Mastering Short-Rows

re: Mastering Short-Rows

aluap6 — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:09:55 GMT

I purchased this dvd and am still trying to get an answer as to where the two free patterns advertised on the cover are. This is my third attempt to get a response. You were sure quick to answer when I wanted to purchase this.

PLEASE ANSWER ME!

Thank you

re: Mastering Short-Rows

aluap6 — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:09:12 GMT

PLEASE ANSWER ME!

Thank you

re: Mastering Short-Rows

SallyP@4 — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:10:14 GMT

I have the video and love it. Can I get any of the patterns featured on the DVD?

re: Mastering Short-Rows

chezmoi321 — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:05:10 GMT

All the instructions on short-rows I have found online assume you are knitting and purling rows. I have a pattern with just knitting all rows. Are there instructions for short-rows with all rows knitting?

re: Mastering Short-Rows

Ilehlia — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:55:14 GMT

Thanks, Denise! That's a good start. I'll give it a try.

re: Mastering Short-Rows

DeniseW — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:05:01 GMT

Which way your short rows should slant depends on what shape you're trying to create. For a neckline worked from the top down, you are working from a narrower part to a wider one, so your wraps would start closer to the center and work out wider.

To determine how many short rows to add, figure out how much length you want to add to the back neckline and how many rows it takes to get that length -- that's the number of short rows you need to add. As for the placement of the wraps, I usually work a sample to decide what looks right. Someone else might have a formula, though.

re: Mastering Short-Rows

Ilehlia — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:35:34 GMT

I can do short rows in a practice swatch, and get the wraps and turns right, but I don't know how to work them into an existing pattern. There's a particular top-down cardigan pattern I'd like to work them into. The sweater is raglan style, knit in rows on a circular needle. The back neckline sits too low, because it is even with the front neckline, being started at the same time. I would like to figure out how to add some short rows to the back, after the neckline ribbing, to raise it an inch or two. How do I incorporate short rows? Is there a formula I can calculate, or should I just do a mini-version as a practice piece, and then expand it into the full-size cardigan? And when you're doing a series of short rows, do you do each subsequent wrap-and-turn inside the previous ones, or outside? As in, which way should they slant? Any suggestions would be most welcome!

re: Mastering Short-Rows

JoJo@20 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:30:11 GMT

I am wondering if the pattern to the purple shawl is available? thank you

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CharlotteH@5 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:04:16 GMT

I haven't done short rows yet but I am looking foreward to trying.

That being said. I am a large person and would like to know if

there is a good source for enlarging patterns?

C. Hellmann

re: Mastering Short-Rows

SheilaZ@3 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:54:27 GMT

The problem I have with short rows happens when knitting on the round. The "purl" side wraps aren't picked up on purl rows. They are picked up and knit as "knit" rows when you are going around the garment. This leaves big, weird holes and is really messy. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong with this?

re: Mastering Short-Rows

kbosler — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:48:33 GMT

I learned short rows with worsted weight yarn but with little sock yarn I split it and distroyed it trying to keep the tension right and knit the stitches.