When knitting, various details of the cut of models of pullovers, dresses, sweaters and other products with a shoulder line are created. They can have rectangular back and front shapes, or they are made up of the so-called shoulder bevel. To make the clothes look more graceful, you need to gradually decrease the loops on the right and left sides of its upper part. It is important to correctly calculate the sequence of these decreases, then the product will fit exactly the figure.
It is necessary
- - ruler;
- - paper;
- - pencil;
- - knitting pattern;
- - straight knitting needles;
- - yarn.
Instructions
Step 1
Draw on paper a diagram of the future reduction of loops to create an inclined shoulder line. It is enough to depict only the right side of the pattern. It will contain half of the neck of the shelf, as well as a drawing of the desired bevel of the shoulder of the garment. The rest of the parts (one front left and two back parts of the shoulder) will be easy for you to follow this pattern.
Step 2
A right-angled triangle should be built inside the drawing. Its acute angle is formed at the point where the loops for the shoulder bevel begin to decrease; draw an even horizontal line from here. Draw a perpendicular line from the upper point of the inclination (as a rule, it is also the upper point of the neckline of the product). The horizontal and perpendicular have crossed - the triangular shape for calculating the shoulder is ready.
Step 3
Check the knit density for the finished pattern made with the basic knit pattern. You should end up with a 10 by 10 cm square piece of canvas. It is important to know how many knitted rows are on one side of this square (height), and how many loops go into its other side (bottom).
Step 4
Count on the base of the drawn triangle to calculate the shoulder the number of loops that you need to close when knitting an oblique line. And by the height of this figure, you will find out the number of rows in which the loops are closed. Please note: you will close the loops of the right shoulder only at the beginning of the front rows, and on the left - on the contrary, at the beginning of the purl rows. Therefore, one group of loops will have to be closed through a row.
Step 5
When you knit two rows of fabric, an edging braid will appear on the sides. By the number of these braids, you can see how many loops need to be closed at one time. To do this, the total number of loops of each shoulder (they enter the base of the triangle) must be divided by the number of braids located along the height of the triangular figure.
Step 6
Try to calculate the decrease of the shoulder slope loops using a specific example, and a seemingly complex calculation system will become clear. For example, you have 39 loops at the base of the triangle, and 16 rows (or 8 braids) are located along its height. 39: 8 = 4, and 7 loops will be included in the remainder. Divide these remaining loops into groups, one in each. So, to knit the line of the sloping shoulder, you need to close 5 loops 7 times and once - 4 loops at once.
