How To Be A Better Knitter
Doing more knitting has been a popular interest for several years because of the new types of yarns and changes in the tools needed to knit. New textures and styles are for those just starting out up through highly advanced. Whether a hand or a machine knitter there are many relaxing hours available to the knitter and to the wearer of the finished clothing design.
Sweaters have always been an necessary part of my wardrobe, so I really like weather which allows me to wear my favorite item of clothing. However, I do find during the spring where air conditioning is so cold inside waiting rooms that sweaters remain an important part in my wardrobe almost year round.
Now that there are so many new types of sweaters, make a list of those that are favorites for your own wardrobe. See if you can find creative new ways to wear that same style of knit. Review fashion magazines, be alert for sweaters on your favorite TV specials, go out to eat and just observe the people that are around you and how they are wearing their knit jackets.
It will give you great ideas when you make time to knit with variations that can allow you to enjoy your favorite jacket style just knit in a slightly special way.
There are many types of knitted garments. Sweaters, jackets, coats, shawls and capes are just a few. As a knitwear designer I see many unique garments but they do not fit on the person. There are just a few things that need to be factored in to achieve a finished knitted item that is properly fitting the person who will wear the item.
1. Before you begin you need to take accurate measurements.
2. Select the yarn you will use and the size needles or the machine settings that match the yarn.
3. Knit a swatch to get the gauge of the yarn. For machine knitters I suggest a shawl so you will know your time has not been wasted as re-knitting when machine knits are unravelled changes the look and feel of the yarn so you do not want to use it in the finished item.
*NOTE: It is necessary that you put the swatch through all of the processes you will use to care for the finished item. Wash and put through the dryer on the temperatures you will use or wash and lay flat to dry.
You may catch a major problem at this part of the planning so be on the alert to see if your swatch size changes dramatically or stays close to the same. It may require something as easy as changing the wash water or dryer temperatures.
4. From the swatch, see how much the yarn might change.
5. Measure the pattern template you will be matching and cross check the measurements to be sure you will be close to the finished size you want before you go through all of the work of knitting the pieces.
6. Armed with this information you can have more assurance that your finished knit coat will be worth your time.
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