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Last night, I followed her instructions (in Knitting from the Top) for seamless set-in sleeves from the top down. Click the thumbnail to see how this is working out. I think it’s wonderful! The sleeve gets distributed perfectly evenly into the armscye with no puckering and the best part is I don’t have to sew it in! Being able to try it on for length as I knit down is also a plus, since I have long arms. I need to get a shorter needle before I continue on down the sleeve, but I’m very happy with this technique. Also, you can’t really tell from teh photo, but there are no shoulder seams!

Here’s a closeup of the cables at the bottom of the sweater. I gradually added increases between the cables to make this part flare out over my hips.