Tag: designing a sweater pattern

• Designing an Aran Sweater: The Sleeves

  

  This sweater will have set in sleeves. This can be a bit more complicated in the planning stage, so grab a coffee and a calculator and a comfortable chair. Beginning the SleeveSleeves start at the wrist. Measure your wrist and multiply by your stitch gauge. Be sure this number is divisible by 4 for a…

• Designing a Round Yoke Sweater Lesson 4b

  

  Calculating for the design.Lesson 4a provided how to calculate the decreases done at each decrease round.  It also provided the number of rows that would be between each section. Now we know how many stitches we will have at each section of the yoke and how many rows.  This will help us when planning for…

• Designing a Round Yoke Sweater Lesson 1

  

  When it comes to using your handspun yarn, finding a pattern that has a gauge to match your yarn can sometimes be a challenge.  This is where learning to create your own pattern is fabulous.  Not only do you end up with a piece of clothing that is all your own from start to finish.…