Armholes--Part 1 

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Sweaters for kids and men are traditionally knit without armhole shaping--just two rectangles (front and back worked flat). The shoulders are seamed, and then the sleeves are picked up straight along the sides on either side of the shoulder seam, and worked flat, tapering down to the wrist. The side seams and sleeve seams are then sewn.

I hope you will try it. It seems that a lot of beginning knitters are afraid to tackle sweaters, which is why I got going on these videos in the first place.

Thank you for those kind words. I'm glad you're finding the videos useful.

Thanks. In all utube world only you have tackled this thing brilliantly. Thanks. With your help I hope someday I will be able to knit a sweater with any needle and yarn without needing a pattern.

Love your instructions. You are so detailed in your explanations. I could never have figured all this on my own. I've been having trouble trying to figure out the pattern instructions for the armhole shaping, but now I understand it, thanks to you. Your simply wonderful. Thanks so much.

i've been knitting about 9 months now..i love it. I love cables & im working on my first aran cabled blanket knitted in panel..i so badly want to knit a sweater..as soon as payday comes im taking advantage of your ebook offer..i can all ready tell just by watching your vids how great your ebook will be because you just answered 10 questions i had in this video..thank you..i'll be purchasing in a few days..

lovely tutorial. thanks for them. I have always had trouble with my sweaters. I haven't watched all of them but first few have taught me a lot. I have knitted two cardigans with steeks and they came out good.... finish wise but size wise they werent the perfect fit. i hope now i am able to have a better fit. I love working in round and do fair isle / standed knitting.

Thank you! The use of the white board is a great idea and so helpful!

This is such a helpful video. I wish I'd found the series earlier. Thanks so very much, Paula.

Best video ever. You explained it perfectly. I was beyond confused with my pattern at this point and being a beginning knitter reading pattern is my hardest part.

Clearly explained. Such a treat. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have taken.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! You explain it wonderfully!!

Thanks! Glad you're finding it useful!

Hi paula i just made s sweater for my daughter and it came out perfect. Thanks a lot for your instructions. Its crystal clear and perfect

thank you for your video. i couldnt figure out how to bind odd at the end of row but its so simple i i turn the work around & do it on next row!

This is just the thing i was looking for . Thanks a ton . This is the best .

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Awesome video. Glad I found it. Before finding this I was utterly confused on a pattern I was working on.

Thank you so much! I just bought a pattern book and was pretty confused with the armhole instructions. This helped a LOT! I can’t wait to continue my projects.

thank you so much.This is brilliant. you have explained the principle really well. thanks really

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Great! Glad it helps.

Great--glad it helped.

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If you had a round neck sweater and laid it on a flat surface, you could measure straight across the neck opening from one shoulder seam to the other--that is the neck width. To measure it on yourself, figure out how wide you want the neckline to be--sometimes I will use a strand of yarn to mock up the neckline I want on top of the shirt I'm wearing--the yarn will stick to it. Lay a tape measure across your upper chest, parallel to the floor, and measure the neckline at the widest point. Then measure the neckline depth from the top of your shoulder at the neck opening, straight down to the bottom of the neckline. Hope that helps. If not, message me via the contact form at easyknittingdesign dot com.

No, you can follow the same method to shape armholes for a child's sweater. I mentioned the "straight body" method because some people find it easier. When you're doing the knitting, you get to do it however you please!

Thanks for your reply. I didn't know that kids sweaters are supposed to be knit like that. I have bought some cardigans for my little girl that do have armhole shaping and I supposed that also sweaters should have it too. Still, if I would like to knit an armhole shaping I would have to follow different rules?

That is my plan--my pesky day job keeps taking up my valuable knitting time! Am working on getting shoulder shaping finished up.

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I would like to know with 4 medium Caron wool needle size U S 8 how many stiches co for 18 month toddler to knit a cardigan bottom up. I would like to have details of arm hole ,neck decrease.Cast on for front back sleeves. thank you Padmini

Hi. I would like to ask. If the instruction is Inc 1 st each end foll 5th row once, Then 1st each end foll 16th rows [75 sts, 101 shaping rows] What does the 101 shaping rows means?

So for my doll sweater I'm making I bound off 4, (I'm making this as a front, then two back pieces so I can take it off and on easily) I'm going to decrease by three, since another four would accommodate the shoulder ball joint. It sounds about right, now onto the neckline!

I am stuck with the neck width, don't know how to take it, I've watched your video and can't figure it out, my neck is 14 inches around would the width be 7 inches (half of my neck size)??

Hi Paula. Your videos and books have been very help. it's great to finally find an easy and fail proof way to knit a sweater for anyone and I love that it's knit in the round , cuts down the seaming time. I do however have a quick question for you. Here is the math I have come up with thus far: Back width: CO sts/2 I've casted on 136 sts so my back width would be 68 sts. Shoulder width: shoulder width measurement x stitch gauge. My shoulder width is 20" and my stitch gauge is 4 sts per inch. So 20x4= 80sts Then you instructed to subtract the number of back width sts from the shoulder width stitches 68-80.....? I'm confused. Where did I go wrong here?

Hi Paula, you mentioned that this sweater is knitted in one big piece, I purchased your book last week and your video armholes part 1 is that for the back and the front with a round neck because I want to make a v-neck and I'm wondering how to do it all in one piece. Correct me if I'm wrong, I will knit like you instruct in armholes part 1 and make that the back, I will then follow your video for the v-neck parts 1-2-3 so I will have 2 balls of yarn for the v-neck front part and 1 ball of yarn hanging for the back is this correct? I'm so used to just reading and following patterns and I find it hard to do the math which I haven't even done yet I'm at the part in the body where I should slide off my stitches and check my gauge so I'm ahead of myself and worrying and panicking for nothing here as usual...thanks for your help, I emailed you but did not get an answer yet?

I was wondering...the same rules go for kids sweaters?

I don't know if this question has been asked before, but I am wondering what to do with the front side... I am knitting a very basic jumper (in round) for a friend - the size and pattern is from a jumper he already owns. Now I already knitted the body up to the under-armpits, put the front half of on hold and knit the armholes on the back side (right now I'm approaching the neck). How do I then knit the front? Do I start knitting the front with a new yarn? Is there a video with combining all the elements (front, back and the sleeves)?

So I'm stuck. Here's the math I come up with when I follow the instructions. Back width: CO sts/2 I've casted on 136 sts so my back width would be 68 sts. Shoulder width: shoulder width measurement x stitch gauge. My shoulder width is 20" and my stitch gauge is 4 sts per inch. So 20x4= 80sts Then I subtract the number of back width sts from the shoulder width stitches 68-80.....? I'm confused.

Thank you for this video. Can this same process be used with armhole steeks? With the steeks, could I do ssk and ktog on either side of the steeks instead of binding off? Thanks.

Suppose I have 120 pins of my sweater of one side how much should I decrease in armholes how much in neck and how much on shoulders.Thanks

hi paula ward i am dioing a cardigan how would i approach the armhole on the for the front left and right side

can you show me how to design a reglan sleeve and bodice for a bottom up sweater.. i m working on one.

2:55 what do you mean by "the stitch gauge"??

Can you knit to show how to decrease's is?.

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Based on your name and shoulder width, I'm guessing you're male. A man's sweater is often knit straight up from the waist, skipping armhole shaping to create a drop-shoulder shape. In your case, you may actually need to increase as you work the body to accommodate your shoulder width. It’s a little hard to give you exact instructions without seeing your project, but this type of drop-shoulder in the round has a few stitches bound off under the arm (it makes the sleeve easier to work) and the rest of the yoke is worked without armhole shaping. Work shoulder and neck shaping as described in my videos. For sleeves, compute the number of sts for you upper arm + ease. Use that as a minimum as you pick up sts around the armhole, starting at the bottom of an armhole. When you get to the bound-off section at the underarm, and cast on the same number of sts you bound off. Knit your sleeve in the round down to the cuff. Graft the opening at the underarm closed. Hope that helps!

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