What is Raglan shaping?

[Phretys]

I see that term every once in a while. I tried doing a Google search to find out what exactly it is (Is it a certain pattern? stitch? style?) but got hundreds of pages of people doing Raglan shaping, but not quite explaining what exactly it was. Anyone willing to enlighten me?

[knittergirl]

Raglan shaping generally refers to a particular set of decreases used in order to shape a garment with raglan sleeves, when the garment is knit from the bottom up to the shoulders and neck. (I think it uses increases when knit from the top down.)

Raglan sleeves are usually the easiest for beginning knitters to "tackle", as opposed to set-in sleeves, saddle sleeves, etc.
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