{"id":1428,"date":"2013-09-27T19:27:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2013-09-27T19:27:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T19:27:14","slug":"house-sweater-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/house-sweater-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"House Sweater Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve read that if you have a sweater that is too loose across the shoulder seam (or what would be the shoulder seam if you made a seamless sweater) <a href=\"http:\/\/techknitting.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/my-sweater-slips-off-my-shoulders.html\">you can tighten things up by running some crocheted chain stitch across it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I woke up from naptime a  bit chilly.  I looked into my closet for something warm to throw on until my coffee woke me up, and was surprised to find this tan mohair.  I thought I gave it away years ago.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1424\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1424\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eagleswingscoop.org\/christineguestdesigns\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/S6304271-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S630  \/ Samsung S630&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1424\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe bottom button is broken (I was a button snob, only real shell for me) it went through the wash and felted a bit, the sleeves are too long, the neck is too loose and there is a big ink stain on the side.  If I was looking for an experiment volunteer, this is it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1426\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1426\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eagleswingscoop.org\/christineguestdesigns\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/S6304274-e1380309255303-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S630  \/ Samsung S630&gt;\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI think one of the reasons it&#8217;s so short is that I ran out of yarn.  So there was none matching left in the stash, but several coordinating options. I picked the tan cashmirino.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1425\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1425\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eagleswingscoop.org\/christineguestdesigns\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/S6304272-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S630  \/ Samsung S630&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1425\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI was a bit encouraged to see that I <em>had<\/em> seamed the shoulders, actually I&#8217;d kitchenered them over a cast off edge &#8211; and they still streached out too far once the sleeves were sewn on.<\/p>\n<p>I ran the line of chain stitches (yarn held inside the sweater, it was a bit fiddlely) from one shoulder, around the back of the neck, to the other shoulder.  The back neck ruffles a bit now, so if this were a serious sweater rescue, I would tear back and work it more loosely.   The only crochet hook I could find was a a bit too small &#8211; I didn&#8217;t want to get loud in the living room because K has a cold today and she&#8217;s asleep across the hall.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1427\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eagleswingscoop.org\/christineguestdesigns\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/S6304277-e1380309278413-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S630  \/ Samsung S630&gt;\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1427\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe sleeves are not hanging into my hands anymore, and the sweater has stayed on without my jerking on the neckline as I typed this, so I&#8217;d say this techinique works just fine!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve read that if you have a sweater that is too loose across the shoulder seam (or what would be the shoulder seam if you made a seamless sweater) you can tighten things up by running some crocheted chain stitch across it. 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