This video explains how v-necks are designed for sweaters, including the size of the unfinished neck opening vs the finished neck opening (after ribbing has been worked), how to calculate the shaping rate, and options for shaping the base of the V.
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RELEVANT VIDEOS
Basics of shaped necklines (crew neck demonstrated): https://youtu.be/4ILuS3hYXJY
CDD (central double decrease): https://youtu.be/Z-r_k3bVwMc
SSK and SKP decreases (left leaning): https://youtu.be/2pIETFtJ7QY
Turning a pullover pattern into a cardigan: https://youtu.be/Qr66DRn6B-4
PLAYLIST for Basics of Sweater construction: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AZxTfSCe2fcT51YdxUkPcXXTAkwCNG4
Casual Friday podcast video on 100 years of sweaters (with constructions not typical in contemporary sweaters): https://youtu.be/IxeN763dbTw
RAVELRY PROJECT PAGES FOR THE SWEATERS SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO
The one I'm wearing (no pattern): https://ravel.me/Rox/ritng
Deep-V vest: https://ravel.me/Rox/dvav
Linen lace top: https://ravel.me/Rox/a2
Gray two-tone cardigan (no pattern): https://ravel.me/Rox/gs
Purple/teal pullover (this thing is so old, I have no idea what the pattern is, and I have no Ravelry project page for it)
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0:00 Introduction
0:52 Schematic info
4:06 Finished size customization
5:03 Sample calcs - basic V
8:41 Sample calcs - deep V
11:31 Neck ribbing decreases
14:21 Actual sweaters - variations
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