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Feb 2016
6:55pm, 20 Feb 2016
33,466 posts
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Velociraptor
Brilliant, decorum 
Drell, the only reason I can think of for knitting a jumper bottom-up rather than top-down is ... erm ... nope ... oh, yes ... no, scratch that ... um, maybe if you're knitting a monstrous man-cosy and don't want two kilograms of knitting on your lap while you're working on the cuff of the second sleeve. Some of the design pseuds on Ravelry go on about how raglan shaping is never quite perfect top down. I'm sitting here wearing a top-down raglan that I knitted on the wing, and it's plenty good enough for me.
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Feb 2016
7:06pm, 20 Feb 2016
2,002 posts
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Drell
Lovely, decorum!
Thanks v'rap. I was wondering if there was something I'd missed. For me, I think it's partly a question of consistent tension. My tension tends to settle down as I go through a project, so doing the body first and then the sleeves means that there's a good chance the sleeves will be roughly the same. I'd be a lot more worried about that if I did the sleeves at the beginning. Though of course bottom up you could do body, then sleeves, and if you were so inclined, do both the sleeves at once, like I did last century.
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Feb 2016
8:03pm, 20 Feb 2016
382 posts
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decorum
Thanks all .
I wondered whether to post as the things I do don't seem to be mentioned (opinion based on skim reading the thread).
I really should search out a rather loud pouch I made up a fair while back ... did I mention that it's a bit ... _LOUD_?
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Feb 2016
8:40pm, 20 Feb 2016
2,217 posts
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Cyclops
I am very last century and currently knitting both sleeves at the same time for a jumper. They have 116 stitches in each and a mock cable pattern and each row takes forever...
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Feb 2016
9:25pm, 20 Feb 2016
2,686 posts
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Red Ant
Help! I've just started knitting some sleeves. I've done the first two rows in k. I then have to change to 4mm needles and work the pattern as the back. Does this mean that I start with the first row immediately after the 2x2 rib for the back ie the p4, p2tog etc and then the NEXT row starts the pattern proper. Or start with the proper pattern? Sorry for the ask - I'm being very dense!
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Feb 2016
9:30pm, 20 Feb 2016
2,220 posts
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Cyclops
If you are now on the right side (finished rib with a wrong side row then 2 rows of knit - right side, wrong side) then you would start with the right side of the pattern.
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Feb 2016
9:35pm, 20 Feb 2016
2,687 posts
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Red Ant
Thanks Cyclops 😃
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Feb 2016
11:02pm, 20 Feb 2016
16,637 posts
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Meglet
Any craft is lovely to see Decorum, and the ones we don't do might get an awful lot of appreciative ooohs and aaahs!
Bigleggy sometimes posts his woodwork.
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Feb 2016
8:52am, 21 Feb 2016
11,391 posts
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EvilPixie
Gnome wants more socks!
Email at 3am saying they're great for work more please. Happy mum!
I'd already decided to slowly replace my shop socks as they are more comfy. Which is good given the amount of sock yarn I now have!
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Feb 2016
9:09am, 21 Feb 2016
6,382 posts
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Garfield
Gnome needs to learn how to knit!
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