I am making my first raglan and it's great! What a fast sew! One thing I am curious about though is stabilizing the neck band? I have noticed on almost every RTW knit garment there is either an extra piece of fabric sewn over the back of the seam of the neck band/should seams or clear elastic into the seams. I haven't noticed this mentioned in this or other knit patterns or tutorials online... any experience with this? Maybe it would help things from getting stretched out over time?? Or maybe no one really has a problem with neckbands stretching out over time? Any special techniques for sewing these in?
Just looking for some thoughts on this as I plan some more knit garments.
Thanks!