European shoulders – shown on the body

In this DROPS video we give you a quick overview of how a garment where the yoke has European shoulder sits on the body, and where the increase/decrease lines are positioned.

SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The piece is worked top down and without the need for assembly.

BACK PIECE:
Start by casting on stitches for the back of the neck. Then work the back piece back and forth, top down, while increasing stitches on each side until the shoulder stitch-count has been achieved. The back piece has slightly diagonal shoulders. The back piece now waits while the front piece is worked.

FRONT PIECE:
The front piece is worked in 2 sections. Start by knitting up stitches along one back shoulder, working downwards and increasing for the neckline. Repeat on the other shoulder. When the increases for the neckline are finished, the 2 front pieces are joined and the front piece is continued downwards, back and forth as far as the armholes.

YOKE:
The front and back pieces are placed on the same circular needle and the body is continued downwards.

SLEEVES:
Stitches can be knitted up around the armholes and the sleeves worked downwards. Sleeves can also be worked bottom up and sewn to the body afterwards.

NECK:
Stitches are knitted up around the neckline and the neck is worked to finish.