What Are Short Rows And How Can They Help You Improve Your Knitting?
Short rows are a simple technique that every knitter should learn.
Inserting short rows can add depth to create a more shapely item, and it is a technique that is also used to create soft angles mostly on straight-edged, flat-paneled items.
Using short rows, you can eliminate the step effect you get when you bind off shoulders and make sock heels elegantly curved. This is also an ideal technique for maternity wear to add those few extra curves where it is needed most.
Not many knitters are aware of this technique, but inserting short rows and creating curves is a simple and must learn technique.
To accomplish this, an existing row is partially knitted to a pre-determined stitch count, then turning the work and working back to the same (or another) count, and turning again.
To explain further, if you are looking to create a maternity sweater using an existing pattern to ensure the front of your sweater does not ride up, you could add short rows to the bust line and the belly areas, allowing for the extra shaping of your body.
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