Friday, March 28, 2008

Non-mitten knitting question -- PETITES

Hello all!
Does anybody have any resources for knitting for petites? I am short and NEVER satisfied when I knit stuff for myself - things always end up making me look awful simply because just about all patterns for sweaters are proportioned for people with longer bodies! Do any of you have a good method for changing stuff for short folks like me, or do you know of any special "petite" knitting resources, or books that might help me understand how to make things actually fit so that I don't look like I am wearing my dad's clothes? I am getting sad not to really ever be able to make nice stuff for myself, but I don't really find just making things "shorter" in terms of length is quite enough - often the shaping just doesn't work out either.
Just thought I'd ask. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

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