Short bodies, long arms?

No- I can't wear cropped jumpers or cardigans either and have noticed that's all there is in the shops just now...

I don't like short jumpers and thought I had quite long arms but some tops I've bought in the last couple of years all seem to have extra-length sleeves!

Now, where are the knitting needles? Although by the time I knit a jumper it might be next summer.

Oh these items you are describing are right -up my alley!
I'm only 5ft tall but unfortunately I have the long,skinny arms of a gibbon!

Ilovedogs22

Oh these items you are describing are right -up my alley!
I'm only 5ft tall but unfortunately I have the long,skinny arms of a gibbon!

yes I have always had a short body and long arms and legs. Now I have osteoporosis and my body is shrinking it is even worse. I have just bought a nice cropped cardigan that is a comfortabale fit several inches below the waist.

Short knitwear, coats and blouses are fashionable at the moment because they go well with wide leg trousers and full skits, otherwise you look like a block. I’m not keen on them, because I prefer my back to be covered without a gap when I bend over, but I’m finding I have to try everything on at the moment. Don’t get me started on leg lengths either.

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many sleeves seem to come half way down my hands
Yes, it seems to be the fashion, I think it arrived a year or two ago. Is it to keep your hands worn without wearing gloves? I don't like them, not even the cuff ones.

Sorry, skirts, not skits.

I don’t like short, boxy jumpers either. I like my lower back to be well covered because even a small gust of cold air will give me back pain which can last for days.My granddaughters look great in them though.

Anyone who likes extra long sleeved jumpers clearly doesn’t have to do the washing up! 😂

merlotgran

I don’t like short, boxy jumpers either. I like my lower back to be well covered because even a small gust of cold air will give me back pain which can last for days.My granddaughters look great in them though.

Anyone who likes extra long sleeved jumpers clearly doesn’t have to do the washing up! 😂

Anyone who likes extra long sleeved jumpers clearly doesn’t have to do the washing up! 😂

Oh definitely!
I have a couple of cotton jumpers without cuffs and they always slide down again into the washing up water 😁

I find short boxy clothes are a comfortable fit aat the waist, the way I wear dropped waist or hipster trousers because in my case they are a comfortable fit around the waist.

Bump!

I've managed to cast on so far.
A long way to go.

And I can't spell warm. Worn 😆

escaped

And I can't spell warm. Worn 😆

A warm but wron jumper.

Btw - who was that wearing a jumper with frayed sleeves and bottom on Traitors tonight?

DH said "Well, I don't suppose you'd take your best clothes with you to something like that".
😁
I said "It's supposed to be like that, dear".
But why?

😲 A warm but worn jumper

Time for bed.

The green jumper?
That was Cat Burns. A singer.

Manufacturers have always taken it for granted that the wider a woman is then the taller - much taller - she must be. Tights are a perfect example of this.

They look ridiculous don’t they, and not at all practical. Turning up the cuffs will stretch the sleeves widthways (plus they never stay put), and will, more often than not, hide the pattern detail at the bottom of the sleeve if it has such detail (as in the green one posted above).
I’ve noticed this trend of overlong sleeves for the last few years. They just look scruffy, in my view.
Overlong sleeves just get in the way and are very annoying.