Hi Everyone This is my first question on the forum. I am knitting my first top down yoke sweater and am now on the body and the weight of the body, which just uses one colour of the yarn is a lot lighter than the yoke which used 3 strands of yarn. Is it possible to work the body in an heavier weight yarn to match the weight of the fabric created in the yoke?
Hope this makes sense.
Thank you for your responses
Anthea
Yoke sweaters
Hello
What pattern are you using?
Anything is possible really.
Was the yoke a stranded colour work pattern or something else?
You could knit the body with 2 strands held together but it will change your gauge so you’d need to swatch to find out what size needles to work it in and then the stitch number and shaping in the pattern would likely need changing to account for the change in gauge otherwise it won’t turn out the size you expected.
You could of course just try a swatch with 2 or 3 strands held together on the same size needles and see how stiff the fabric is and see if you like it.
There wouldn’t be so much drape and it would feel stiffer, firmer.
A lot of colourwork patterns have colour in the yoke and/or hem and a plain mid section, this offers a softer, more flexible fit in the main body for comfort and ease of movement.
Thank you for advice
It does make sense. One option would be to knit the unstranded parts at a slightly higher tension, to make them a bit more dense. But this would mean adding to your stitch count below the yoke.
Apart from the thickness of the work, are you matching the gauge for the body section given in the pattern?