This week I felt a little bit bad for the guys who knit and whom we knit for. As I was looking for patterns it was so much harder to find great fashionable designs! Ladies, we really are spoiled with so many lovely pattern options. However I believe that if I wasn’t looking specifically for…

This is post 1 of 4 in the series “The Ultimate Guide to Color Theory for Sweater Knitters” This series covers how knitters can use color theory to improve their sweater knitting. The Color Wheel: The Ultimate Guide to Color Theory For Sweater Knitters Part 1 Traditional Color Schemes: The Ultimate Guide to Color Theory…

I’ve always wondered, is there a difference between a sweater and a knitted shirt? I mean really, where is the line that says this is no longer a sweater? This week I decided to pull together my favorite patterns that toe the line between sweater and shirt with my top 10 lacey summer pullovers. Each…

One of my favorite things to knit in the summer are miniature sweaters and projects for the kids in my life. The smaller size makes for a relatively quick knit that you’ll finish in no time! One of the great things about knitting for kids is that the projects are small and easy to carry…

The warm weather is upon us and summer is almost here! Keep cool but don’t stop knitting with these light, airy, summer sweaters! I chose the following sweaters because they represent the truest form of summer to me. The relaxed nature of each pattern practically begs to be worn out into the sunshine. Knitting with…

Sometimes I don’t want to look in my phone for my sweater yardage estimates while I’m in the yarn store. More realistically my phone is probably dead or I forgot to bring it entirely. So at your request I have created this printable Sweater Yardage Estimates sheet. Click to Download I like to keep it…

The top-down, raglan framework is based on percentages and proportion but since we are each uniquely shaped sometimes we have to add a couple stitches here and there to make a perfectly fitting sweater. There are a couple ways to add the extra stitches that you may need, increasing the raglan length, casting on the…

I am one of those people who loves to be super organized so this week I decided to create a new Sweater Planning Notebook to put all of the information that it takes to plan each sweater. I had a composition notebook that I was just pinning, stapling and taping everything into but that started…