If you’re looking for a simple first sweater or a quick to knit project that will use what you have, check out the Social Sweater.
It’s a Garter Stitch cropped sweater worked flat with the back a little longer … Read More ...
Fade Your Scraps with This Pretty Cardigan
If you have some skeins of DK weight yarn hanging around, the Scrapper Cardi by Safiyyah Talley is a great use for it. This easy to knit and to wear piece is worked from the top down with a circular … Read More ...
Etsy Feature – Easy Knit Sweater Knitting Pattern
This classic sweater knitting pattern is an absolute favorite among our customers, and is the perfect pattern if you’re new to knitting a raglan style top-down sweater. The York Sweater knitting pattern features a classic rib on the collar, bottom, … Read More ...
The Gentle Cardigan is Perfect Comfort Knitting
I know it’s not quite the season for a big bulky knit in the northern part of the world, but there’s nothing like a simple, beautiful knit when you need a little comfort.
The Gentle cardigan by Brandi Cheyenne Harper … Read More ...
Stitch Some Cats on a Sweater
I love the happy little cats covering the Cascading Kittens sweater by Claire Slade. It’s a short-sleeved (though that can be adjusted), top-down, circular yoke sweater worked mostly in colorwork cats.
She used two colors of worsted weight wool but … Read More ...
The Eleven Twelve Sweater is a Lesson in Customizing Knits
I love it when designers have a lot of different test knitters for projects and give them free reign to play with their designs. You end up with a wealth of variations that can be really inspiring to the rest … Read More ...
Free Knitting Pattern for a Leopard Print Sweater
I don’t usually like animal prints, but when they’re knit, it’s a whole different thing.
This Leopard Sweater knitting pattern from Lion Brand Yarn is really cute. It’s worked in the round from the bottom up and uses stranded colorwork… Read More ...
Knit a Cozy Sweater for the Rest of Winter
I feel like by this time of year I should really be thinking about spring and summer knitting, but my heart wants to knit more warm sweaters.
Crush by Anna Johanna is a cool knitting pattern chock full of techniques: … Read More ...
The 10 Best Free Sweater Knitting Patterns
It feels like I haven’t done a roundup of sweater knitting patterns in a few years, but I wanted to make sure this one had all new patterns for you to take a peek at, so I searched Ravelry for … Read More ...
A Simple Tunic for Every Day
As much as I love the look of dramatic colorwork, brioche and other fancy techniques, the sweaters I go to again and again — for knitting and for wearing — are usually pretty simple in design.
Jumping to the … Read More ...
A Romantic Sweater Perfect for Layering
I’ve lately been loving wearing dresses with sweaters on top. I think it gives me the feeling that it will be the right weather for dresses again but I still get to be warm because I added a sweater.… Read More ...
A Simple Cardigan to Get You Through the Year
Because I’m pretty much always cold, I often end up wearing multiple layers, including a couple of sweaters at a time (usually a handknit and a storebought sweater, with a long-sleeved shirt for good measure).
Book Review: Harry Potter Knitting Magic
This book has been in my house for a while and I’ve been super excited to share it with you but wanted to wait until it was officially out, which it is now.
Years ago there was an unofficial Harry … Read More ...
Bonbon Reversible Cardigan Pattern
Simple designs are great for learning or when you just want a project to be completed quickly.
The Bonbon cardigan from Knitting with Chopsticks is a raglan cardigan knitting pattern worked from the collar down. Minimal shaping is involved so … Read More ...
Textured Details Make this Simple Sweater Shine
I love plain Stockinette sweaters with little details that make them more interesting to knit and to wear.
Tif Neilan’s latest sweater pattern, Zoetic, is definitely one of those. It’s a top down circular yoke sweater with herringbone stitch … Read More ...