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Great article on ease and how to use it
Aug. 22nd, 2012 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hugh_mannityFrom Brooklyn Tweed, a great article on ease and the fitting of knitted garments. The first example, the Reine Cardigan by Alexis Winslow, looks like two completely different garments on the two models.
It took me a while to understand ease and how it worked for me. I used to end up with garments that were too baggy because I don't like my clothes tight.
My most dramatic failure was a lovely sweater that had 11 inches of ease! I could almost have shared it with a friend. Fortunately, I'd only knit the body up to the arms when I realised how far off my math was, so I frogged it. One of these days I'll start over. With the right math.
Negative ease is essential for socks -- it's most of what holds them up.
(Cross-posted to my personal journal)
It took me a while to understand ease and how it worked for me. I used to end up with garments that were too baggy because I don't like my clothes tight.
My most dramatic failure was a lovely sweater that had 11 inches of ease! I could almost have shared it with a friend. Fortunately, I'd only knit the body up to the arms when I realised how far off my math was, so I frogged it. One of these days I'll start over. With the right math.
Negative ease is essential for socks -- it's most of what holds them up.
(Cross-posted to my personal journal)