Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 37 minutes ago
**NEW: April 22, 2025**
I've created a forum on Ravelry where we can share our progress updates as you knit a summer top with me: ravelry.com/discuss/the-unapologetic-knitter/4358863/1-25
Knit a raglan-style summer top with me!
In the second episode of this forever-free, limited-run series, I show you HOW to measure your body, and how to apply your desired ease to the different measurements for a customized fit!
Below are some resources that you'll find helpful in choosing your ease/fit and how to measure your upper body to determine your yoke depth!
*LINKS*
Reference Episodes:
Episode 65 - How to Measure Your Body for a Raglan-Style Garment: youtube.com/watch?v=XifL4tbwZmo
Episode 13 - Standard Garment Lengths from Cropped to Tunic (and where they fall on a body!): youtu.be/-o6r41SDW4g?si=xOI0zWPADEsXUctk
Episode 1 - Ease and How to Choose Your Size: youtu.be/UOzNaZuo2oc?si=UXhs0EttKkTZ1BiZ
Episode 12 - Modifying the Body Circumference of a Sweater Below the Armholes (2 methods!): youtu.be/o8LaFHMAU5s?si=81JT1wVIVsk3-hPP
Designer Profiles:
Heidi Kirrmaier: ravelry.com/designers/heidi-kirrmaier
Andrea Mowry: ravelry.com/designers/andrea-mowry
Megan Nodecker: ravelry.com/designers/megan-nodecker
Samantha Guerin: ravelry.com/designers/samantha-guerin
Jaq Cieslak: ravelry.com/designers/jaq-cieslak
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**NEW: April 22, 2025**
I've created a forum on Ravelry where we can share our progress updates as you knit a summer top with me: ravelry.com/discuss/the-unapologetic-knitter/4358863/1-25
Knit a raglan-style summer top with me!
In the second episode of this forever-free, limited-run series, I show you HOW to measure your body, and how to apply your desired ease to the different measurements for a customized fit!
Below are some resources that you'll find helpful in choosing your ease/fit and how to measure your upper body to determine your yoke depth!
*LINKS*
Reference Episodes:
Episode 65 - How to Measure Your Body for a Raglan-Style Garment: youtube.com/watch?v=XifL4tbwZmo
Episode 13 - Standard Garment Lengths from Cropped to Tunic (and where they fall on a body!): youtu.be/-o6r41SDW4g?si=xOI0zWPADEsXUctk
Episode 1 - Ease and How to Choose Your Size: youtu.be/UOzNaZuo2oc?si=UXhs0EttKkTZ1BiZ
Episode 12 - Modifying the Body Circumference of a Sweater Below the Armholes (2 methods!): youtu.be/o8LaFHMAU5s?si=81JT1wVIVsk3-hPP
Designer Profiles:
Heidi Kirrmaier: ravelry.com/designers/heidi-kirrmaier
Andrea Mowry: ravelry.com/designers/andrea-mowry
Megan Nodecker: ravelry.com/designers/megan-nodecker
Samantha Guerin: ravelry.com/designers/samantha-guerin
Jaq Cieslak: ravelry.com/designers/jaq-cieslak
Sign up for my newsletter here: unapologeticknitter.com/newsletter
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![Knit Talk - Ep 53 - What Is Compound Raglan Shaping?
Believe it or not, I had used compound raglan shaping without knowing what it was called.
And now that I know, I want you ALL to know, too!
In this episode, we look at WHAT compound raglan shaping is, how to use it, and what to look for aesthetically when considering adding it to your garment!
*Episode 6 - Modifying Sleeves on a Raglan Sweater:* https://youtu.be/V4BcYtN23BA
*The black raglan sweater from the beginning of the episode is the Pop Your Color from Ewe Ewe Yarns:* https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pop-your-color-pullover
*The Last Sheepicorn:* https://www.thelastsheepicorn.com/
*If you want to knit up my sample yoke*
Using a US 10 / 6 mm needle and a bulky weight yarn (I used my favorite, @EweEweYarns Baa Baa Bulky), cast on 36 stitches using the long tail cast on method. Place a marker for the beginning of round and join to work in the round. _You will need 3 additional markers to indicate each raglan seam in the Setup Round._
Work 2 rounds of (K2, p2) ribbing.
Setup Rnd: K6, place marker (yellow), k12, place marker (green), k6, place marker (orange), k12.
*Section 1*
Round 1: *K1, M1L, knit to 1 st before marker, M1R, k1, slip marker; repeat from * 3 more times. [8 sts increased: 2 in each sleeve and 2 in front and back]
Round 2: (Knit to marker, slip marker) 2 times, k1, M1L, knit to 1 st before marker, M1R, slip marker, knit to end. [2 sts increased in left sleeve only]
Repeat [Rounds 1 and 2] 4 more times.
50 sts increased; 86 sts total:
16 in right sleeve
22 in front
26 in left sleeve
22 in back
*Section 2*
Round 1: (K1, M1L, knit to 1 st before marker, M1R, k1, slip marker) 2 times, knit to marker, slip marker, k1, M1L, k2, M1L, knit to 3 sts before marker, M1R, k2, M1R, k1. [8 sts increased: 2 in right sleeve, 2 in front, 0 in left sleeve and 4 in back]
Round 2: Knit to marker, slip marker, k1, M1L, knit to 1 st before marker, M1R, slip marker, (knit to marker, slip marker) 2 times. [2 sts increased in front only]
Repeat [Rounds 1 and 2] 4 more times.
50 sts inc; 136 sts total:
26 in right sleeve
42 in front
26 in left sleeve
42 in back
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