How to Calculate to Make a Yoke Turtle-neck Sweater Any Size for the Looms
CALCULATING FOR A YOKE TURTLE-NECK SWEATER FOR THE LOOMS
Link for bee sweater above for a 4T child.
Many times we like the look of a simple sweater, but would like a different size then the one that was made. Well this post will help you figure out how you can change the size to suit your needs for the gauge, yarn, and loom you have. Don't fear the formula simply plug in your numbers and use a calculator to get your rows and stitches you will need.
First you will need a swatch.
Knit a panel 20 stitches by 20 rows.
Measure your number of stitches per inch
and your number of rows per inch.
Measurements
Chest Circumference
Wait Circumference
Hip Circumference
Length (Pit to Hip)
Arm Length (Pit to Wrist) AL
Arm Circumference (Near Shoulder) AW
Head Circumference HC
Neck Length NL
Enlarge all measurements by 3" for nice fit, 6" for loose fit.
Formula
Body:
Chest x SPI = #pegs
Length x RPI = #BR
AW / 2 = #C
#C x RPI= #CR
Arms:
AL x RPI= #AR
AW x SPI= #Apegs
Neck:
HC x SPI= #NP
NL x RPI= #NR
Yoke:
#pegs + #Apegs + #Apegs= #TS
#TS - #NP = #TD
#TD/4=#DPS
#DPS/2=#DPR
#CR/#DPR=#RPS
What all does this means above?
#pegs is the total number of pegs you will need for the body. You may need to divide this in half to do a front half of the sweater and a back half of the sweater.
#BR is the total number of rows for the body.
#C is the measurement from the chest to neck.
#CR is the total number of rows for the chest area.
#AR is the total rows for the sleeve length.
#Apegs is the total number of pegs you will need for the sleeve.
#NP is the total number of pegs you will need for the turtle-neck area.
#NR is the total number of rows needed for the neck area, if you want it to fold down double this number.
#TS is the total number of stitches you will have from front, back, and sleeves.
#TD is the total number of decreases.
#DPS is the total number of decreases per section.
#DPR is the number of rows with 2 decreases.
#RPS is the number of rows per set.
Example of adult size sweater in a solid color.
Swatch in 1/2" gauge with bulky yarn
4 SPI
6 RPI
Measurements
Women's size 16 to 18 sweater US sizing.
HC 21.75
Chest 48"-50"
Waist 40"-42"
Hips 50.5"- 52"
AL 19.5"-21"
AW 16.5"-18"
Length 22"-24"
NL 3.5"
Formula
Since the hips are larger than the chest we will use that measurement. Always use the largest between chest, waist, and hips.
Body
52 x 4= 208 pegs (104 pegs for front, and 104 for back.) #pegs
24 x 6= 144 rows #BR
18/2= 9" #C
9 x 6= 54 rows #CR
Arms
21 x 6= 126 rows #AR
18 x 4= 72 pegs #Apegs
Turtle-neck
3.5 x 6= 21 (42 rows if you want to fold it down) #NR
21.75 x 4= 87 pegs for the neck #NP
Yoke
208 + 72 + 72= 352 #TS
352-87= 265 #TD
265/4= 66.25 round down to 66 #DPS
66/2= 33 #DPR
54/33= 1.63 round up to 2 #RPS
What all these numbers mean?
You will use 104 pegs for the front of the sweater and for the back in 2 parts.
You will do 144 rows total for the length of the front and back of the sweater.
You will have 9" you will be working with on the chest to neck area.
Which means you will dedicate 54 rows for the yoke area of the front, back, and sleeve area of the sweater when decreasing.
You will do 126 rows for your sleeves.
You will need 72 pegs for your sleeves.
You will do 21 rows for the turtle-neck area or if you want it to fold down 42 rows.
You will use 87 pegs for the turtle-neck area.
You will have a total of 352 stitches between your sleeves and body.
You will have a total of 265 decreases to get down to the number of pegs for your neck.
You will have 66 decreases to do for each section sleeve, body front, body back, and sleeve.
You will have 33 rows with 2 decreases in each row for each part of the sweater.
You will do 2 row sets. This is one row knit, and one row with 2 decreases
