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November 14, 2005

Never-Ending Sweater Update

I've been finishing things like crazy lately... so of course my camera would be lost. I'll add photos later.

Many of you followed the saga of the Men's Zipped Raglan sweater I am knitting for my husband. First I ran out of yarn, then I sent it out to have the zipper sewn in and it was done wrong, and now all that stuff is fixed but it ridiculously stretchy. The yarn itself has some stretch to it, but I guess if you combine that small amount of stretch over a whole sweater, it becomes super-stretchy. My husband and I could fit in it together if we tried. The main problems seems to be the armholes and the neckline -- I think if they were less stretchy, the rest of the sweater would behave.

So, my idea is to sew some non-stretchy hem tape into the neck and armholes and connecting them all together (the armholes meet at the neck, since its a raglan). Basically, it would be like a little harness for the stretchy sweater. Has anyone ever had this problem before or know if my solution will work?

Posted by zarah at November 14, 2005 10:10 AM

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Posted by: Jeanie at November 14, 2005 5:31 PM