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I have finally picked up my son's "tent"....you know, the size 42 sweater that I am knitting on size 4US needles. I didn't realize that I had finished both the back and the front and they only needed to be joined using a 3-needle bind-off. Hooray, I thought. I bound off the 1st shoulder too tightly, and decided to do the 2nd 1 next, before taking the 1st one apart again (since I had back stitches that to go on a holder.) So, I bound off the 2nd shoulder and realized that I didn't like the way it looked. The last 24 rows of both the back and the front were knit in Garter. Using the

3-needle bind off, the shoulder seam looks like a Stockinette stitch.

So, what would you do? Leave the seam? Frog it and either knit 1 more row on the back or tink 1 row on the front? (I thought the back should have the "extra" row.)

TIA for your help.

Janise

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Janise
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No, Mirjam. I was only going to take the seams apart and then either frog 1 row on 1 side, or add 1 row to 1 side. And actually, that's the way the pattern is written...using the 3 needle bind-off. Is weaving better?

Janise

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Janise

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:50:45 GMT, "Janise" spewed forth :

I'd follow the pattern. A 3-needle bindoff at the shoulder seam will hold its shape better than a grafted or mattress-stitched seam.

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Wooly

Wooly, Would you leave it with a stockinette-like seam or remove (or add) 1 garter stitch row?

Janise

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Janise

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I would do it like you say, it seems right! But just try the three-needle bind off for a few stitches. If you don't think it look nice over the shoulder, bind it off "regular" way, and weave/ sew it together. Aud ;-)

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Aud

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:15:35 GMT, "Janise" spewed forth :

Oh, I'd do whatever I had to for the seam to "match" the pattern.

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Wooly

I think that in a case like this, I would be inclined to take some scrap yarn and make a couple of swatches then test both ways. After all, a shoulder isn't very wide, and you would only need a couple of inches in length.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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Olwyn Mary

Janise, Is it feasible to test-swatch some various bind-offs? Noreen

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Noreen's Knit*che

I would knit the extra row. Be sure to check the back carefully, you may have to add an extra row on that too so it doesn't have that stockinette. (Happened to me once). I laughed when I saw the reference to *tent*- I'm working on a size 52 aran sweater for Tim (talk about feeling brave!). Taking forever. Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Marie and the cats

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bienchat

When the stitches are end to end as at a shoulder seam, it's called weaving, grafting, or Kitchener stitch. When they are side by side as at a side seam, I think it's called mattress stitch.

=Tamar

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

Since this is garter stitch and you have right sides together, you can either do the extra row or figure out which of the two pieces needs to be purled rather than knit during the 3 needle bind off.

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