No Hip Measurements?

It's true that most sweater patterns are the same width at the hip and bust/chest. If you do some math to calculate how many more stitches to add at the lower part and then decrease (working bottom up) or increase (depending stitches on the direction you're working), you will have a sweater that fits you.

Donna i am one of the persons , who needs 3 sets of different measurements to dress up ,,, So here goes Ask a frind to help . make a big tablet with all possible sizes measure and note down EVERY part to be covered with sweater .. [for example Arm length inside and outside , circumference of arm pit , elbow and cuff / Waist hips midrif ,, etc,,, if you knit from hips up , calculate from your swatch how many stiches you need and cast those on,. measure the length from hips to midrif , calculate how many stiches you need there ,,,, divide the length [cm or inches] into the number of stiches to be decresed and than work out were you do it in the side seam , and in the for and after middles etc,,,, than when you go up to your waist you increase the needed stiches again,

On sleeved you Divide the number of stiches to be incresed [ when knitting from cuf to shoulder] into 2 ,, and than this divive length into that number , by this you will know where to increase ,,, mirjam

Ok sounds like a PITA but I ordered the Math Wizard program so that should help me

Thanks!

Donna

Wow thanks for the info....I will print this out and save it for later. I still have 6 hats to make for presents so hope I can get started on my sweater next month I have a topdown pattern so hope that will make it eaiser.

Thanks for your reply mirjam and as a side note I still pray for your safety.

Be well and happy! Donna

Ps Dab , apology for typos. i forgot to add that when you swatch = make a guague you can measure not only how many stiches go into inches or cm ,, but also how many rows are needed for a cm or inches ,,, this will also help your calculations when you make sleeves or have to decided where to decrease and increse. it is also VERY USEFUL , to make a drawing of the body and write your measurements, and also make a drawing of the sweater [parts] with the mesurements on it ,,,, it is a GOOD way to traing your eye and thoughts to THINK in measurements ,,, PLEASE Remember that when you knit in a pattern make your swatch in same pattern ,,,, mirjam

My only addition to all of this is that I am short waisted (long legsand arms, short body that is wider at hips than chest) and find that many sweater patterns are not proportioned right for me in this regard. So in doing what Mirjam suggests with measurements, I have to also look particularly at the lengths- like back of neck to waist.

DAB wrote:

Of course you should look at the lengthes of all parts ,,, and if you find that you have to decrese many stiches ,,, divide around your hips in 4 or 6 places [ like a 6 gore skirt ] mirjam

Ok thanks for the update and suggestion on the doing the guage swatch.

Donna

Ok good points.

Thanks! D> My only addition to all of this is that I am short waisted (long