Knitting Sleeves here, NEED HELP!!!?

Question

I am knitting a Duster which is a long sweater, i am stuck on the sleeves though and i am a beginner..i want the sleeves to flare out and i think i might have to increase stiches but the only problem i have is actually knitting the sleeves, please help!!!

Answer 1

Make sure to knit your sleeves from the bottom up. Be careful to check the gauge you established for your pattern (when you made the initial knitted swatch) so that you know how many additional rows and stitches you will need to make your 'flare' at the bottom of the sleeve.

When you flare the sleeve at the bottom, you must add an inch or so to the length of the sleeve so that it hangs correctly. Add an inch and a half, if you also intend to gather the flare at the bottom of the sleeve. This means additional rows. For example, if it is six rows to one inch for your gauge, you must add six rows in the wider portion where the sleeve will be flared.

As for the width of the flare, that is up to you. For a slight flare, add an additional one third of stitches. For a wider flare, increase by half again as many stitches. Check your stitch gauge, or how many stitches per inch, you want the flare to be, and increase each row at the bottom of the pattern the required number of stitches to create the desired width.

I'm proud of you! Too often, even experienced stitchers are too timid to change patterns or express their own design creativity in their handcrafted items, and to me, that's part of the reason to do it at all. You go, gurl!

Answer 2

It rather depends on what you mean in your question. Flaring out a sleeve is one thing, where you want it to flare is another. Whether or not the sleeve is set into a shaped armhole plays into this, too, because you need to know where to decrease if you want the flare at the shoulder. If you want bell type sleeves, where the flare is at the wrist, eliminate any ribbing there, and cast on double the number of stitches that are supposed to be at the beginning of the sleeve itself, gradually decreasing them to the expected number at the elbow and following the arm shaping from there.

Answer 3

I would say pick up the stitches at the top of the sleeve, then knit downward (you can do this in the flat as well as the round). It's hard to explain this process but if you can find a more experienced knitter to show you how (or go to www.knitty.com, I think they have an article there) you'd be in good shape.

Answer 4

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