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The Contiguous method is a way of knitting the shoulder seams and sleeve caps of a garment
from the top down (or even from the bottom up!) for a set-in sleeve look.
It differs from Barbara Walkers simultaneous set-in sleeve methods, in that this method uses
one continuous row (or round) right from the start.
This incorporates the front, shoulder seam, back, other shoulder seam and other front.
BWs method only reaches this stage after knitting about a third of the top/yoke.
This method naturally forms a nice shoulder slope.
This method is not a pattern, and does not replace a pattern. It should be possible to adapt a
pattern to work with this.
This is not a raglan sleeve, although knitting a top-down raglan will help get the feel for this.
And this method can be used to make sleeveless garments too!
The summary
for the shoulder: for every row, increase either side of two centre stitches, for each shoulder (4
increases every row)
for sleeve cap: increase every row, on the sleeve side of markers. (4 increases every row)
for stopping the neck rising too high: increases along the back neck (2, 3 or 4 every second
row for 6 - 8 rows)
In more detail:
This is the method, not a pattern. You still have to do shaping for front neck openings, joining
up to knit in the round when youre ready to, separating sleeves from body, etc
The back neck increases are not written in, as their placement is variable, depending on
whether you do 2, 3 or 4.
pm = place marker
sm = slip marker
& = unspecified/unknown number of stitches (depends on you)
Use the cast-on of your choice. I use a knitted cast-on most of the time. You may wish to do
the back neck sts as a provisional cast-on if your pattern has pick-up sts for a collar.
Cast on stitches for back neck (work this out as distance x gauge)
Cast on 6 more sts.
Row 1: k1, pm, k2, pm, k to last three sts, pm, k2, pm, k1
Row 2: pfb~, sm, p2, sm, pfb, purl to 1 st before marker, pfb, sm, p2, sm, pfb
Row 3: k1, kfb~, sm, k2, sm, kfb, k to 1 st before marker, kfb, sm, k2, sm, kfb, k1
~ = or any increase of your choice
continue in this manner, doing an increase either side of the marker EVERY row, until the
seam is the length of your shoulder.
You can work out how many rows you may need to do for this shoulder seam by distance x
row gauge. The type of increase you use may cause this seam to tighten a bit, so you may
need to do a couple more rows; or, remember to do the increases + centre sts loosely.
Thats the shoulder part done. It forms a good slope for shoulders without having to do short
rows.
Pointy sleeve caps are exacerbated when the shoulder seam goes on for too long.
Getting a nice rounder cap can be done with having more than two shoulder seam stitches.
If you use the method to knit or develop a garment, or write a pattern, it would be nice if you
would please include the following acknowledgement:
This garment is worked seamlessly from the top-down using the contiguous sleeve method
developed by Susie Myers, SusieM on Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/people/SusieM).
This isnt compulsory it gives people a way of following up extra information.
And please add the tag contiguous to your project or pattern.