Comments on: Pinwheel Sweater – a “better” armhole

By: Priscilla Botirca

Priscilla Botirca — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:20:02 +0000

Thank you so much… and yes, the original instructions are confusing… and I did figure out what the original instructions were…I thought I was the only one that was tearing my hair out… It took 4 hours of re-reading and redoing to figure out the instructions… then I came across your idea… and thought to my self I could have at least saved 3hr and 40mins… Oh, well now I have two techniques that work well. Thank you.

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:52:46 +0000

Don’t have to purl, just turn it inside out and knit!

By: fran

fran — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:13:49 +0000

The reason you had to purl your sleeves is simple. You started at the wrong end of the needle. If you had started at the other end, you would have knit them.

fran

By: Lani

Lani — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:53:59 +0000

Push your sleeve “inside out on the wrong side of the sweater and you can knit it then just turn inside out and pull through to the right side when done.

By: deborah

deborah — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:44:40 +0000

Ok, I was stumped and then I found your modification. I’ll give this a try, I sure hope this works! Thanks for sharing!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:10:53 +0000

This worked perfectly! I am not sure why, but when I did it I was able to knit the whole sleeve (did not have to purl). I am still a pretty novice knitter so I have no idea why it worked that way for me.

By: Stumbling Over Chaos :: Pinwheeling

Stumbling Over Chaos :: Pinwheeling — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:33:20 +0000

[...] of the sweater, not at the back of the neck, where either side might be visible. I will also use this “afterthought” armhole instead of the pattern as [...]

By: Tasha

Tasha — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:44:09 +0000

Brilliant. I sure hope I can find this again (even though I’m bookmarking it) when I need it. I love that sweater.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:59:22 +0000

OMG thank you, I have been totally stalled at the first arm hole becaue I can’t make heads or tails out of the pattern. I tried 2 provisional cast on techniques today and both looked impossible until I found this one. Thank you!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:33:56 +0000

Thank you so much! I found this on craftster and your instructions make things SO MUCH easier. I probably would have had to put my sweater away for another day to try and figure out the complications with sleeves but I followed your steps and can keep right on knitting- I may even finish my big circle today! you rock!