I am so sure this is an easy question, but I can’t seem to wrap my brain around this. The pattern I am working on is Spring/Summer 07’ Vogue Knitting #19 Short Sleeve Cardigan. My question is, although the pattern did not call for a selvage stitch, I usually knit with them for easy seaming. The question is I am now binding off for the armhole shaping and am confused as to what happens to the selvage stitch. For example: The first bind off-4stitches for the next 2 rows. Am I going to be instead binding off 5 stitches including the selvage stitches or just bind off the 4 and be left with the selvage stitches. Won’t this mean I will be left with extra stitches at the very end.
If you added selvedge stitches, then you need to account for them somewhere, I imagine. If you are going to be seaming the sleeves on and feel that a selvedge will help, then keep in it and follow the bind offs as written and use the extra stitch for seaming. I doubt that there would be a problem with one extra stitch, either way you go.
If you don’t need the selvedge for the sleeves, then just add the selvedge to the initial bind off and finish the pattern as written.
What a treat to log in today and find my exact question already posted!
I’m working in seed stitch so I assumed I’d need a selvedge stitch for tidy seaming later. But, I’ve never done this before and have no idea what to expect. I guess I figured the selvedge stitch would count as one of the armpit bind offs, as that number (of bind-offs) is intended to match up with the sleeve that will be seamed on? Am I on the right track?
I’ve never seen a sweater pattern where a stitch in the armpit would make a difference one way or the other, so I wouldn’t really worry about it. But if your sleeves are also in seed stitch, then why not add a selvedge to them too? Then whatever you do for one you do for the other.