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Top Ten Sweater Patterns for Beginners

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Knitting your first sweater is a big step to take so it is important to find a sweater pattern that is simple to knit. Here are some of my favorites when it comes to simple sweaters that look great!

If you’ve never knit a sweater I recommend starting with a baby sweater so you can get a hang of things before you go for something bigger.

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baby sophisticate
Baby Sophisticate by Linden Down.
sweatshirt sweater
Sweatshirt Sweater by Purl Soho.
safie sweater
Safire by Hilary Smith Callis.
francis revisited
Francis Revisited by Beth Silverstein.
sawtelle
Sawtelle by Amanda Keep Williams.
abalone sweater
Abalone by Deata Jezek.
avocet b
Avocet B by Norah Gaughan.
woven bands pullover
Woven Bands Pullover by Hana Jason.
iced cardigan
Iced by Carol Feller.
agnes pullover
Agnes by Melissa LaBarre.

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Comments

  1. These are totally gorgeous sweaters, which show real style and great lines,no one would ever guess that they are easy as pie. Perfect for beginner or advanced knitters sure to spike interest and knitter jealousy, as I could make that too, in my favorite color, and look just so good!!!

  3. links from this page to download the sweaters and for the 30 day sweater challenge don’t work–bummer!

  4. love them and the idea of using thick yarn, makes it faster to knit, the baby sweater, the shorter bolero ones are my interest thanks for sharing

  6. Have just found this site and love it have fallen in love with both kiddie patterns! Thank you so much.

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Knit a Fish Pouch, for Reasons

I can’t resist a pattern that’s both useful and a little silly, and that’s exactly how I feel about the Rybka pouch pattern from the delightfully named Rat and Sea Witch.

I know you’re going to ask, because I did, too. Rybka means little fish in Polish. (And because you’re also probably going to ask, Rat and Sea Witch comes from people’s attempts to say the designer’s name, Ratasiewicz, which if you say it fast kind of sounds like rat and sea witch.)

It’s easy to make a little fish bag in different sizes to suit your needs. The pattern has specific instructions for an Airpods Pro case and a pencil case, but you could change the length easily to hold more stuff, and change the size in general by working with a different weight of yarn.

The pattern calls for sock yarn and mohair held together to make a fingering weight gauge, but you could try it with heavier yarn and see what size bag you end up with.

Whatever size you make it, this looks like a fun project for holding trinkets or everyday items. The mouth of the fish is the mouth of the bag, and it closes with a drawstring that is also the strap. I wonder, too, if you could make one of these with a small clasp frame that could be the fish’s mouth and then you could just work I cord straps that would attach to the sides of the fish.

I could also see stripes, or fish of different colors to use up your yarn leftovers. How about a sunglasses case with a little loop to attach to your bag? Once you start thinking about all the ways you could use a fish-shaped bag in your life, I think you’ll see that you probably need more than one.

If you make one of these I would love to know how it went!

You can grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Rat and Sea Witch]