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How to extend a knitted sleeve or body

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Has the sleeve or body become too short and you want to extend it? This DROPS video shows how to put the stitches from a sleeve on needles, cut off the rib and then extend the sleeve first with stockinette and then the rib.

The transition is almost completely invisible. At the end of the video we also show a sample piece with two different colors to clearly see how the transition goes.

The sleeve in this video is knitted bottom-up, but the extension is worked top-down. The same technique can also be used to extend the body of a sweater or jacket.

Patterns using this technique

DROPS 210-36

DROPS 210-36
DROPS 254-15

DROPS 254-15
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Video #425, listed in: Learn to knit, Knitting tips & tricks, Other knitting tips & tricks

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Country flag Luciana wrote:

Salve, vorrei sapere se, utilizzando questo metodo, si vede la differenza del verso delle maglie, visto che la lavorazione nasce dal basso all’alto ma l’aggiunta si fa dall’alto al basso. Devo allungare il davanti e il dietro di un maglione.

28.02.2021 - 18:58

DROPS Design :

Buonasera Luciana, la lavorazione è invisibile. Buon lavoro!

28.02.2021 - 21:11

Country flag Christina Larsson wrote:

Jätte bra hjälp, tack

14.02.2021 - 12:31

Country flag Bénédicte wrote:

Bravo pour cette vidéo très bien faite qui m\'a rendu un grand service, ayant tricoté un pull trop court car je n\'avais pas l\'enfant sous la main; merci.

06.02.2021 - 17:35

Country flag Yvonne wrote:

Das ist ein wunderbares verständliches Video!!!! Es hat meine schlaflosen Nächte beendet.

24.01.2021 - 05:46

Country flag Merkel wrote:

Hallo,eine Frage könnte man es auch bei einem Raglanbündchen von oben machen, mir is der Halsausschnitt zuweit geworden, würde mich freuen über eine Antwort danke

16.01.2021 - 14:19

Country flag Lagrandeblogueuse wrote:

Bravo, il faut quand même un sacré coup de main! Je rajoute votre astuce dans mon article, merci. https://lagrandeblogueuse.com/rallonger-ses-manches-trop-courtes

12.12.2020 - 19:21

Country flag Chantal wrote:

Bonjour, Peut on couper entièrement les côtes après avoir positionner l'aiguille sur les mailles ? Pourquoi reprendre le fil , méthode qui me parait plus longue ? Merci de vos conseils précieux Chantal

19.11.2020 - 12:48

DROPS Design :

Bonjour Chantal, je ne suis pas sûre de saisir votre question, dans la vidéo, nous coupons le fil du rang suivant les mailles relevées, ainsi, nous pouvons détricoter ce rang à l'aide d'une aiguille à laine (pour le faire progressivement), et vous pouvez ensuite détricoter les côtes découpées. Il existe peut-être d'autres techniques, consultez votre magasin, il pourra probablement vous donner quelques astuces ou conseils plus personnalisés par rapport à ce que vous souhaitez faire. Bon tricot!

20.11.2020 - 08:57

Country flag Anita wrote:

Bonjour Comment reprendre les mailles pour un pull tricoté en côtes 1x1 Merci

23.10.2020 - 23:25

DROPS Design :

Bonjour Anita, vous risquez d'avoir une démarcation dans les côtes en tricotant cette fois dans l'autre sens - une alternative peut être d'utiliser cette technique pour couper le tricot, de tricoter séparément une bordure en côtes 1/1 et de la coudre en grafting aux mailles que vous aurez relevé. En espérant que cette idée puisse vous aider, bon tricot!

26.10.2020 - 13:26

Country flag Laura wrote:

Hejsa. Jeg er igang med at strikke en vest, som er strikket nedefra og op. Vesten er dsv. for kort, så jeg vil høre, om man kan bruge samme metode til at forlænge bunden inden rib, når den jo er strikket nedefra og op? På den måde kommer jeg jo til at forlænge vesten den 'modsatte' vej af, hvad jeg har strikket.. På forhånd tak for svar. Mvh. Laura

25.09.2020 - 20:46

Country flag Marie Gunnarsson wrote:

Hej! Kan jag förlänga en tröja med hålstickning på samma sätt?

21.06.2020 - 10:15

DROPS Design :

Hei Marie. Ja, det kan du. Bare pass på at hullmønstret passer/går overens. God Fornøyelse!

22.06.2020 - 08:01

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