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Sleeves finished (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago by ChaosCoati@midwest.social to c/knitting@lemmy.world

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I got my sleeves done Tuesday night, ahead of plan! I bound off a little short expecting them to grow when I block the sweater. Now I’m debating how I want to tackle the hem ribbing because I don’t want it to pull in and I want the ribbing to be neat:

Option 1: Use the same needle size as the body (US 4) and knit the ribbing inside out or half twisted rib (k1tbl, p1)
Option 2: Go down to US 3 needles (same as I used for the sleeve cuffs) and block aggressively
Option 3: Using the cuffs, find my ribbing gauge on size 3 needles. Then calculate how many stitches I need to increase to get the ribbing section to be as wide as the rest of the body

I’m leaning toward either option 2 or 3

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[–] Kitchel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tend to go one size down for the ribbing. I have one sweater with twisted ribbing, but it loosened up faster than normal one. I vote for number two.

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Good to know about the twisted ribbing! I put in a lifeline and decided to try options 3, with 2 as my backup if I don’t like how 3 is coming out.