More Sweater Patterns to Try

In the last installment (for now) of Sarah Cleans Out Her E-mail, I’ve got some more sweater patterns for you to consider. I should be sharing a few more roundups of specific kinds of sweaters throughout the month, but I’m on vacation this week so I make no promises. Looking for more Vest patterns to knit? Check out these Vest Knitting patterns on Etsy.

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The Ribbed Top really caught my eye, though I don’t think I’m comfortable enough with myself to wear something that body-hugging. It’s still really pretty, though!

The Modular Pullover, on the other hand, looks a lot more wearable and it’s a really fun construction technique, too, because you build out squares as you go.

Need a sweater for evening? The Glamour Jacket uses sparkly Vanna’s Choice Glamour and has a really interesting shape that’s sure to wow you in the knitting and everyone else when you wear it.

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I love the simplicity of the Debora Pullover, a simple, mostly stockinette, boatneck pullover. It would be great for an everyday sweater, but the wool and mohair mix of the yarn used makes it a little more special.

And if you live somewhere it doesn’t get cold enough for sweaters and are feeling left out, check out the Anais Cowl Collar Vest. It’s a really pretty — and really easy — sleeveless garment you can wear with long or short sleeves underneath as needed.

Are you working on a sweater yet? I’d love to know what’s on your needles.

Looking for knitting patterns for knitted Cardigans? Check out these Knitting patterns we found on Etsy.

Looking for pullover and sweater patterns? Check these books out.

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn.

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small.

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches.

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come.

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you.

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?).

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry.

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns.

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]

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