Hi, can anyone help me please? I am knitting myself a sweater and want to knit elbow length puff sleeves on 2 needles but not able to find a pattern. Please can anyone help??
Jean
Hello
Do you mean you want a full pattern with elbow length puff sleeves or you already have a pattern but want to change the sleeves to puff sleeves?
This pattern has elbow length puff sleeves but if you have already knit your sweater from another pattern you wouldn’t be able to just add these sleeves without checking out the gauge and stitch count first.
Someone here will be able to help with how to change the pattern from knit in the round to knit flat.
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That’s a good looking pattern, Creations. It can at least serve as a template for the design of puff sleeves. The length can be modified as desired through the middle portion of the sleeve and the gauge adjusted to the knitters gauge once the dimensions are determined.
Converting the pattern to knitting flat would mean introducing a break at the underarm. Add on a stitch at each edge for a seam.
Instead of all knit sts in the round for stockinette, knit on the RS, purl on the WS. For a cuff in rib, work the rib across the RS row and then knit the knits (Vs) and purl the purls (bumps or collars) on the WS.
If you aren’t thinking of working a lace pattern on the sleeves that is the most straightforward conversion.
Hi, yes I have already knitted the main part but just need the sleeve pattern. This one you have shown is ideal BUT unfortunately using double pointed or circular needles and I need one for 2 ‘ordinary’ type needles. Thanks anyway. Regards J
Is that pattern workable for your yarn, gauge and sizing?
If it is then we can talk you through step by step how to convert to flat knitting. Salmonmac has described this already but if you need more specific or detailed translation from round to flat we can help you with it.
The main thing is to find a pattern which works for the size, or to first modify this pattern for your gauge and size.
The translation from round to flat really isn’t hard, I promise, but we will help.
Here’s a knit flat sleeve but it isn’t elbow length. You could look at both sleeve patterns and see how to modify to make this second pattern a longer sleeve? (I’m sure salmonmac would be ble to help with that if I can’t)
The gauge on both of the patterns is 14 sts to 4 inch or 10cm - if you tell us what gauge you’re working I might even be able to find something in that gauge, possibly.
Could you tell us which pattern you are using for the body? It may be possible to simply knit a sleeve from a larger size in the pattern.
So if you are making size M in your pattern, you could knit a size L or XL sleeves. This will give overall loose fitting sleeves with a puff where they are set in.
Another option is to start with the correct sleeve size to match the body, but increase more rapidly. So start with the stitch count for a size M sleeve but increase more rapidly so that the sleeve cap will follow the instructions for an L or XL. This will give a sleeve that fits normally at the bottom and gradually widens to a puff at the armscye.
A final option is to knit the band in size M, then increase just after the band to the stitch count for an L or XL and knit the rest according to instructions. This will give you a normal fitting band with a puff above it that you gather to fit in the armscye.
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Hi, I am not using a pattern - I am knitting it in feather and fan stitch with a slash neck so no shaping on the main parts. I have 100 stitches on 6mm needles for each side. Need to know how to increase after the cuff - is it increase every other stitch and then work straight until required length? I want to achieve a nice ‘baggy’ puff and not too tight, Hope this makes sense??
Regards J
Have you read the sleeve sections of the patterns that Creations linked to? They give you a way of increasing after the rib. You can work this flat with an additional stitch at each end for a seam. You’re designing this sweater so it will take a bit of trial and error to get the sleeve dimensions and increases exactly as you wish. This is what designers go through involving knitting and ripping out, perhaps with a similar weight yarn but not you good working yarn.
Feather and fan is lovely. Are you going to continue the pattern on the sleeves?
Thank you so much I will suss it out. Yes F & F for the sleeves also so I will have to be careful to get my stitches correct to keep the pattern in order.
I love F & F pattern and knit lots of babies garments in this stitch for the 2 charities I knit voluntary for and they always look great.
Regards Jean
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Markers may help if you have to navigate increases though the initial increases at the cuff may be enough.
The pattern stitch is across the RS row so you only have to check up on the WS row to figure out if it’s knit across or purl across (depending on the pattern you’re working).
Let us know how it’s going.
Yes, this is what I am looking for but I don’t use circular or DP needles unfortunately.
Jean
I don’t like circular for sleeves either, you’re not alone. And I’ve never used dpns.
The 100 on the cuff sounds a lot, is the cuff to be fitted or hang loose? The 2 patterns I linked have a rib cuff and even the largest size is ribbed on 5mm with either 48 or 65 (depending which sleeve pattern you look at) so neither are 100 cast on for the rib. 100 sts on 6mm will be substantially bigger. Is that what you want?
I know the second pattern I linked says use circular needle but the pattern for the sleeve is knit flat, you don’t need to use a circular you can just use straight needles. You can tell its flat by checking things such as it refers to row, not round, and in the assembly it says to sew the sleeve seams. It really is knit flat, you can ignore the part that says cast on using circular.
The first pattern I linked is knit in the round but you can also knit it flat by just adding 2 more stitches to the count of cast on. Ignore the join part and where it says the increases comebefore and after the under arm marker this would be increase at beginning and end of the row instead.
Hi, sorry I meant that I had 100 stitches for the front and then 100 for the back. I am aiming for tight cuffs then nice full puffy sleeves.
I will do a sample sleeve using the suggestions you sent and hopefully will turn out ok.
Thanks so much for all your help - will let you know how I get on!!!
Regards and keep smiling
Jean X
Ah, OK.
The Days to remember sweater has a very similar stitch count on the largest size, it’s cast on 111 for back but reduced to 98 after the rib, this is very close to your 100 on 6mm needles. So, perhaps you can follow something close to the pattern for the largest size on the sleeve for that pattern? Obviously you need to do whatever multiple you need for you chosen rib and feather and fan but I do think the stitch count and the shaping could be followed quite closely.
And it’s the flat sleeve too, what luck!
Good luck. I’ll look forward to seeing this.
Gosh what a stroke of luck eh? I cannot wait to get started on it but must finish off the front
first.
Thank you so much for all your help - I only recently ‘discovered’ this Knitting Forum and it
is excellent. I like the fact that ‘we’ get answers so quickly and so helpful. Keep up the good work.
Keep Smiling
Jean X
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Hi, many thanks - Salmonmac has replied and ‘sorted’ it out.
Regards
Jean
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