Most top-down sweater patterns I see out there are raglans. I don't like raglans, I don't find them flattering and I don't like the fit. But now that I've been working on the bottom of my sweater, I've realized that most sweater patterns I see also have ribbing on the bottom. To prevent curling. Because I have major curling issues with my Tidewater Cardigan. I actually knit 1x1 twisted ribbing at the bottom, but it and the rest of the bottom rolled itself up. I guess it wasn't enough ribbing. But I didn't want that much ribbing, so what to do?
I ripped it out, and tried a trick I read on one of the Ravelry boards, where every here and there in your stockinette, instead of knitting a stitch, you purl it. And I just read about putting in a row of purl to prevent curling. Now I'm going to try a 3-stitch I-cord bind-off to match the collar, to see how that goes. I'm afraid blocking won't fix any curling issues I have, because it's too humid here. I'm also thinking that maybe for my next sweater, I'll have a lot of ribbing at the bottom.
Is it too late to add a stockinette facing to the back of the bottom -- essentially, hem it?
ReplyDeleteI actually tried that for my reverse Hourglass, and it flips up, even with the 10% of stitches decrease. But yeah, it's too late--I did something else (and you'll have to wait to see what it was!) but it doesn't flip up anymore. Now I'm trying to decide whether I should redo the collar!
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