top-down knitting

[Jan in CA]

I've done bottom up and they are fine, but I like being able to try it on.

[teresab]

I don't have a problem with row and stitch gauge no matter the size of the yarn weight and needles I use. I don't follow the gauge in a pattern, preferring a very loose gauge rather than its denser one. The sts and rows are proportional when done this way and I think a lot more forgiving than tighter gauges. I do the adjustments at the underarm in how many sts I cast on for the body and pick up in the sleeves, and increasing or decreasing the first round/row after the underarm.

After reading the last few posts, it really makes me wonder if I want to tax my brain with this top-down cardi.

[suzeeq]

It should work out fine. I was just offering a different take on the stitch to row gauge ratio.

[salmonmac]

After reading the last few posts, it really makes me wonder if I want to tax my brain with this top-down cardi.

It really is fun to do. There's something very pleasing about the line of increases at the sleeves. It's a change from the usual bottom-up directions and it's not difficult, just different.