Transform Your Sweater: Add Texture & Color Contrast to Shoulder Seams
I have recently come back to the knitting machine and finished a classic cardigan in 100% baby alpaca. It was interesting to see how my hands remembered more than I thought - I felt rusty of course, but then with each row, it would get easier. I guess it is like riding a bike - once you learn it, it is hard to unlearn. One thing that I definitely forgot is that I could shape the shoulders with the short rows instead of the gradual bind offs. It comes to me pretty naturally in hand knitting, but for some reason I forgot I could do that on the machine too. The result was not too bad, but I could still see a bit of unevenness in the shoulder line. I am sure no one except me would have noticed it while I was wearing it, but you know us, knitters, we KNOW and sometimes you don´t care and sometimes you care too much, IYKYK.
And then I saw a leftover chunky wool in my stash - I used it for my Mountain Hat pattern - and the color seemed like a perfect contrast next to the classic grey. And then my mind started swirling and before I knew it I was experimenting with it.
I decided to kill two/three birds - add the color contrast to all neutral knit + cover up not so perfect shoulder line + add texture and volume to a simple stockinette stitch cardigan.
The result is in the video below where you will also find a step-by step tutorial of the whole process.
Please, leave your thoughts under the video and let me know if you use this trick in one of your projects as well - getting your feedback is always the best part of my knitwear journal! Nice thing about this technique is that you do not even have to be a knitter, you can add this feature to any of the knitwear pieces you have in your wardrobe!
