berserk du soleil

Also. I'm knitting my first ever garment, Petite Knit's Anker's Summer Shirt, and today I will divide it into sections to start doing raglan increases, and I'm not like SCARED scared but it is intimidating.

(Raglans are like "baseball shirt" style, where there isn't a shoulder seam, there are diagonal seams from the neck down to your underarm. When knitting, you add stitches along those lines to form that shirt shape.)

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Mar 28 at 12:56pmWeb
Show threadRineke (she/her)1d ago
@aetataureate guess you knit from the top down?
Show threadberserk du soleil1d ago
@rineke yes raglans are top down! that's just what i'm trying first.
Show threadRineke (she/her)1d ago
@aetataureate I asked because you wrote that you were going to seperate in sections - it is possible to knit from the bottom up too, then you would make decreases (after having knit up to the armpits). Best is top-down since you can try the size while knitting. Good luck!
Show threadberserk du soleil1d ago
@rineke interesting to know, thank you!! top down appeals to me because i'm VERY tall and broad shouldered and nothing is ever right. it is funny how it requires thinking upside down though!
Show threadeffika1d ago
@aetataureate adding lifelines at transition points like this always gives me confidence to continue! Just pay attention to the directions when you get to the increase sections and you'll do just fine. You got this!