Knit & Chat: NINE Bust Shaping HACKS!

One of the major adjustments knitters often need to make are to the bust! Learn all the different ways you can add some bust shaping to your next sweater.

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🧶 LINKS:
Waist Shaping article from Amy Herzog
https://amyherzogdesigns.com/2014/02/...
Images for yoke sweaters from Interweave
https://www.interweave.com/article/kn...
Short Row Schematic from Modern Daily Knitting
https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/c...
Roselle Tee by Patty Lyons
https://pattylyons.com/product/rosell...
Kelda Tee by Claire Slade
https://shrsl.com/3jsla

📚 BOOKS WITH SHORT ROW BUST DART INFORMATION:
Knit to Flatter by Amy Herzog
https://amzn.to/44Es4xb
Big Girl Knits by Jillian Moreno and Amy R. Singer
https://amzn.to/461qgPn
Custom Knits 2 by Wendy Bernard
https://amzn.to/3RKJVjm

SHORT ROW BUST DARTS RESOURCES:
Wonderful PDF file about adding both vertical and horizontal bust darts
https://strickauszeit.wordpress.com/t...
Bust Dart Calculator
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/ambt...
Article on Vertical Darts
https://www.lavisch.com/site/tutorial...
Article on Horizontal Darts
https://www.lavisch.com/site/tutorial...

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📌 CHAPTER LINKS:
00:00 Bust shaping basics
4:45 Hack 1: Knit a larger size for the front
7:04 Hack 2: Change needle sizes
8:28 Hack 3: Add underarm stitches
10:37 Hack 4: Add underarm gussets
11:42 Hack 5: Adjust shaping rate on a raglan sweater
14:04 Hack 6: Adjust shaping rate on a yoke sweater
16:28 Hack 7: Move the sleeves on a yoke sweater
18:14 Hack 8: Vertical bust darts
22:11 Hack 9: Short row bust darts

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