Matching shrug
I began the matching 
shrug for the completed tube top
.
The annoying part? The tube top is too loose! If I would have moved even an inch in the picture, you would be seeing much more than you ever wanted to in a knitting blog! The gauge called for is 13×20 in st st and 18×22 in 2×2 rib. I chose the 36″ bust (smaller than what I needed) based on previous experience. Although I did not use exactly the same yarn, my gauge was 14×20 which over the 122 cast on stitches should have taken the measurement down to 35 1/4″ or so. My 2×2 gauge was 16×22 which is a little off, but the whole purpose of rib is stretch anyway, so I wasn’t worried about that part at all. I can’t believe the top part is too big! I even tried wet blocking which can make things bigger, but what I hoped to do what stretch it out lengthwise a bit so that the width would shrink. Guess I wasn’t aggressive enough with stretching the length because if anything, it seems just a little bigger in the width. Arrgh! Normally I wouldn’t mind too much giving this to someone else, but i REALLY like it and :frog: is just not an option. Guess I’ll have to come up with some kind of elastic trick unless I get some other ideas from my fellow knitters!
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Well, it’s awefully cute! Is there room at the top to form a small casing for a little elastic? Outside that, perhaps a reblocking. I think tubes may not have been intended for “healthy girls”, at least, not without a bit of spandez in them. If ya know what I mean.
That is cute. if i had boobs like you i could wear stuff like that. but after 4 kids…everything goes south!:naughty::nono:
trying to think .. is there a way to make a seam.. or dart or something ?
I might try picking up stitches and forming a band to hide the elastic or be really brave and drop it in the dryer for a few minutes after wetting it. I do
that top!
I just love that pattern–haven’t seen anyone make it yet, so I was glad to see you working on it.
I think that the idea of picking up some stitches at the top and making a small hem to hide an elastic band might work.
You could also add narrow straps, but that would take away from the whole “tube top” aspect…
I’ll go with trying to seam up both sides to take a total of an inch off so that the top will generally cling better all around.
However, if it’s just the top that’s bothering you, then oversewing a casing for a elastic band to be threaded through to hold would do too!
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