Casting on stitches for a sweater is no joke—you're committing, at least in the moment, to knit many, many stitches in an effort to make your own clothes. Go you! But many sweater patterns, especially bottom-up sweater knitting patterns, such as Jhumpa (shown above), require you to cast on a good deal of stitches at… Continue reading How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom Up: Cast on Large Number of Stitches
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How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom Up: Adding Larger Sizes
Following up to my previous post about how to prepare your sweater knitting pattern before the Lopi Sweater knit-along, I wanted to share three tips for those of us larger ladies. These tips will work for almost ANY bottom up seamless yoke sweater, whether it's got colorwork or textured stitches or whatever. Everything here is… Continue reading How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom Up: Adding Larger Sizes
Sweater Modification: Pullover or Cardigan
I love Lopi sweaters, but as you might have noticed in my last post, I especially love Lopi cardigans. If I am being very honest I don't wear my Weatherman pullover as much as I wish I did because if I am being very very honest—I don't think that yoked sweaters suit me. I am… Continue reading Sweater Modification: Pullover or Cardigan
How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom-Up: Getting Ready
As part of our Lopi Sweater Knit-along (KAL for short), we're going to be walking you through how to knit a seamless sweater from the bottom up. This construction is very frequently found in a variety of Lopi Sweater knitting patterns, or knitting patterns with a stranded colorwork yoke, and is pretty easy to customize… Continue reading How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom-Up: Getting Ready
How to Work the Stitch Pattern for the Isthmus Pullover
I'm making Alison Jane's Isthmus Pullover for the Portfolio Volume 4 knit-along—sort of. I have started the pullover, but I've been sidetracked by other work-related projects, so I haven't gotten nearly as far as I would like. But I'm loving knitting it so far and can't wait to finally finish it some day! One of the things… Continue reading How to Work the Stitch Pattern for the Isthmus Pullover
Learn Two-Color Brioche Knitting
When I started thinking about what pieces I wanted to include in my Berroco Ginkgo mini-collection, I knew I wanted a cowl, and thought this yarn would look beautiful in two-color brioche. There was just one problem: I had never tried two-color brioche before! But I'm not one to step down from a knitting challenge,… Continue reading Learn Two-Color Brioche Knitting
How to Work German Short Rows (VIDEO)
When we were working on the Mrs Watson KAL earlier this year, many knitters were frustrated by the wrap-and-turn short rows commonly used in knitting patterns. While the pattern specifies that you don't need to pick up the wraps (this was issued in an errata post—make sure you check the pattern page for all errata… Continue reading How to Work German Short Rows (VIDEO)
An Alternative to I-Cord: How to Make Braided Ties
Using I-cord to create ties is a fairly common way to close knitted bags or add a decorative edging to a garment. But Donna Yacino's Sweetgrass Shrug, an elegant cropped cardigan that's knit seamlessly, uses a different way to close the fronts. This type of tie is called a braided tie, but it's not braided… Continue reading An Alternative to I-Cord: How to Make Braided Ties
Short-Row Neck Shaping
One of the questions that has come up this week in our Ravelry discussion thread of the Berroco Remix® Light KAL is about the short-row neck shaping in Derecho. Besides technique questions about how to "wrap and turn," at least one participant was wondering, why are we even doing this? It's a great question! First,… Continue reading Short-Row Neck Shaping
Swatching for Colorwork Projects
Usually I like to use Friday blog posts to swatch and talk about a particular yarn, but this week I'm talking about swatching for a particular project. We've been talking about colorwork knitting on our Facebook, Instagram, and here on the blog as well. Just as with any knitting or crochet project, swatching is super important for… Continue reading Swatching for Colorwork Projects
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