By now, your Seven Sisters Top is looking like a real garment – you can even try it on! The final knitting steps are to finish the sleeves and neck band by picking up stitches and knitting ribbing for a few rounds. The technique is the same for both areas. Preparing to Pick Up Stitches […]
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Seven Sisters KAL – Shaping the Back and Joining the Shoulders
At this point, you’ll be working four sections to create the front and back of each shoulder. Cut the yarn and rejoin between each of the sections. When you’ve finished each of the front shoulder pieces, it’s time to move on to the back. Danielle has a great video about how to measure armhole depth, […]
Seven Sisters KAL – Separating the Front and Back and Armhole Shaping
We’ve been working in the round up to this point in the KAL. Now we’ll be working back and forth on the back separately. This will allow us to shape the armholes for a great fit. Measuring the Body You’ll begin this part when your top measures 15″ from the cast on edge (so […]
Seven Sisters KAL – Starting the Body with Increases
Congratulations! You’ve made it through your 5″ of ribbing, and are now ready to start on the main body of the sweater in gloriously fast stockinette stitch. The body of the sweater contains some simple increases spaced around what will become the front and the back of the top. These help shape the garment. If […]
Seven Sisters KAL – Casting On!
The Seven Sisters KAL officially kicks-off today, and we’re excited that so many of you will be joining us virtually for this fun summer top. If you would still like to join in, we have a fresh restock of the Blue Sky Printed Organic Cotton and solid colors of Blue Sky Organic Cotton in our […]
Seven Sisters KAL – Time to Swatch!
There is still one week until the Seven Sisters KAL with Blue Sky Fibers kicks off, and we know many of you are excited to join in. Between now and the official start date of April 1 is the perfect time to swatch for this project! A swatch is useful in determining what needle you […]