Is there a formula to figure out how many sleeve stitches to front/back stitches to cast on when making a top down raglan sweater. I have tried three times to get the ratio of sleeve to front/back stitches correct to make a bolero style crop jacket. I am trying to tighten up the back neck yoke while keeping the correct depth and width in the shoulder area. I would prefer to fix this at the cast on row rather than go back and pick up stitches and knit up to tighten the neck.
Stitch ratio for sleeve to front/back for raglan
This might help. It’s a formula for a custom fit raglan pattern.
Usually about 1/3 of the sts for the back, 1/3 for the front and 1/6 each for the sleeves. If the fronts start out with just 1 or 2 sts each though and increase as in a V neck, deduct those sts from the total number and half the remaining ones would be on the back 1/4 each for the sleeves. In other words, the back and both sleeves would be equal in number.