The Contiguous method is a way of knitting the shoulder seams and sleeve caps of a garment from the top down.

It differs from Barbara Walker’s simultaneous set-in sleeve methods, in that this method uses one continuous row (or round) right from the start.

This incorporates the front, shoulder seam, back, other shoulder seam and other front.
BW’s method only reaches this stage after knitting about a third of the top/yoke.

This method naturally forms a nice shoulder slope.

Note:I’m still trying to figure out how to do this, and how to write this up. Please be patient with me.

Meantime, check out the Contiguous Group for more information, especially the KAL for how-to.

If you use the method to knit or develop a garment, or write a pattern, would you please include the following acknowledgement:
This garment is worked seamlessly from the top-down using the contiguous sleeve method developed by Susie Myers, SusieM on Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/people/SusieM).

The method is free; if I can’t get rich, maybe I can get famous! ;-)