"Sew raglan sleeves" - what does this mean?

[bunjies]

Hi

I'm about to start the hood part of a hooded jumper having finished the sleeves, front & back. However, the first instruction is to "sew raglan sleeves" and I'm not sure what this means. Am I supposed to sew together the sleeves up to the point where they start decreasing or only the part where they decrease? Also, I'm not sure why this is part of the hood when you can do all the making up bit after can't you?

This is the pattern. The instructions for the hood are on page 2.

Hope someone can help me?

It means you need to sew up the sleeves to the front and back. Raglan means the bit that decreases, the bit that is the arm hole. I think they ask you to do this as the the instructions for teh hood then say pick up and knit 16 stiches evently along the side of the neck ie where the sleeve is

I think.....

Yes Shaun is right. You need to sew in the sleeves so you can pick up the stitches for the hood. There is no reason why you should not do all the sewing before you pick up the stitches for the hood, but on the whole the instructions are to set the sleeve in first and then do the side seam and the underarm seam as one continual seam.

Strictly speaking there is no need to sew the raglans up first, but it is easier to do, since things are no floddering about so much.

Ahhh, I get it now! Thank you so much Shaun & DutchOma.

Right now I need to find a good tutorial on sewing the bits up, always my worst part.