Making your own knitting pattern

[charlottery]

I've seen some gorgeous knitwear, but it looks fairly basic to make a similar version, apart from the hemline, which is what I really love. Any experienced knitters know how you'd get that diagonal - would knitting top down be better, or some complicated short row shaping?

Helmut Lang

I'd say short row shaping, have you found any similar patterns on ravelry? will have a quick hunt myself

voila

ribbed

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#view=captioned_thumbs&query=asymmetric&fit=adult&sort=best&pc=pullover plenty more on this rav search

plenty more on this rav search

that's better

I think - if you were doing bottom up - that you would cast on a few stitches, then increase one stitch each row at one end only. Once you'd finished the main knitting, you could pick up the increased stitches in the contrasting colour and knit the border. Does that make sense?

Beautiful sweater though. It would be a fantastic challenge to try to recreate it. Have you decided on a yarn?