It is actually quite difficult to tie a beautiful collar, and it is unlikely to be able to avoid this work, because the higher the skill of the knitter, the more various models, including with various collars, can be connected. Knitting collars with knitting needles, especially turn-downs, is best done separately, and then carefully sewn to the collar. Turn-down collars come in various forms and forms. The most common models are a shawl collar and a turn-down collar with rounded or pointed tips. Consider the methods of knitting these patterns in order.
The shawl collar is knitted with rather thin knitting needles from yarn in two threads. Gather the desired number of loops, which depends on the width of the gate, and knit with an elastic band about ten rows. Then simultaneously from both ends of the knitting do not knit sequentially through a series of nine times four loops and three times three loops. After that, all remaining loops are closed simultaneously. You can not close the loop, but knit one row with an auxiliary thread. Sewing the collar to the neck, the auxiliary row is gradually dismissed, and the open loops of the extreme row of the collar are carefully sewn with a sewing seam to the knitted fabric.
Knitting collars with knitting needles with pointed tips is also best done from double yarn. The size of the needles is 2.5. Knitting begins on the outside of the collar. Gather the desired number of loops and knit with an elastic band. At the same time as the beginning of knitting, 26-30 loops are counted on each side. In this case, the 26th or 30th loop will be central: on both sides of them in each front row, the loops are reduced, knitting together two loops on the back leg. Thus, they knit until the required width of the collar. All the loops remaining on the spoke are closed simultaneously, or they are made in the same way as described above.
Knitting collars with knitting needles with rounded tips, on the contrary, begin on the inside of the collar. The required number of loops is drawn onto the auxiliary thread and knit one or two rows. After that, they switch to the main knitting yarn and knit ten rows of the selected pattern, after which one loop in seven steps is reduced on both sides of each row.
In addition to turn-downs, in knitted models, stand-up collars are very common, which are characteristic of sweaters, shirt-fronters and knitted jackets. Knitting a stand-up collar is performed after the seams on the shoulder are sewn. The required number of loops is drawn onto the circular thin needles along the neck and knit four rows with facial knitting. Then they switch to the main pattern for the collar (elastic, openwork, or facial knitting). A stand-up collar is knitted directly to the required length. After that, all the loops are closed simultaneously, performing a free elastic edge. If it is necessary to tie a collar lagging behind the neck, or a collar-collar, then, having knitted about five centimeters directly, they begin to add loops at the same distance from each other along the entire length of the collar.
Knitting on circular knitting needles is quite difficult and not very convenient. Therefore, often stand-up collars are performed with a seam at the back, or a fastener. Collars with a seam are knitted on two knitting needles separately, and then sewn to the neck. Separately, a stand-up collar with a fastener, which can be rear, side or front. To knit the fastener on both sides of the collar, the bar is made with a rope or with a front satin. Button loops are knitted on one side of the strap. When calculating the length of the collar, you need to add about two centimeters to the fastener, and when sewing on the collar, put one part on the other to the width of the fastener. To avoid a thick and sloppy seam, knitting is started on an auxiliary thread. Then open loops are sewn to the neck.
Knitting collars with knitting needles is an opportunity to create a beautiful additional detail that will make the knitted model more stylish and original.