Japanese Shortrows?

I took a class by Lucy Neatby (mentioned in the piece) and she showed us this technique. It is really quite simple.

By the way, she uses little safety pins that don't have springs to get caught in the yarn - they are available at some LYS's - possibly other places as well. I suppose small plastic paper clips might work too.

I use the coil less pins for row markers, so that is not a problem. Did you like the results? It seems pretty easy compared to some of the others I have tried. DA

I found it easy - looked good to me. Best way to decide is to try it, I guess. I thought the website illustration was great.

DIfferent groups I have attended have started teaching this process. It makes a big difference to have someone show it, though it only takes about 20 minutes to learn well. They had a program for it at the recent Florida Fiber In held in Orlando and it was fun to do, though I had seen the same presentation by the same knitter/designer before...Linda Walsh. Hope you all can find a way to work it into your knitting. Think how nice those even darts will look on a bustline...or seemless shoulders for a change.

Hugs, Susan

Thanks Susan. I learn things easier by reading/doing than having some one show me. I do have a question about seamless shoulders. It would seem to me that you would need seams to support the weight of the knitting. Many years ago I knit a sweater from cuff to cuff which grew when you wore it, stretching the neck line. DA

Really it is more ladderless seams than seamless. Sorry to have mis written. You know how patterns call for binding off seven and knit to the end of the row and then back and bind off the next seven and so on. Well, with this the ladder part does not show which makes for a smoother and less difficult to match seam. It would work if you were doing an over the top sweater pattern where you start at the back and come up over the shoulders, as that would make a difference in the shaping, but I don't think too many patterns are made that way.

Susan

Ok, that works. Back on the 80s there were a lot of patterns for sweaters knit from cuff to cuff. DA

I did this on my NYCO -- which I promise is almost complete. I used the short rows and then the three needle bindoff for the shoulder seam. It looks good - should be strong enough but time will tell. I don't like sewing the ladder type shoulder seams.