have gottten the first 13" of the back and front; and now I’m doing the sleeves. I took it to the Twisted yarns shop and she said that the sleeves would be way to big; they measured 24", so I went down to the size 5 needle.

here goes I have the font and back( up to 13") in size 7 needles and I took it off the needles, it fits???

but she said to make the sleeves on a size 5 needle, so I have, and they will be a little snug, me is 17" around the arms and my knitted sleeve is 15" just laid out on the table.

I am slow but I have a lot more time than I do money.

so would somebody please tell me the right thing to do?

Letha
so confussed

#2

Okay, so the back & front knit on the 7s fit, right?

If your body measurement is 17" around the arm & the sleeves measure 15", they will be too small. Unless it is ribbed fabric designed to stretch or has a lace panel that needs to be stretched. You need 1-2" of ease for the arms. Which means the actual sleeve should be 18-19" across.

Are these a long sleeves where you started at the cuff & worked your way up? And did you follow the pattern directions with the exception of dropping the needle size to a #5? If so, you can rip out the sleeve until you reach the point where it is too snug. Then resume knitting on a size #6 (which will make it larger.) After a few inches, go up again to a size #7 needle.

#3

yes I am working from the bottem - up. I think I had better just re-do the sleeves.

learning lesson “measure self” before knitting, quite simple,
thank you bunches.

Letha

#4

Most pattern have a line diagram of the actually measurement of the pieces (knitted up in the gauge called for.) I get a better fit when I use those to choose a size then just going by sm/med/lg. Likewise, if you are larger or smaller than the “mythical” standard woman, you can adjust to get a better fit this way. What matters most, is that you get an end result that fits & flatters you.

#5

What I don’t get is how the LYS people determined the sleeves would be too big. Did they measure the gauge wrong or something?

#6

Yeah Sue, that crossed my mind too. Maybe she got bad directions to start with. Especially if they had her drop 2 needles sizes & now her sleeve width is off by 3-4".

But it is still good to know how to fix the problem.