rdwhitaker

I am finishing up a knitted capelette I'm making for my sister. She's a sculptor and wants something to wear in her studio in the winter. I designed it to be open in the front, and it extends to just above her elbows, leaving her forearms and hands free to work in the clay.

I knitted it from the base up to the neck. I bound off the neck and picked up stitches to start a collar. I'm imagining a standard "point" collar. Here's my problem / questions:

Is it better to knit a collar separately and then graft it in afterwards?
Should I put in some increases so the collar points are facing more towards the front?
I read somewhere that it's a good idea to add some short rows in the back so the collar raises up a bit in the back. Agree?

Thanks for any help!

Peckish

This being a quilting forum, I'm not sure you're going to find much help here. Might try FB or groups.io, which is where a lot of groups moved when yahoo went down.

sewbizgirl

Your plan sounds lovely. As for knitting on or grafting a separate collar, neither one is really "better". Its your preference, really. I've done both ways and there's no noticable difference in the end result.

Agree with a few short rows to help the collar have the "roll" it's supposed to have at the back.

Without seeing the pattern/design, I don't how to answer your increases question.

Your questions are good and this is the right place to post them, in "Chit Chat (non-quilting talk)". Many of us quilters here on the Board are also avid knitters and crocheters.

rdwhitaker

It is so nice to hear from you! I have had knitting questions answered expertly here in the past, so I was confident someone here would have good ideas. I am forging forward with my project - its not something I would enter at the fair, but, as my sister says, "It is homemade, every stitch is full of love, and that makes it special!"

If I were to publish my pattern, I would definitely change some aspects about it. I continued the yoke's pattern (seed stitch) up into the collar, which, in retrospect, might drape better in Stockinette. But I don't want to go back and do it over, so it is what it is.

Thank you for your response!

rdwhitaker

Oh -- I plan to post a photo of it here when it is all done.

1CharmShort

I was wondering if you had come up with a solution yet.
Also wondered if you have a preference when it comes to grafting or knitting right up into your collar.
I looked up some ideas, but decided you were probably already well into finishing .
I found lots and lots of different collars that could be added - each one offering different solutions for adding them.
You might enjoy watching some of these, although only a few are capelets with an opening in the front

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...nitted+capelet

looking forward to your pic

rdwhitaker

Thank you! I'll check them out -- maybe one of them will be enticing enough to convince me to rip out the 15-or-so rows I have into the collar right now! I've had to rip a whole lot more than that before.

Ryan