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HOW TO MODIFY PATTERNS: PART 3 - 5 TECHNIQUES FOR THE PERFECT PATTERN FIT

KnittingChantal MiyagishimaComment

Chances are as a knitter, you may not know all of the tips and tricks out there that you can use to make a pattern fit better on your body. That’s why I’m here to help. Though I don’t know everything, these are a few things I’ve learnt along the way. Since this topic of inclusivity has been mainly based around designing for plus size bodies - I figured I would add more tips there, even though these tricks are universal.

In this blog post we are going to go over: Short rows, bust darts, adjusting for length, shaping and shoulder shaping.

HOW TO MODIFY PATTERNS: PART 2 - WHERE AND HOW TO MANIPULATE A PATTERN

Chantal Miyagishima1 Comment

Patterns work in numbers of stitches. I like to imagine these along the lines of sewing; If you add more stitches, you add more fabric. If you take out stitches, you have less fabric. When a designer is grading a pattern (writing for multiple sizes), they are essentially adding and subtracting the amount of “fabric” that needs to fit over each sizes measurements.