BSJ Question . . .
If I want to make the sleeves longer by doing an invisible cast on, how exactly does that work? I.e., do I use the invisible cast on for only the stitches that will become sleeves, or do I do the entire cast on invisibly? If I do the entire cast on invisibly, how do I deal with the live stitches that are not taken up by the sleeves come finishing time? If I do only the stitches that will be sleeves, how many do I need to cast on invisibly (assuming I add 9 stitches to each end and skip the increase row above the cuff)--45 (36+9) or 44 ( 35+9) or something else? My head is spinning just thinking this through, so I hope I'm being coherent. LOL. Can anyone help?
posted by Kelley at
3:52 PM
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Liane, at 5:58 PM
I just do a straightforward longtail cast-on and then pick up stitches at the end and add desired sleeve length. You can hardly see it. I find it looks best when you eliminate the cuff increase and cast on 176 (or whatever the number is), instead of 160. This leaves you with a straight sleeve which looks pretty niffty when lengthened.
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Anonymous, at 2:06 AM
I have done the sleeves both ways and they both look excellent. The crochet cast on would be just for the sleeve bits, not the whole way round.
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picperfic, at 5:00 AM
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