Knit sweater construction

You want to design your first sweater pattern, but how do you figure out what to do next? In this blog post, I explain why a good understanding of sweater construction is often the missing piece for many new sweater designers, as well as how you can learn more about garment construction to support you in your sweater design journey.

Knitting pattern designers don’t struggle in the idea generation stage of the process. Instead, the challenge is in turning those design ideas into an actual knitting pattern. In this blog post, I share the missing link that helps you to turn your design ideas into actual knitting patterns.

You'll be making a sweater for your phone (and everything else you never thought needed a sweater) in no time.

The sweater that caught my eye is constructed in a way that I had never seen before. Rather than let myself be intimidated, though, I decided to use what I've learned from knitting sweaters in the past to figure out how this one was made.

Ravelry: Designs by Celina Dyhring

As anyone who has ever knit a sweater knows, it can be a real juggling…

Finishing work gets a bad rap among knitters, sometimes – but it’s actually the most satisfying step! You get to see your project transformed from 2-dimensional pieces to a 3-D finished object. In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of piecing together a sweater consisting of components that have been knit flat: a […]

Simone sweater pattern by Stine Erikstad

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Last week I girded up my loins, picked up my scissors, and cut my sweater in half. Done with careful preparation, I survived, the sweater survived – and in fact it was much improved by the process. The Problem Here’s how knitwear design works for me: I try something. I like it. Well, except for […]

Top-down construction is an essential skill all sweater designers should have. So why am I, a lover of seamed sweaters, advocating for top-down sweater construction? That’s what I’m going to share with you in this blog post.

The Warm Up Sweater may be a perfect free pattern for a first time sweater knitter.

Kristeen Griffin Grimes takes Barbara Walker’s construction techniques and turns it all around in her book, French Girl Knits. And Kathleen Cubley, editor of Knitting Daily spells it all out …

As of our last installment, you’ve got your stitches cast on and raglan markers placed, so it’s time to get busy! If you’re taking the Reversible approach, you’ve joined for working in the round and knit however many rows of ribbing your heart desires. (Remember we’re using “ribbing” for shorthand when discussing the edge treatment; […]

La Rentrée Pullover Sweater Free Knitting Pattern