Sometimes, it's a good idea for me to re-think my opinions. The other night I finished the body of my owls sweater and I was ready to start the sleeves. This is a seamless sweater, of course, which I think is the most convenient way to knit a sweater. I was finding the magic loop method very awkward for the sleeves, and I don't have US 10 DPNs. I was starting to wonder when I could make it to my LYS to pick up a set and then I realized..... I could just knit the sleeves flat and seam them up!
I want this sweater to be short-sleeved, so the sleeves are about 2.5 inches long. I think I can handle 5 inches of seaming! And yet, I was almost ready to halt my knitting for a day to go buy a set of DPNs that I am unlikely to use very often. I'm glad I gave this plan a second thought!
I always knit my sleeves flat, even if the pattern says to knit them in the round. I find that it's just so much faster to knit them flat and sew them up. I sometimes feel odd mentioning this because so many other knitters hate doing seams. I hate any of the methods for doing small circular knitting, but simple seams are fast.
Posted by: bettyc | April 10, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Good solution! Even a known-seam hater like me could probably handle that tiny bit of seaming.
Posted by: Kim | April 10, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Funny how we get stuck in certain thought patterns, isn't it - I"m guilty of that, too!
Posted by: Ruth | April 10, 2009 at 01:05 PM
Good solution! I love the color. That dye worked well (I read that post too); it's a great color for the owl sweater. I'm sure your students will find this sweater interesting.
Posted by: Brenda | April 14, 2009 at 12:42 PM