Tag Archives: CotLin U-Neck

Working: The Neck Ribbing

Because I know from my swatching that 7 rounds are enough to counteract rolling in this yarn, I’ll do that many rounds on the neck, compared to the 10 I did on the sleeves and bottom edge.

Knit-Up Stitch Counts

Starting at the back/right sleeve raglan join, I will knit up one for one on the back, sleeves, and bottom center of the front neck. Those are the easy places. Continue reading...

Working: Finishing the Body

Once I had the body’s phony seams done and completed the final stockinette round, I switched to 2×2 ribbing to match the sleeve cuffs as well as the neck ribbing I’ll add. Since I had 266 body stitches, I needed to either increase or decrease 2 sts to have a multiple of 4 for my ribbing. On the sleeves, which were snug, I increased 2, but on the body, which had a bit of ease, I decided to decrease 2. Continue reading...