My First Sweater

Increase your knitting skills by knitting a baby sweater.  You'll learn techniques and tips that you can apply to larger sweater projects, such as increasing and decreasing (to shape pieces), picking up stitches (for button bands and neck bands ), as well as basic sweater construction.

Materials: Babies Neck Down Cardigan pattern #982 (or the toddler version) from Knitting Pure & Simple, yarn and needles specified in the pattern, stitch markers, basic knitting supplies.