Ridiculously long sleeves on knitwear

Sorry, I'm too busy knitting myself half a dozen jumpers with normal length sleeves to post again on your thread, RosieandherMaw!

Quote RosieandherMaw Mon 06-Oct-25 22:41:03
Has anybody else noticed that this Autumn/Winter's jumpers seem to be shorter in the body but with longer sleeves
I don't think I have unusually short arms (?) but many sleeves seem to come half way down my hands and because of their shape- trumpet- and absence of ribbed cuffs can't easily be turned over or pushed up
I'm not tall but the shorter boxy shape which seems popular does me few favours either
Or am I a freak
It’s being totally ignored that I find so rude!

I’ve found Adini and Marble knitwear to be ok with sleeve lengths. Hobbs petite is ok too as is Whistles petite but they are more expensive.

I’ve got narrow shoulders and nearly always have the issue of long sleeves being just too long.
I end up turning cuffs back - or turn sleeves under at the wrist so the extra doesn’t show.

Many thanks CanadianGran, I will have a look at those.

I didn't really answer your question! I would try more traditional shops with finer knits and snug sleeves. Boden for instance. I also see River Island has a petite section on their website.

I'm not petite, but my MIL was, and I often bought her clothing for gifts.

Yes, there is now the trend to wear your sleeves long; you will often see young women with sleeves covering their hands. Silly, in my mind. How do you get anything done?

I'm a sleeve pusher-upper (made up that term), so I need cuffs to be snug enough to be pushed up and stay! As I type I have a fine knit jumper with sleeves pushed up to below elbow.

There is another thread about this - it is a more recent problem, daft fashion I think.

For children’s sleeves to be 5 inches too long you must surely be a very small person
I have a Roman size 14 jumper on at the moment and the sleeves are the right length