Welcome to “Your First BOND Sweater” where you will make a child’s size 3 sweater in the fewest number of exact steps. BRING TO CLASS: 1) your BOND and its parts 2) a table to put it on 3) two claw weights 4) scissors 5) 2 x 1 transfer tool 6) a BOND row counter… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Bring to class & Pattern for class
Category: Your First BOND Sweater
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 1: Introduction
I’m an old high school English teacher. Well, that is . . . I’m old(ish) and I was a high school and middle school English teacher for a number of years. Thus, I build “lesson plans” rather than demonstrate random, isolated skills. The reason I chose, all those years ago, to design this course was… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Part 1: Introduction
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 2 Mark the Armholes
This is a quick and easy technique that you can apply to many situations. Any time you need to mark a row in order to attend to it later, think of this.
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 3: Shape Shoulders and Back of Neck
This is a review of the short-row shoulder shaping you saw in “Meet Your BOND,” and it bears repeating. You need 6 to 12 exposures to a new concept, word, and/or skill in order to “own it” as part of your internalized skill set. And this is a plain dandy thing to know. People are… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Part 3: Shape Shoulders and Back of Neck
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 4: Complete Back, then Front to Neckline
This is a quick bit of directions. You’ve already seen the techniques. Now quick! Repeat them in rapid succession to help cement your learning.
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 5: Crew-neck Shaping
For the first time in this series we meet the neck shaping of the front of a sweater. I was on a kick of doing the “Cheap Nordic Skiwear” version of decreases back then. Nowadays I do the non-CNSE (Cheap Nordic Skiwear Effect) version. This is a new combination of skills in the series. Enjoy… Continue reading Your First BOND Sweater-Part 5: Crew-neck Shaping
Your First BOND Sweater-Part 6: Hang the Neck Edge
There is a simple, and I think foolproof, way to hang a round neck edge on any machine as you prepare to knit the rib. Whether you want a simple crew neck, a turtle neck or an attached cowl, this will serve you. AND . . . it will look good!!!
First BOND Sweater-7 Special Cast on and Neck Rib
This is one of my favorite mistakes of all time . . . Its complete name is “The Breaks All the Rules, Can’t Possibly Work but it Does (and Beautifully!) Cast On.” I forgot to mention it on this part of the tape though I remember to say it later, when you have to attach… Continue reading First BOND Sweater-7 Special Cast on and Neck Rib
First BOND Sweater-8: Hang Armhole and Knit Sleeve
This is as slick as all get out. You attach the sleeve with the cast-on thereby entirely eliminating a seam . . . a rather tedious one at that. Yippee!
First BOND Sweater-9: Complete Sleeves and String Analysis
Being tidy along the way saves you a lot of time in the long run, whether it’s in the kitchen or knitting a sweater. Watch!