I found a cool knitting pattern that you can custom fit with any gauge (size) yarn, etc but it obviously doesn't have a picture. I have looked up "raglan" sweaters & they look different to me - I'm trying to figure out what that means. Is it the neckline? anyone know? I hate to sound stupid, but I also hate to spend time / money knitting something that I end up not liking....
Not sure if this is where this post goes, but it doesn't fit anywhere. I figured someone on here would know.
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I didn't know what raglan meant until I read it in a knitting pattern. It's the way the sleeve seams are made. It's a slanted seam going from the underarm to the neckline, so that the shoulders of the piece are part of the sleeves.
Sorry for the horrible photo of me, but I needed an example to really show what I mean.
See the slanted line on both sides of the back going from under my arm to the collar of the shrug? That's what raglan means, although a raglan styled piece can be a full sweater or shirt or anything else, just as long as the sleeves are made in this way. You'll knit a narrow neck and top of the chest/back because the shoulders are made while making the sleeves.
I had to ask my mum and she said raglan is when insted of having a shoulder seam the seam is by the bust/armpit- kind of like way the shoulders are here. HTH!
I was just going to add that in knitting raglan sleeves are actually much easier to sew on than set-in sleeves. If you are looking for a starter sweater pattern, I think raglan is a good way to go.