Hi There, Thanks for the tutorials. Newbie here. For making the raglan, it would be so helpful if the teacher said there were 4 markers total and that the BOR (beginning of round) was on the shoulder, not the middle back, which is what intuition implies. Boy, I had to count and re watch a few times before jumping to the next step. My friendly comment is that I think you guys are SO good at knitting that it’s difficult for you to remember how dopey and under confident one feels when learning a new, and to us, complicated skill. It’s helpful to watch the videos at a slower speed but then the voiceover drags too. Next time, could you zoom in and slow down please? 🧐 Okay, here is why I really wrote to you: In the pattern where it says to M1, the pattern notes say, M1 = M1L with no mention of M1R. ? Are the M1 directions always to the left? Thanks again.
Hi Sunny! Thanks so much for your comments, you are absolutely right - sometimes we forget what it was like to be a beginner knitter! We'll zoom in and slow down for future tutorials. For the First Raglan Sweater, we used a single increase method to keep things simple - you could certainly alternate M1L and M1R on each side of your raglan lines if you prefer!
Thank you so much for this comment! I've been working on this super confused and frustrated for like two days cos I didn't realize BOR counted as one of the markers cos sometimes they specifically refer to BOR and other times they don't
Great question! We always calculate our yarn requirements generously so that you'll have plenty for swatching and don't have to worry about running out.
Thank you for the tutorial. Do you have any instructions on how to knit the sweater with stripes? Like the one pictured in the companion for the pattern?
Hi Sonia! We've been AMAZED at how many creative ways folks have come up with to customize their First Raglan Sweaters! You can see Jen's project notes for her striped version here: www.ravelry.com/projects/sunnydayknitter/first-raglan-sweater
When in reverse (purling the short round) does m1r and m1l still get done the same way or is there a purl version of M1R and M1L? I’m assuming if going left to right I’d do M1L then marker then M1R, but is it the stitch made the exact same way or somehow done in reverse? (This is also why I chose my first sweater without the short rows…) I was just too unsure how to do them in. Raglan pattern. It fits ok, but if I could go back I would have forced myself to learn this. The other barrier for me is I didn’t use any patterns and am “freestyling” it so to speak so I am also unsure at where do I start and stop the turns based on ‘x’ number of stitches. (84 stitches is what I did for my collar). But is there a calculation that can be used to determine how to do the short rows for any given number of stitches?
More great questions - we love to see it! You're going to have such a great understanding of sweater construction! When working yoke increases you usually won't be increasing every round - in the First Raglan Sweater, for example, you're working your raglan increases every other round. When working the short rows, that means that you're only working the increases on the knit rows, not the purl rows. (But yes, you can totally do M1PR and M1PL should you want to increase on the purl side of your work - Purl Soho has a nice tutorial here: ua-cam.com/video/jh6v10RAdQQ/v-deo.html ) Here's a good blog post from Berroco that answers the short row calculation question (short answer: about a third of the way across the front of your sweater for your longest short row) blog.berroco.com/2018/03/07/adding-short-rows-to-yoke-sweaters/ Happy knitting!
Hey there! Check out our instructions for resolving your short rows in our How to Knit: German Short Rows video here: 5:38 - you should see that "double" stitch where you've slipped & pulled the stitch legs up and over, and there will also be a little gap between the slip & pull stitch and the stitches following it. Feel free to contact us at support@brooklyntweed.com if you need more help!
I’m pretty far past the yoke on my very first sweater following instructions that didn’t call for short rounds…. Once done how hard would it be to unravel the collar from the top and then add the short rounds? Is there anything that shows how to do it from the bottom up?
Oo, good question! You could totally do this - instead of starting with your shortest short row and working outward, you'd start with your longest short row and work inward. In the First Raglan Sweater, for example, working top-down, you start your shortest short row at 7 stitches past the marker on each side and work 5 pairs of short rows, moving your short row turn outward one stitch each time. So if you wanted to do that bottom-up, you'd start at... (counts on fingers) 11 stitches past the marker on each side and make each following short row turn one stitch inward. In either direction, you're making a wedge of stitches that are narrowest toward the collar and widest toward the body, like so / \ . You could make yourself a little swatch in the round and practice - let us know how it goes!
@@BrooklynTweed_Official thank for your quick response. I am knitting one of your patterns Ludlow Guernsey-Wrap by Julie Hoover in the Purl Soho worsted twist. Actually finally getting back to it. I think this pattern is from a number of years ago.
Hello. Newbie here . I will be following ur tutorials n knit my first project ever ! Thank you for taking the time to film this.
Welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
Lovely. Love these videos, thank you! I'm seriously considering a sweater now. 🤗
Thanks so much Mindy! Would this be your first sweater? Let us know how it goes! (we're just an email away if you have any questions!)
Hi There, Thanks for the tutorials. Newbie here. For making the raglan, it would be so helpful if the teacher said there were 4 markers total and that the BOR (beginning of round) was on the shoulder, not the middle back, which is what intuition implies. Boy, I had to count and re watch a few times before jumping to the next step. My friendly comment is that I think you guys are SO good at knitting that it’s difficult for you to remember how dopey and under confident one feels when learning a new, and to us, complicated skill. It’s helpful to watch the videos at a slower speed but then the voiceover drags too. Next time, could you zoom in and slow down please?
🧐 Okay, here is why I really wrote to you:
In the pattern where it says to M1, the pattern notes say, M1 = M1L with no mention of M1R. ? Are the M1 directions always to the left? Thanks again.
Hi Sunny! Thanks so much for your comments, you are absolutely right - sometimes we forget what it was like to be a beginner knitter! We'll zoom in and slow down for future tutorials. For the First Raglan Sweater, we used a single increase method to keep things simple - you could certainly alternate M1L and M1R on each side of your raglan lines if you prefer!
Thank you so much for this comment! I've been working on this super confused and frustrated for like two days cos I didn't realize BOR counted as one of the markers cos sometimes they specifically refer to BOR and other times they don't
How much extra yarn should you buy for swatching or is estimate included in pattern for the yarn needed?
Great question! We always calculate our yarn requirements generously so that you'll have plenty for swatching and don't have to worry about running out.
Can you show a slow motion raglan stitch so I can see how it is made?
Hi Tracy! We use a M1L increase in the First Raglan Sweater pattern - you can see how to work it here: ua-cam.com/video/FzdrwBR2Zho/v-deo.html
Hard to see what you are doing..maybe zoom in a bit. Otherwise it's a good tutorial.
Thank you Laurel! We're still perfecting our overhead filming setup - we'll make sure to shoot closer up on future videos!
Where can I purchase your lovely pattern? It looks so pretty. Thank you. 🇨🇦🌹
This is wonderful. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! Happy knitting!
Thank you for the tutorial. Do you have any instructions on how to knit the sweater with stripes? Like the one pictured in the companion for the pattern?
Hi Sonia! We've been AMAZED at how many creative ways folks have come up with to customize their First Raglan Sweaters! You can see Jen's project notes for her striped version here: www.ravelry.com/projects/sunnydayknitter/first-raglan-sweater
When in reverse (purling the short round) does m1r and m1l still get done the same way or is there a purl version of M1R and M1L? I’m assuming if going left to right I’d do M1L then marker then M1R, but is it the stitch made the exact same way or somehow done in reverse?
(This is also why I chose my first sweater without the short rows…) I was just too unsure how to do them in. Raglan pattern. It fits ok, but if I could go back I would have forced myself to learn this. The other barrier for me is I didn’t use any patterns and am “freestyling” it so to speak so I am also unsure at where do I start and stop the turns based on ‘x’ number of stitches. (84 stitches is what I did for my collar). But is there a calculation that can be used to determine how to do the short rows for any given number of stitches?
More great questions - we love to see it! You're going to have such a great understanding of sweater construction!
When working yoke increases you usually won't be increasing every round - in the First Raglan Sweater, for example, you're working your raglan increases every other round. When working the short rows, that means that you're only working the increases on the knit rows, not the purl rows.
(But yes, you can totally do M1PR and M1PL should you want to increase on the purl side of your work - Purl Soho has a nice tutorial here: ua-cam.com/video/jh6v10RAdQQ/v-deo.html )
Here's a good blog post from Berroco that answers the short row calculation question (short answer: about a third of the way across the front of your sweater for your longest short row) blog.berroco.com/2018/03/07/adding-short-rows-to-yoke-sweaters/
Happy knitting!
where is a video for guage swatching stockinette in the round i am so confused and i literally just bought the pattern:(
Check out our Swatching 101 & 201 tutorials on our website!
brooklyntweed.com/pages/swatching-101
brooklyntweed.com/pages/swatches-201
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Thank you! Cheers!
I cant find the double stitch where i started my german short rows - is there a way to find the place where i should turn around?
Hey there! Check out our instructions for resolving your short rows in our How to Knit: German Short Rows video here: 5:38 - you should see that "double" stitch where you've slipped & pulled the stitch legs up and over, and there will also be a little gap between the slip & pull stitch and the stitches following it. Feel free to contact us at support@brooklyntweed.com if you need more help!
I wish the volume was better so I could follow it better.
Sorry about that, Louette! We do have closed captioning available on this video if that's helpful!
@@BrooklynTweed_Official thank you very much. I will try that right now. I really appreciate your channel. 💜
I’m pretty far past the yoke on my very first sweater following instructions that didn’t call for short rounds…. Once done how hard would it be to unravel the collar from the top and then add the short rounds? Is there anything that shows how to do it from the bottom up?
Oo, good question! You could totally do this - instead of starting with your shortest short row and working outward, you'd start with your longest short row and work inward.
In the First Raglan Sweater, for example, working top-down, you start your shortest short row at 7 stitches past the marker on each side and work 5 pairs of short rows, moving your short row turn outward one stitch each time. So if you wanted to do that bottom-up, you'd start at... (counts on fingers) 11 stitches past the marker on each side and make each following short row turn one stitch inward. In either direction, you're making a wedge of stitches that are narrowest toward the collar and widest toward the body, like so / \ .
You could make yourself a little swatch in the round and practice - let us know how it goes!
Hi, I really love your swatch with fringe! Did you added it later or else? Thanks a lot.
Hello! That's a "speed swatch" for circular knitting - we explain how in our Swatching 101 resource here: brooklyntweed.com/pages/swatching-101
Wish you not knitting continental style or at least slow down. It is impossible to follow you and I am an intermediate knitter
Thank you for watching! Great observation - we'll work on slowing down for future videos!
@@BrooklynTweed_Official thank for your quick response. I am knitting one of your patterns Ludlow Guernsey-Wrap by Julie Hoover in the Purl Soho worsted twist. Actually finally getting back to it. I think this pattern is from a number of years ago.