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Useful knitting articles

Update to the list of articles written for Knitty:

• Ravellings on the knitted sleeve - Part III (because I really want to hurt you all, yes, it’s a worked example of how to calculate set-in sleeve shaping by hand) plus, if you really can’t bear hypotenuses, there’s even a hypotenuse calculator for you
• An exposition on everybody’s favorite dirty word (an article about gauge — no, not a harangue about why you should knit a gauge swatch, but rather what you need to understand about gauge, and how to work with it rather than against it, like dealing with a row gauge that’s off)
• …but will it fit? (choosing the right starting size in a knitting pattern, and a discourse on ease) plus a follow-up article on this site about wearing ease
• Ravellings on the knitted sleeve - Part II (the whys and wherefores of set-in sleeve shaping, and a guide to the most popular methods of computing its shape–however, I didn’t add in specific examples, because you know the old adage about putting off half of your remaining audience with each equation introduced…)
• Ravellings on the knitted sleeve - Part I (a taxonomy of sleeve styles, and how to draft drop shoulder and modified drop shoulder knitting patterns)
• Knit smarter, not faster (an introduction to most of the articles that follow, and some optional prep work for each knitting pattern you follow–don’t think I won’t be obliquely referring to that stuff in later articles)
• A field guide to yarn substitutions (what to think about when swapping one yarn out for another)
• Copyright (a primer for knitters)

The stuff that’s planned for future issues of Knitty, order of publication not guaranteed:

• altering patterns #1: length (I can make anything sound more difficult than it really is: there’s also dealing with cable or colourwork repeats, and working short rows into colour and texture work)
• planning without a pattern (things to think about when making a stash enhancement acquisition for an as-yet-undetermined future project; or, how to minimize the likelihood of pulling the yarn out three years later and asking yourself what you were thinking)
• altering patterns #2: width
• altering patterns #3: womanizing (making a box-shaped sweater a little more va-va-voom)

Other likely topics: substituting cables, knitting for pregos.

9 Responses to “Useful knitting articles”

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   mamacate said on April 8th, 2005 at 8:26 pm

   Jenna, I just wanted to say that I loved the fit article. I’m going to forward it along to the members of the webs master knitter program–I think it should be required reading!

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   Monica said on April 10th, 2005 at 1:20 am

   Jenna, GREAT articles especially on fit and sleeves. Now I will finally start St Brigid with set in sleeves. Thanks.

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   Karma said on April 15th, 2005 at 12:22 am

   Thank you so much for your wonderful Knitty articles. They always seem to come along at the right time for me and are fab references to go back to again and again. Cheers!

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   Terby said on July 5th, 2005 at 8:14 am

   Jenna, as a newer knitter, I’m gaining an enormous amount from your articles. They are a great resource for learning how to think about your knitting. Thanks for not watering them down!

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   paula said on December 6th, 2005 at 12:48 am

   You know, your articles are so wonderfully written and chock full of such useful info that they almost BEG to be collected into a BOOK.

   ;-)

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   zib said on December 6th, 2005 at 3:48 am

   Thank you, your articles are excellent and incredibly helpful.

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   Cordelia said on December 6th, 2005 at 9:33 am

   I love your articles; honestly, you’re one of my knitting “heroes” because of the detail of information in them. And I have to second Terby: thanks for not dumbing them down.

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   Lorili said on March 13th, 2006 at 8:35 pm

   Anxiosly waiting on the va-va-voom

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   gaile said on April 21st, 2006 at 3:11 pm

   Jenna - I gotta say, each equation introduced makes me read more, taking notes as I go. but I am a freak and love the knitting maths. Just wanted to leave a note fawning and telling ya how much I like your fab articles and patterns and other geeky goodness. Hey, when you make your charts, what software are you using?

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