Joining for the body.
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knittingThis is going to be one of those questions where I try, badly, to explain the problem. It's like knitting charades!
I'm knitting a top-down raglan pullover. I've made little ones before, but this is my first me-sized.
When I get to join the arms... well. Imagine that when you knit up to the arm hole you have side A (the stuff on the right needle, "before" the arm hole) and side B (the stuff on the left, "after"). Even if I just knit straight across, I end up with a gaping gap between the bit I've knitted and where I would knit the stitches for the arm. And that's even without casting on more stitches, which makes the gap even clearer. (Not the gap caused by the cast-on stitches, I know you pick them up - I mean just... a random gap.)
And I know it says to pick up some stitches but the "gap" is pretty unpickupable, part of it is where the increased stitches were and if I try to pick up I get one loop pulled away from the rest and it looks ugly.
Does this make sense to anyone? Is it something I've done wrong? Help?
*Throws self on your mercy* I've made teddy bear sweaters and met this problem before, but I solved it by just sewing it up. But that's not as neat as it could be, and there must be a better way, so.
ETA:
The orange is the thread my arms are on, so you can see the bottom of the arms. The needle is just the first row knitted across. You can see the gap between them.
I'm knitting a top-down raglan pullover. I've made little ones before, but this is my first me-sized.
When I get to join the arms... well. Imagine that when you knit up to the arm hole you have side A (the stuff on the right needle, "before" the arm hole) and side B (the stuff on the left, "after"). Even if I just knit straight across, I end up with a gaping gap between the bit I've knitted and where I would knit the stitches for the arm. And that's even without casting on more stitches, which makes the gap even clearer. (Not the gap caused by the cast-on stitches, I know you pick them up - I mean just... a random gap.)
And I know it says to pick up some stitches but the "gap" is pretty unpickupable, part of it is where the increased stitches were and if I try to pick up I get one loop pulled away from the rest and it looks ugly.
Does this make sense to anyone? Is it something I've done wrong? Help?
*Throws self on your mercy* I've made teddy bear sweaters and met this problem before, but I solved it by just sewing it up. But that's not as neat as it could be, and there must be a better way, so.
ETA:
The orange is the thread my arms are on, so you can see the bottom of the arms. The needle is just the first row knitted across. You can see the gap between them.
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