Hello
I’m reading ahead in this pattern (want to make an adjustment to armhole size and doing some maths before I start) and I’m a bit confused about the top of the sleeve.
It looks like a modified drop shoulder, 5 sts front and 5 sts back bound off underarm. The sleeve doesn’t have a bind off or straight piece for the underarm though and, I might be wrong, but I think the sweaters I’ve made before have had a bind off on the sleeve which matches the stitch count of the body underarm bind offs, and then some cm worked for the cap.
I’m confused. Should there be a bind off on the sleeve? It’s worked in the round and then flat across all stitches rather than having a few bind off.
This sleeve slots into the underarm so that the sides of the sleeve rows seam to the bound off sts on the body. That’s the reason for the flat knitting at the cap.
The pattern has this somewhat cryptic description of the sleeve seam:
“…sew the cast-off edge on the sleeve to the armhole and sew the opening under the sleeve to where stitches were cast off on the body.”
The diagram makes some sense of this. You can of course change the sleeve seam.
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Ah, OK, I get it.
Wow, I couldn’t get my head around it. I wonder if this is what I’ve done before? I suppose it must be as I have made a modified drop shoulder before. I just don’t remember it being like this.
I’ll probably do the sleeve cap as it says in the pattern. The rest of the sleeve is changing shape as I’m not keen on the flare out at the lower arm.
Thanks for your help. I had been staring at the schematic and rereading the instructions without understanding it.
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Looking at the schematic, it’s because of the type of armhole. You’ve bound off at the bottom of the armhole for the body, but you’ll actually be stitching part of the underarm seam to the bottom of the armhole, to make that square shape. So no need to bind off–the sleeve is basically a rectangle sticking out from the body, with some shaping on the seam edge.
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Yes. I understand it now. It’s funny how my mind went blank. It’s the set in sleeve with the fully shaped cap that has the straight bind off followed by the curves on the sleeve …I think.
I’ve been successful with drafting my own set in sleeve before (believe it or not) with a fitted design but sadly now I can’t get in them with mobility problems in my arms and back so I have found the baggy sweater easier to put on, the modified drop sleeve and plain drop sleeve are working for me except I need to lengthen the armscye too.
Thanks for the support
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It doesn’t look like there’s any cap shaping at all, just a straight edge to attach to the shoulder seam. Though I could be wrong…and it doesn’t mean you couldn’t add a curve to it, although I’d think that would create a fold right under the seam.