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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
Pattern Link for Any Machine - Blush Vneck Sweater
Machine Knit Blush V-Neck Sweater Pattern
Machine Knit Blush Sweater Pattern Mock Rib

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
Blush Beginner Sweater measurements chart
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
Customizable Sweater Pattern Link
How to do a hung hem
Transfer tool bind off
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
V-neck Shaping tutorial

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
Sweater Sleeve Tutorial
Back-stitch bind off (optional)
Mock Rib Sleeve Cuffs Tutorial

Day 5 - Seaming Your Sweater

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