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The Garment Information Pane
Also known as SweaterMaker's driver's seat.
How does it work? You fill out all the
fields for each sweater. SweaterMaker automatically recalculates the
sweater settings with every change. See the Dolman sweater below for the results of
the settings on this page. |
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Body Style 1: the Set-in Sleeve
This is theof a set-in sleeve sweater.
SweaterMaker gives you three ways to change a measurement. Two of the
ways are on any of the SweaterMaker drawing screens.
- You can "grab" each of the red boxes with your
mouse, drag the box to a new location, and drop it.
- You can click inside any of the measurements boxes, and type the
new value in.
SweaterMaker
automatically adjusts all instructions and shaping to fit the new
measurement. The third way to change a measurement is on the
Measurements Pane, at the bottom of this page. |
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Body Style 2: the Dropped Shoulder
Dropped shoulder sweaters are casual, comfortable, and require very
little shaping. The wider the shoulders, the more the shoulder will
drape down the arm. |
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Body Style 3: Raglan
Need a lot of shoulder room? Knit a raglan! Raglan sweaters provide
terrific freedom of movement for arms, which is why they are often
chosen for baseball shirts (all that throwing the ball, you know). At
left is the sleeve of a raglan sweater. |
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Body Style 4: Saddle Shoulder
A saddle shoulder has a small band of fabric across the shoulders,
from the arm to the neck. SweaterMaker has you knit this band first, and
then you will knit the sleeve from the shoulder down to the wrist. |
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Body Style 5: Horizontal Dolman
A view of a sideways-knit Dolman sweater. You will knit this puppy
in one large piece, and only have to add the neck, waist, and wrist trim
later. It's a wonderful way to knit a sweater with vertical stripes! |
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Body Style 6: Vertical Dolman
This is the vertical Dolman front. Notice the extra-deep armholes. By
grabbing the boxes at the base of the front neck, you can make that
neckline as deep as you like! |
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Body Style 7: Round Yoke
When you knit a round yoke sweater, this is what the yoke will look
like. Or rather, half the yoke. You will knit two of these, and then sew
them up later. |
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The Measurements Pane
The Measurements Pane gives you a quick one-page reference containing all the
dimensions of your sweater. If you know what you want to do to change
the measurements, you can do it on the appropriate drawing (Front, Back,
etc), or you can make the change here. Some measurements are grayed
because they cannot be altered for the current sweater settings. For
example, if you have a V-neck, you don't need to change the Placket
Depth. |
