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5-day Sweater Challenge for Machine Knitters

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  • 27 Lessons

A 5-day challenge to help you knit your first beginner sweater. This is a v-neck sweater without an added neckline. It can be knit on any machine, with your choice of yarn, and any size that fits your machine.
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Contents

Introduction to the 5-day Sweater Challenge

You are going to learn:

  • how to make sure your sweater fits

  • how to choose a tension that gives the best fabric

  • how to calculate your gauge

  • how to knit a simple v-neck sweater

  • how to attach sleeves ON the machine

  • how to do a beautiful bind-off

  • how to choose between ribbing, a hung hem, or a mock rib

Before you begin...
    Blush Beginner Sweater measurements chart
    • 2.43 MB
    Pattern Link for Any Machine - Blush Vneck Sweater
    • 366 KB
    Machine Knit Blush V-Neck Sweater Pattern
    • 746 KB
    Machine Knit Blush Sweater Pattern Mock Rib
    • 510 KB

    Day 1 - Finding your gauge, choosing the yarn, and sizing

    Creating the softest sweater that fits you best… or choosing yarn and finding your gauge.

    Day 1: Let the Yarn Adventure Begin!
      Day 1 Sweater Challenge video
      • 15 mins
      • 104 MB
      Blush Beginner Sweater measurements chart
      • 2.43 MB
      How to knit a tension swatch
        Making a perfect gauge swatch

          Day 2 - Knitting the Back of Your Sweater

          You can use our pattern calculator to get your unique pattern for your size and the gauge of your yarn.

          Day 2: Let's Knit the back of your sweater!
            Day 2 Sweater Challenge video
            • 12 mins
            • 89.5 MB
            Customizable Sweater Pattern Link
              How to do a hung hem
              • 6 mins
              • 64.4 MB
              Transfer tool bind off
              • 9 mins
              • 794 MB
              How to do a Mock Rib

                Day 3 - Knitting the Front of Your Sweater

                Day 3 The Elusive V-Neck Shaping
                  Day 3 Sweater Challenge video
                  • 7 mins
                  • 31.9 MB
                  V-neck Shaping tutorial
                  • 3 mins
                  • 493 MB

                  Day 4 - Adding the Sleeves

                  There are a couple of ways to knit sleeves. You can knit ribbing and then to the shoulders and attach it to your sweater later OR...and this is what I suggest:

                  You have a machine perfectly capable of knitting sleeves directly onto your sweater. You just have to put the sweater on the machine and knit!

                  Day 4 :Adding Sleeves... your sweater is coming to life!
                    Day 4 Sweater Challenge Live
                    • 12 mins
                    • 79 MB
                    Sweater Sleeve Tutorial
                    • 4 mins
                    • 576 MB
                    Back-stitch bind off (optional)
                      Mock Rib Sleeve Cuffs Tutorial
                      • 9 mins
                      • 579 MB

                      Day 5 - Seaming Your Sweater

                      Day 5 You did it! Let's wear this thing!
                        Day 5 Sweater challenge live.mp4
                        • 11 mins
                        • 68.8 MB
                        Mattress Stitch Tutorial