We will be discussing bust and upper waist shaping. Time stamps for 3-27-19 live stream
4:33—Suzanne shows us her yoke in progress after ripping some out because of a design change
5:00—the yarn sampler Suzanne bought. We see some lambs wool yarn and Suzanne explains what that is
6:29—Suzanne describes the difference between woolen spun and worsted spun yarn
10:45—a tape measure to use to measure yourself
11:10—Suzanne discusses upper waist shaping and bust shaping after the yoke is complete
13:57—Suzanne shows us several sweaters to describe how and when to add shaping or not
17:51—waist shaping gone wrong!
20:37—waist shaping done by adding in an element at the bottom or within the body of the sweater
22:52—how and where to measure on your body for the yoke depth
26:47—how to receive Live Stream notifications
27:06—how to start the yoke after the cast on is done
27:30—tab front opening; the method and math for it
28:34—joining in the round or knitting flat; adding stitches after making the front tab opening
29:31—figuring stitch counts for the short rows & where does the 30% take you?
30:40—color work; making color changes as jogless as possible
33:32—what does it say on Suzanne’s water cup?
33:59—tension differences with different yarns
35:01—adjusting the neck opening size for a wider opening
35:29—where to start the short rows
38:03—using Peaches & Crème yarn for a sweater
38:47—making a video for the short rows at the neck to show the pros and cons of the order of working it
39:42—rowing out in the knitting
40:35—an upcoming “new knitter” video; avoiding common mistakes new knitters make
42:10—a video on how to cut the steek is coming soon
42:45—methods to add extra fabric to the front to accommodate busty women
43:31—swatching and the appearance of swatches before and after blocking
44:54—why yarns of the same weight but different blends or colors have different gauges
46:43—shaping only on the back side
48:15—more on yoke depth in Amy Herzog’s book “Ultimate Sweater Book”
49:06—where to start color work on a yoke that is steeked
49:55—more on shaping on the back side only
50:22—rowing out; caused by purls or knits?
52:26—combining multiple bust shaping techniques
53:05—Suzanne shows how she cast on to add steek stitches
53:58—some hand exercises to strengthen/relax the hands for knitting
54:50—how to figure the number of stitches to cast on for the yoke stitch pattern
55:26—blocking to help even out mosaic stitch patterns
57:07—which needle size to use for stockinette if also doing a different stitch pattern with a different needle size
58:41—short rows are possible with other stitch patterns?
1:00:18—Suzanne’s explanation of rowing out and gutters
1:02:32—Suzanne has several videos on how to knit continental style
1:04:22—an odd number of stitches is good for a steek. Suzanne explains why
1:06:15—more about grading patterns, some possible resources
1:10:11—how to change to longer needles when working the yoke
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