The Return of The Bust Darts

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re: The Return of The Bust Darts

JasonTester — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:33:49 GMT

Hi Sandi,

Great Post

Bust Dart Math!

Knitting Daily with Sandi — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:03:25 GMT

I guarantee that explaining this will take far longer than it will take you to actually DO the math.

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TerrieR — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:50:11 GMT

Thanks, Sandi! I was just getting ready to look in the archives for this series as I am gearing up to reknit a beautiful sweater that just doesn't fit right because it needs those bust darts. Have a wonderful vacation, and I too would love to see a picture of Buddy (with or without a hand-knit sweater!)

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Tonia Barry — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:08:35 GMT

Yes please,please explain how you did this on Excel. I have to say, being a curvy girl myself I always enjoy you terminology.

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MarthaB — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:12:57 GMT

Wow! My first time posting! I, too, am excited about the idea of "charting on Excel". Please elaborate....

I am new to Knitting Daily, but am nearly addicted to these emails! Thanks for helping me be in an excellent neighborhood of knitters!

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MelissaS@4 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:41:39 GMT

I have to second Stitch-ayWoman and ValerieL in being confused by this bit:

""If I just knitted the shoulders and neck as written, and then plopped in That Stripe near the waist shaping, I was going to have a whole lotta extra room for The Girls up top. There was going to be so much extra fabric, in fact, that the top would look silly: fitted shoulders, loose bust, fitted waist, fitted hips."

Did moving the stripe make the bust disproportionate, or would it have been ill-fitting regardless of the placement of the stripe?

Thanks!

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needlebee — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:06:51 GMT

Yes, yes, yes, yes.... thank the Lord for you Sandi... You just have the right answers everytime... I can't wait for you to show us how the Inevitable Darts are going to work... with everything... Thank you

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Mom2goalies — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:52:33 GMT

I agree with AnneB about adjusting the column width in Excel the only problem with that is you can't adjust it for a specific guage. You can use QuatroPro if you have Corel Office or search the web for adjustable graph paper as she suggested. I happen to have both MS Office and Corel Office so can use the one which suits my needs at the time.

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AnneB — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:21:23 GMT

The Knitting Daily e-mails come to the address that my husband and I share. My husband, who has a wry sense of humor, saw the title of the e-mail and could only imagine projectiles that deflate air enhanced (use your euphemism of choice). Many giggles followed.

Can't wait for the info on bust darts. There are many patterns that I want to modify!!

Charting in Excel only requires that you scale the cell size. Try typing a capital "X" in a cell then goto Format, Column, Autowidth. Determine the width of the column, then set the column with for the entire worksheet - Voila graph paper. Or you can search the web for knitting graph paper and get paper that ca be adjusted to your guage.

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Mom2goalies — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:17:56 GMT

I'm not sure how Sandy used Excel but in the past I have used a spreadsheet for graphing out knit patterns. I prefer QuatroPro from Corel because you can change the column widths and row heights using inch measurements, unlike Excel which only seem to use a type of point measurement (unless I've missed something in Excel) This way you can match the grid pattern to your knitting guage. Then I just count each square as a stitch and outline the pattern and can then fill in specific squares with the appropriate color, etc. I haven't used this for an entire sweater but have used it to graph out specific patterns or logos, etc.

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Devona.alexander — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:13:23 GMT

I would like to add my vote for "Excel 101 for Knitting" - especially if it involves a screeshot or two (or the actual template available to download) on what a knitting chart in Excel looks like!!

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courtneyr — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:28:06 GMT

I just wanted to add another request for directions for charting you patterns in excel. I have to admit that I am an excel junkie but I never knew it was capable of this too. Please do a post on teaching us how to do this.

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grayhawk — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:00:04 GMT

I'm confused. If you only moved the stripe down into a section that was worked even so no adjustments needed to be made to the colorwork pattern, why would the size of the bust area (where the colorwork had been) become to big if it was knit as written?