Thanks! Good technique. I also use narrow grosgrain ribbon to stabilize back neckline and sometimes shoulder seams to keep them from stretching.

Extremely well explained, thank you.

What a useful video. Thank you very much. I learned more by following his teachings than in years of advice from "alleged" Italian experts! Sorry for my English

Thanks for the explanation about the ribbon stabilizing the sweater. I had seen ribbon once in a cardigan and thought it was for finishing look but your explanation showed me the practical use and preservation of the sweater shape. I learn a lot from your videos.

Thank you for this video. I am going to use this technique on my first ever knitted cardigan. I absolutely love your sweater. It is gorgeous and the buttons you chose are perfect.

@dianathorpe2280

2 жыл бұрын

I tried it and it worked so perfect. The sweater did grow 1” when I put it on so I added 1” to the ribbon length and it came out perfect. I used a floral grosgrain ribbon and it’s really pretty! I’m sure I will wear this cardigan a lot. I used Cascade Sarasota cotton/acrylic yarn. Perfect for Alabama weather.

Thank you Roxanne, I have been waiting for this video tutorial for a sweater I just finished for my granddaughter.

You have a big brain and a lot of patience!

I am about a day away from applying my grosgrain; so this was a good reminder. Thanks!

Thank you for this Roxanne! I have struggled with this for years, never managing to get the ribbon to look right. Saving this to my library for future use!

Great video Roxanne! Thanks for sharing!💕

Rox, perfect timing for this video. I just made the bottom of a little knitted pinafore and adding ribbon is the answer to the hem not rolling up! Thanks, as always! 💜

@paulagrnsy

2 жыл бұрын

Petersham has threads along the edges that can be pulled to ease around curves. This could be handy on some necklines.

Thank you, Roxanne! ❤️

Thanks, I have been looking forward to this video.

Thank you!

This helps so much. Thank you

Thank you for this video ! I’m currently working on my first structured cardigan (somehow I have trouble envisioning my hitofude cardigan as a cardigan as it doesn’t close…) and I was thinking about using ribbon on the button bands to preserve the garment’s structure. As the wool I’m working with is superwash, I hope it will help maintain the shape better in the long run. Oh and magnetic buttons ? Genius ! I will keep those in mind if I knit a cardi with gorgeous cable detail like the one you are wearing, it would be a shame to hide them behind a button. Thank you for the work you put in these videos, they’re always really clear and specific, I have learnt a lot from you. I’m looking forward to the next things you’ll be able to teach me. Greetings from France!

Great video. Thank you.🇬🇧

Hi Roxanne, Thank you for this video. I have been searching for this for days. Do you sew the machine holes to the knitted holes to keep them lined up? ~ Karen

@RoxanneRichardson

Жыл бұрын

I do not. The ribbon is sewn along the vertical edges to the ribbed band. The hole in the ribbing is smaller than the button and needs to be able to stretch to allow the button through.

Thank you I just have happen to two cardigans in my queue, this should be quite helpful, if I don't opt for screw on buttons, like those from JUL Designs, like the ones I used for my "4-Vagues et bulles"

Awesome…thanks!

I do the same, but don't do knitted buttonholes. I sew the buttonholes by machine through both layers. I don't add any stabilizer.

Great tutorial but how did you actually make the buttonhole in the ribbon? Is it possible to do it without using a sewing machine? Thank you M

Could I use a velvet ribbon?

great video! do you sew the ribbon down on both sides with the hemstitch? I have some cardigans that are reinforced and the ribbon is only attached on the outer side. And if you do, is it better to get ribbon that is slightly too wide or slightly too narrow? My placket is 1.25 inches and I can only find ribbon in 1 or 1.5 inch width

@RoxanneRichardson

3 ай бұрын

Use the smaller ribbon. I do sew down both sides.

@callamartyn4666

3 ай бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson thank you!

Yeah.

I’m not sure Petersham ribbon is the right type of ribbon for this purpose because it is used for waistbands where you want to iron it and make a curve to the shape of the body. Grosgrain ribbon is more rigid and doesn’t move and I think it’s better for this purpose, so the ribbon you buy at Joann’s would be ideal in my opinion

@lyannecb8499

2 жыл бұрын

I think it depends on the cardigan - I've got a v neck cardigan where the ribbing goes from the welt at the bottom of the cardigan, and continues around the sides of the front and round the neck. And the ribbing tries to curl into the cardigan, so when I sew the ribbon onto it to stabilise this, I'm going to go all the way round. I've also seen another KZreadr sew ribbon all the way round a steeked garment's fronts and neckline, not only stabilising it, but also putting a protective layer between her neck and the scratchy yarn of the garment. So in both of those instances, I think the way petersham does curve would be better.

Can a ribbon be used to stabilize across shoulders?

@RoxanneRichardson

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, although I'd want to confirm that the shoulders were the issue, and not the neck. There is a way to stabilize the neck (and shoulders) using crocheted slip stitch kzread.info/dash/bejne/e22LuseGl7q1lKw.html

Roxanne, I am currently knitting cardigans for each of my adult sons (2). I assume this technique is useful for both men’s and women’s sweaters? And does it matter what type of stitch pattern is used on the sweater band? This pattern I am making uses seed stitch.

@patricksymons1634

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you

Would you share the name of this cardigan pattern? I’m interested in the type of bands used; is it applied or knit in as part of the pattern? Thank you.

@RoxanneRichardson

Жыл бұрын

The link to my Ravelry project page is in the description. It's from a 1960s vintage pattern leaflet. It is the 1960s installment of my long term project to knit a sweater from each decade from the 1890s to 1990. Like most patterns of that era, the button band was knit in the same direction as the body. After the bottom ribbing was complete, the button band sts were placed on hold, and the stockinette body was knit on larger needles. Later, the band was knit on the smaller needles, and then sewn to the edge of the body. The neck piece was created by increasing sts at the top of the band to fill in the wide V of the neck opening.

@TanyaSykes

Жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson Thank you. That’s a very neat look that I don’t often see in patterns.