In these weird times its easy to feel separated from family, friends and community. As knitwear designer Joji Locatelli has sheltered in Argentina, she’s been thinking about how we are all connected in the sense of coming together to care … Read More ...
A Great Basic Cardigan Knitting Pattern
As much as I like the idea of projects with lots of detail, sometimes something that’s pretty simple is nice, too. It’s like the idea that you should always have some in front of the TV knitting as well as … Read More ...
A Fancy Looking Summer Sweater Knitting Pattern
I have started knitting more garments for summer in the past couple of years, but I tend to knit things that are really plain this time of year. I don’t really know why.
But this year I’m looking for a … Read More ...
A Simple Top Down Summer Sweater Knitting Pattern
If you’ve never knit a sweater before, summer is a great time to learn. The techniques are the same for a short-sleeved top as they are for a long-sleeved sweater, but it doesn’t take as much time to knit a … Read More ...
A Classic Knit Sweater with a Twist
All I want to knit right now is simple sweaters. I’m not actually knitting any simple sweaters, but I should be getting one on the needles soon, and it just might be Andalo by Danilo Diano.
This top-down, circular yoke … Read More ...
Sweaters for Me, and Mini-Me
I know it’s not quite the right time of year for sweaters in the northern part of the world, but I can’t resist a design that’s simple, cute, and that you can make for both grownups and kiddos.
The Cinnabar … Read More ...
Knit a Sweater with Whatever You Have on Hand
OK, the Whatever sweater by Julie Knits in Paris isn’t literally for whatever yarn you have on hand, but it would work for a lot of different things. She used two strands of fingering weight yarn held together in her … Read More ...
A Simple Chunky Garter Stitch Sweater
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 ...
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 ...