PROCESS 4: MAKING THE RAGLAN GARMENT

1. PLOT OUT WHERE YOU GOING TO PLACE CERTAIN YARN.
2. KNIT TEST SUBJECTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU WILL NEED TO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN NEEDLES SIZE (ALSO PERSONAL CHOICE CAN CHANGE THE GARMENT OR THE SURFACE AREA SO YOU MAY CHOOSE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THE GARMENT)]
3. i KNITTED THE SLEEVES FIRST WITH 35 CAST ON STITCHES, 12 ROWS OF COTTON RIBS FOR CUFFS. THE NUMBER OF ROWS VARIED AS THE YARN CHANGE 6 TIMES. i ENDED OFF ON 6 CAST OFF STITCHES. (leave cast of strand quite long we are going to use that to stitch up the garment)
4. i THEN KNITTED THE BACK WHICH CONSISTED OF 45 STITCHES, 12 ROWS OF RIBBING. i PLACED THE KNITTING EACH TIME ON MY CUT OUT OF A RAGLAN PATTERN TO JUDGE HOW FAR OFF FROM THE ARMPITS. ONCE I REACHED ARMPIT i CASTED OFF 5 STITCHES EACH SIDE. i KNITTED A ROW THEN SLOWLY BEGAN TO DECREASE EACH SIDE.I CASTED OFF ON 9 STITCHES ONCE I REACHED THE NECK.(leave cast of strand quite long we are going to use that to stitch up the garment)
5. i THEN KNITTED THE FRONT WHICH CONSISTED OF 51 STITCHES, 12 ROWS OF RIBBING. i PLACED THE KNITTING EACH TIME ON MY CUT OUT OF A RAGLAN PATTERN TO JUDGE HOW FAR OFF FROM THE ARMPITS. ONCE I REACHED ARMPIT i CASTED OFF 5 STITCHES EACH SIDE. i KNITTED A ROW THEN SLOWLY BEGAN TO DECREASE EACH SIDE.I CASTED OFF ON 15 STITCHES ONCE I REACHED THE NECK.(leave cast of strand quite long we are going to use that to stitch up the garment)
6. i THEN STITCHED UP THE GARMENT USING THE CAST OFF STRAND
7. I THEN KNITTED AN EXTERNAL NECK KNOWN AS THE MOBIUS STRIP (leave cast of strand quite long we are going to use that to stitch the strip onto the garment).