Bust Dart Placement

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slythwolf — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:50:47 GMT

Just a quick comment--C, D and DD are not "larger" sizes, those are average. I'm in the G-H range myself, and they're not even that enormous--I wear a size 10 top most of the time.

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Bust Dart Math!

Knitting Daily with Sandi — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:03:23 GMT

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

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BethR — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:30:48 GMT

This was worth the price of admission the first time 'round, and thanks for the reminder!

Finding out that it takes TWO (and soemtimes more) darts to ease over my body flatteringly was a real d'oh!!! moment. The first fitted sweater I knit had some very interesting decreases/increases to get all the required fabric in the right spots. I could have stood it in the corner and had a body double!

And then . . . I lost weight. The sweater grew peplums at the hips, and I had to let it go.

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AnnR — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:51:59 GMT

I don't understand the belly darts, either. Why would you want to make the biggest part of the body, more fitted. Wouldn't it show more? I understand the Bust darts, but belly darts. Please explain this to me.

Love this new website.

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Nina@3 — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:17:46 GMT

So, you're getting me really curious about those belly darts :) Could you show a picture or drawing of it? I have a really hard time visualizing it as something you could do without being pregnant...

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JaynaM — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:43:57 GMT

Thank you Sandi for you candidness in approaching this topic of bust darts. We've had about 20 (maybe even 30) years of unstructured fashions and unless you're old (I'm approaching that), you don't remember fitted clothing and never learned to sew where darts were part of patterns. I appreciate this reminder that women are shaped differently than men ;.)

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AlisaM — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:29:31 GMT

Thank you so much for this bust dart series. It will help me fit my sweaters to me, rather than the stick models. And for you, Sandi, my husband says "nice tomatoes! bust darts are a good thing!"

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JanetH@2 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:46:35 GMT

remember darts - love em - wish I NEEDED them :-)

seriously - this is good - shaping can make or kill a pattern on many of us. Thanks oh Wise one

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Kelsey — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:31:54 GMT

Okay, just to make myslef difficult, I'm gonna ask it. If you were to knit something like the Wakame Tunic, how would you incorporate the cleverness and the wonder that is belly/bust darts without disrupting the pattern? Also, on something that isn't really close-fitting, is it appropriate to shape it so that it will hang at a more flattering angle?

We're all anxious to see how the dart sage will turn out!!

Happy WWKIP day!!!

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DebiW — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:22:41 GMT

I have been looking forever for a plain Tee to knit that will "fit". Since the Tomato is top down I can adjust it to fit my largest part up top, but how to "tailor" it?....Sandi to the rescue. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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DianeL@2 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:42:48 GMT

As a new knitter (January08) I truly need articles like this series to give me more insight and motivation to try new items. I am so looking forward to "the math"! I had a different pattern picked out, but now I want to be a "Hot Tomato" too!

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JudeH — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:17:02 GMT

This was so informative! Thank you so much!! I've read your previous posts on Darts but, like you said, there was still a sense of "Huh? Now how do I add them?" - to me. I usually customize sweater patterns because I rarely use the yarn that is called for in patterns.

The demo on Bertha of how darts make the t-shirt more fitted is FABULOUS!!!

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BettyC — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:44:19 GMT

Thank you, Sandi!

Boy what a difference a few correctly placed darts can make in the fit of a sweater or shirt. It is really evident in the picture of Bertha's "Before" and "After" dart pictures.

Can't wait to see the math tutorial, but I really hope it's painless...