How to knit sleeves with knitting needles?

When ready basic details of sweaters or dresses -back and before, after you need to start knitting sleeves. Ways how to knit sleeves with knitting needles exist a lot - from right to left or, conversely, and even diagonally. The patterns by which these details are performed are also varied. You can also knit sleeves with knitting needles from above as well as starting from the bottom - from the cuff.

How to knit sleeves with knitting needles: basic techniques

First you need to decide which type of sleeveIt is necessary in accordance with the pattern, that is, what is its shape and length. But if there is no pattern, you can decide on these parameters yourself. To do this, you need to calculate the number of loops that make up the widest part of the sleeve, and also determine the distance from the cuff to be tied, so that you can begin to expand the sleeve by adding loops. Having learned this distance, you need to divide it into the difference in the loops and calculate how often it will be necessary to add loops to form the bevels.

The hinges need to be added symmetrically on both sidesas it is calculated. For example, you may need to add every 4 rows. The addition of loops is made by means of napids (winding the thread on the spoke). The number of loops will depend on the density of the mating, that is, how many should be added in each row should be calculated, starting from a known value of the density of binding. However, thanks to this method, small but holes are formed in the drawing. Another method that can be used is to raise the loop from the previous row. In this way, they often knit the armholes with their spokes.

More details about the methods of tying a sleeve you can, having read our article - How to tie a hand.

Raglan sleeves

You can start knitting the sleeves of raglan with knitting needlesfrom below, and from above - from the neck. The bevels of the hose must precisely fit into the cutout of the neck, so it is extremely important for the product to correctly calculate all the reduction of the hinges. They can be recorded or developed in advance a scheme of knitting raglan.

When knitting raglan sleeves need to be tiedRagged bevels. To do this, three loops are closed at the appropriate height for the armhole, and then in the subsequent rows one loop is closed on each side, in each pair row until all the loops are reduced according to the previous calculations. Also on this page you will find a detailed video of how to knit a sleeve with knitting needles - raglan or in the usual way.

A detailed diagram-description for knitting the whole sweater, as well as its individual parts, is in our article - How to knit a sweater with knitting needles