Part 1: Welcome to the Workshop



Welcome!

Click here to download the pattern and other handouts for the course.

This is the first part in your 15-part workshop to walk you through how to knit a sweater that comes out the size it’s supposed to be!

I suggest you watch the course start-to-finish over a weekend then come back and follow along with each step as you knit.

Then, watch the video above.  If you have any questions (or just want to tell me how you feel about the course so far), feel free to leave me a comment below, otherwise, just click here to go to Part 2: Fill In the Pattern.

CLICK HERE to see the video “HOW TO MAKE A MEASURE A GAUGE SWATCH.”

Enjoy!

​p.s. You can learn more about Sweater 101, the book that is the inspiration for this series, if you click HERE. It’s a classic (thus, so am I, apparently).

 

124 comments

  1. The link to download the pattern and handouts doesn’t work. I’m going to watch the whole course, as instructed, and I’ll come back to get the stuff when the link is fixed.

  3. Will there be access to these lessons indefinitely? What if we can’t keep up, or go on vacation and need to come back to it?
    I really want to learn how to knit a sweater! I need to move on from socks!
    Thank you for all your wonderful videos!
    Kristin

  4. I bought your published book and have yet to use it. I am so excited that you are doing this on line and I can do it with you step by step.

    Thank you
    GINA

  8. “Indefinitely” is a long, forever time so I can’t promise that, but certainly it will be available for some months at the least. You should easily be able to go on vacation and it will still be waiting when you get back. And the project is small enough that it’s manageable to finish.

  11. Thank you for doing this! I’ve been reconsidering a sweater that I’ve half-finished because it turned out much smaller and tighter than the pattern said it should. As much as I don’t want to rip it out, I want to actually wear it! This is just what I need.
    Thank you as well for offering to leave this up for “some months” 😉 it’s Christmas knitting time now so while I’ll watch the videos now, actually knitting the sweater will have to wait.

  12. Thank you! I admire your work and your videos are so helpful. I am looking forward to getting started!

  13. Thanks Cheryl!
    I have your book but never used it. This will inspire me to use your method/book and learn how to make my own instead of buying patterns.
    Margaret

  14. Hello Cheryl! So looking forward to this! Watching this in the evening and tomorrow will immediately print the pattern, find my yarn and knit my swatch, thank you!

  15. Wow! I forgot about Christmas knitting since I knit year-round for my family. They get stuff when it’s done, often after Christmas, or the wedding, or birthday, but they don’t seem to mind. I will definitely leave it up well past Christmas!

  17. This will be a great step toward using the book on a regular basis Margaret. I just got a catalogue today from a yarn retailer/online shop. I’m stunned by how much single patterns for a sweater cost. $9.99 for a simple over-sized, plain garter stitch sweater that is written up in only 3 sizes. Sheesh!

  19. I bought the book and now I am getting ready to knit a sweater. I am excited and scared at the same time. I started knitting Jan 2017 at 69 so I have a lot of learning to do. THANK YOU ?

  20. Great Phyllis! Knitting is a wonderful, portable, creative craft. Make this little sweater first and it will do wonders for your confidence! And congratulations for being willing to be a life-long learner. It’s the best.

  21. Thank you so much, Cheryl, for offering this free. I have been wanting to try knitting a sweater and your offer gives me the courage to try. I enjoy your videos and look forward to it.
    God bless you.

  22. Thank you for the video,hope to get started right away. Your video’s are so easy to follow.

  23. Cheryl, funny I thought I was the only one who gives gifts half-finished for Christmas or is late to them cuz I’ve got so many projects in the works.

    My grown daughters joke when a quilt or knitted gift is given with a note… “to be completed”.

    Seriously though, I’m looking forward to swatching and learning. I’ve frogged more sweaters than not after hours of labor, because the outcome didn’t satisfy me, fit-wise.

  24. So glad I’m not the only one. I’ve given skeins of yarn with notes on them “Your future . . . ” I’m hopeful that this approach will help you have more satisfying outcomes for your sweaters. It’s really a different approach to thinking about making sweaters.

  25. You are so welcome Irene. It’s all those years of teaching high school and middle school. I have experience in designing classes. 😀

  26. Thank you Mary and I’m so glad you are joining us. I have ever confidence that you will be proud of the sweater you make (and kind of thrilled with yourself). 😀

  27. Your videos are often my go to’s. The instructions and camera angles are very good. I just referenced your tutorial on the mitered square blanket to someone in one of the Knitting Paradise forums. I have the book as well and look forward to to this workshop. Thanks for everything.

  28. Hi Cheryl,
    Thank you so much for this, I am so excited! Been knitting for a little over a year now, and I’ve referenced your Youtube videos when I get stuck. They are excellent!
    I’ve been knitting scarves, shawls, and hats, and am so ready to make a sweater! I have no one to give the child sweater to, so I will donate it to a church or shelter!
    What I really want is to knit a sweater for myself and friends. Will I be able to apply what I learn here on an adult size pattern? Is that something that will be covered?

    Thanks again,
    Sharon

  31. Morning…I am pretty EXCITED about this class! I know just a little about knitting to be dangerous in making NOTHING. I would like to do better…and I think this online course will help me. Thank you, Cheryl, for doing this! We will all benefit from your gracious, online course!

  32. I am looking forward to this! I have knitted sweaters but they never fit quite right.

  33. I am encouraging my friends to sign up with your workshop. I am so glad it is a child sweater for two reasons first I work so slow. The other is by the time I get this done there is a little girl who be in need of one.

  35. I have watched your videos but I am a machine knitter. I just purchased your book. I have always wanted to hand knit and have purchased at least 10 or so books on the subject but your book by far is the best one for learning from start to finish how to knit a sweater that fits. I will work along with the workshop. Thank you

  36. Great Jeanetta, and welcome to hand knitting. The principles behind making sweaters that fit are the same for both machine and hand knitting, you just use different tools to create the pieces of fabric. And thank you for your kind comments about Sweater 101.

  38. It’s linked in the text under the first video and it’s linked several times from inside the first video. I’ll change the text under the first video to make it stand out more.

  39. Ok l did the swatch twice!! Because after I washed it stitch and row count came out very different. How do I handle the next step with such a large difference in gauge before and after I make my sweater?

    22 sts 24 row before washing
    24 sts 33 row after washing.

  40. Zowie Tera!!! That is a really dramatic (and unusual) difference. Before we address how to handle it (and we can) please tell me the yarn you used, the fiber content, and how you washed it and how you dried it. I need to understand why your swatch behaved this way. That will also help us handle it. Was it cotton?

    And the basic answer is that you are going to fill in the pattern with the gauge you got AFTER washing and drying it. As you make it it will seem a little too wide and a lot too long, but once it’s washed and dried it should slide right into the shape it is supposed to be. Still, I want to know your fiber content and how you treated it.

  41. I’m absolutely loving this class. Like others I have the book (ebook version) which is a great resource but being guided through a project really cements the process in. Something about viewing and doing…and lots of fun to be doing it with others. Thanks so much!

  42. You are so welcome Sivey and thank you for joining us! This is exactly why I created the class, to take people through the Sweater 101 process for the first time in a non-intimidating way.

  43. Sorry I meant to include the requested information in the first posting but got Distracted.

    The yarn is Universal Yarn, Uptown DK, anti-pilling acrylic, machine washable and dryable. I washed the swatch on hot water and high heat and dry it on high heat. I figured that my girlfriend would wash it that way.

  44. Hi Miss Cheryl there must be a glitch in your message system because I did already leave this message but I’ll leave it again about my swatches.

    The yarn is Universal Yarn, Uptown DK Anti-pilling Acrylic 100% acrylic

    I washed it in hot water in the washing machine and dry it on high on in the dryer. I did this because I thought this was how my friend would launder the sweater.

  45. Hi Tera. I first have to say that I do not have lots of experience with acrylic, but after looking at the yarn specs you should be OK. One question is do you like the fabric you ended up with after washing and drying? If so, go ahead and fill in the pattern using your AFTER WASHING AND DRYING gauge.

    I was really surprised that your row gauge changed so much. That is probably partly due to your style of knitting (you have an unusually “square” stockinette stitch before laundering . . . and there is not a thing wrong with that) and high heat in the dryer. I’m just curious enough that I would probably make another swatch and wash and dry it per the recommendations. I wonder how much shorter the rows would become.

    And I think it’s wise to treat it as your friend would.

  46. HI Cheryl….I posted my questions to you on YouTube…where you announced this online course. I also viewed your Gauge Swatch video. Would you like all questions/comments posted here? Thanks…

  47. Hi Darlene. Yes I prefer that they be posted here because everyone can see them and chime in . . . it fosters more of a community. Thank you for being sensitive to that.

  48. Trying to figure our the placement of the sleeves. Where do I leave the mark for where they will be place on the sweater?. Not sure if I missed calculatING for this?.

  49. It’s based on your personal gauge Kathy so you need to calculate it yourself. Look at your picture pattern to find the number of inches above the cast on you need before the sleeve starts. It’s based on how many rows per inch you have. If you had the same gauge post laundering as you did pre laundering, you can just measure, but some people have dramatically different gauges and need to calculate the number of rows based on the post-laundry gauge.

    I’m pretty sure I covered this in the series, though I haven’t watched it in a while. 🙂

  50. This is so exciting! Just what I need and just when I need it! Thanks! P.S. I watch your videos whenever I can. I always enjoy them and learn from them.

  52. Cheryl. Can you tell me how you estimate the number of skeins to purchase prior to making a sweater? I have your book but I don’t know where you explain how to estimate the yardage. Would love your help. I am an advanced knitter but have always followed patterns which give you the exact yardage for your particular size.

  53. Hi Carlene,
    I’m answering this is both places because I’m sure other people are asking the same question . . . so thank you.

    My favorite resource is Patternworks “Yarn Yardage Guide.” I love it for its simplicity and it was included in the first edition of Sweater 101 which was published by Patternworks but it is no longer available. There are much more sophisticated tools now. A very popular one is “The Knitter’s Handy Guide to Yarn Requirements” by Interweave.

    I bought an interesting guide called “Stashbot,” that includes “all size sweaters and accessories.” I have the little booklet but I believe it may be an app as well. It’s quite comprehensive.

    Beyond that, I never mind having extra yarn, but I am a nervous wreck if I am running tight. That has not happened many times in my life . . . like maybe once or twice.

  54. i bought online a copy of sweater 101 and because it`s not my native lang… i could not believe that all it took was gauge and i looked at it but was more interested in your You-tube video`s. But now i am knitting sweaters and using your instructions and it is easy to do. You really don`t have to follow patterns and band instructions as long as you know witch knitting needles go`s with the yarn. Am i wright about this?
    Love your video`s,
    Greetings Miek

  55. Yes. You are right. Once you know the measurements of the sweater you want to make and your own gauge, you can do it!!!

  56. I am sewing up a piece of clothing that I wove this fall. That is my priority right now. Woven clothing. Will get to this as soon as I am done weaving. Got one more piece of fabric to weave to match a piece of fabric that was made for me in 2014. I have been wanting to weave fabric and make my own clothing for 6 years now and I am finally seeing that reality. Did not think I could do it but was willing to try!

  57. Your book covers 3 sweater types, drop shoulder, set-in sleeves, and Raglan. The pattern I will be knitting has the sleeves knitted out from the body both front and back. Which chart do I use to chart the sweater? It is a Vogue pattern (Seattle Skyline). I would really like it to fit my daughter. Thank you for any help.

  59. I’m assuming it’s this sweater? One option is to pick up and knit a 1/2″ to 1″ ribbing to match the placket.

  60. Drop shoulder. You can sort of see this in the schematic and the sweater photo. There is no defined armhole line like a set-in or raglan would look like. Interesting pattern!

  61. Can you give me online when I get Bond Knitting machine parts but I has it winced when I was membered of that it’s online.
    Can you send me those Link’s!

  62. The BOND knitting machine is no longer made so there is no one source for parts. Your best bet is to Google USM, ISM, BOND KNITTING MACHINE PARTS because it will change. I just googled it and came up with more than 60 entries on EBay. Those will change, of course, but that’s a good place to start.

  63. Your class is great! I started it then decided to make it a project for a knitting class I teach at our local YMCA… everyone is really enjoying it and learning a lot. Can’t wait to try this method on a sweater for myself!

  65. Oh Cheryl,
    Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you. I live in Auz and had to wait till May-June to start these lessons. Wow! a little confusing, but I’ll work through it. Step by step.
    Have done my swatch now.
    I too have completed a sweater but it is miles to big. It now looks woeful. Bulky, streached and pulls side ways. Will pull it down and revamp the yarn. Love Robyn W.

  66. I’ve purchased your book and look forward to working through your online workshop. I want to make my gauge swatch and am confused about selecting my needle size. How do I do that? Thanks.

  67. Hi Wendy. One way is to start with the recommended needle size that is on the yarn paper band or online in the description for the yarn. Depending on how you knit (tightly, loosely, etc) that might yield a fabric that you like or it might make something too “full of holes” (too loose) or too stiff (too tight). Then you would start over again with a different size needle to see if you can get a fabric you really like.

  68. Hi Robyn. I wonder why you had so much trouble with your other sweater. It sounds like it might have been knit too loosely for the yarn and you needed to use a smaller needle. The good news is that you can rip it out, reclaim the yarn, and use it to knit a sweater that’s more successful. Here’s a video that tells you how to reclaim the yarn. It’s worth going through the steps: https://youtu.be/s9BNgd8lJNs

    Oh!!! And welcome back to knitting season. 😀

  69. Hi Cheryl. I am considering buying your book to aid me with a project. Years ago, I knitted a cardigan for our first granddaughter which she loved. She is now eleven years old and has asked me to make her another from the same pattern. Problem is that it only goes to a 2 year old size. The pattern is knitted in one piece for the body and yoke so it is not a standard back then front type. Would your book enable me to make this into an eleven year old size? I can send a picture of the pattern if you need to see that. Thanks and regards

  70. It might help you depending on how comfortable you are with basic arithmetic. You could draw it out in a flat schematic to work the body part and do some research for the decrease (or increase if it’s from the top down) sequence. The book will give you a fundamental understanding of the relationship between gauge and size and how to manipulate the number of sts to get the size you want. I use it to configure yoked sweaters, but I’m familiar with the process.

    If it’s a raglan rather than circular yoke it should translate pretty easily. This might be the kind of question you should ask for the SOS Private Help Session Giveaway I’m holding right now. You received the email, right? Go here and participate https://howtoknitasweater.com/WIN/

  71. This course is absolutely wonderful! I had bought the book, which is very good, but found that the “do it with me” online instructions really clarified uncertainties and was fun besides. Another huge plus for me is that, although circumstances interrupted my ability to complete the course on the first attempt, it is right here where I left it and I can refresh and resume my nearly completed sweater…and get the picture of the finally finished product to Cheryl soon! The revelations about gauge and measuring as well as techniques have thoroughly changed my knitting – and enjoyment of it. Many thanks Cheryl, Sivey

  72. Thank you for this lovely comment Sivey and I couldn’t be more delighted for you. And, of course, you are most welcome! I look forward to seeing your completed sweater.

  73. Dear Cheryl
    I stumbled upon your website from a You Tube video refresher on how to make a mitered square. I always start sweaters and never finish them. I get so mad that sweater patterns are never designed for real people. I don’t like the bunching under the arms or that they never seem to fit plus size well endowed gals. The generic patterns seem to only fit people who are scarecrows. I don’t usually walk around with my arms sticking straight out do you?
    I usually just ask the person to give me a sweater that they like the fit of and try to redo patterns by adding extra stiches in the back or front . Its either too huge or too small. With all the work that a sweater takes me I want it to fit. I love the way you teach. Thank you so much for this generous gift. I am impressed with your 67 years of knitting. You are a great teacher and I will begin the series. I love that I can learn from you online what a great teacher and resource you are. Once again thanks

  74. Thank you for this kind comment Chris. I am also quite busty and it makes for a challenge sometimes. Do you have a commercially made sweater that makes you feel terrific when you wear it? Take the measurements from that. If not, try on friends’ sweaters or go to a store to try some on. As long as you make a fabric of a similar weight and drape you should be able to reproduce any shape sweater with simple arithmetic and a good gauge swatch.

  77. I have finished the back and it’s on a circular needle. The size is the same as the pattern. On to the front. I have only been knitting for three weeks. I have learned a great deal from my mistakes and this very valuable math lesson. Thank you so very much. I’m sure this lesson has saved me a great deal of heart ache for future projects.

  78. Hi Cheryl! I’m very excited to start this project, thank you for the opportunity. I am wondering how do I check my gauge to the hundredth of an inch. Thanks, Linda

  79. Great Sharon!!!! I’m delighted you took this class early-on. You’re right, it will save you a great deal of heart ache going forward. And, of course, welcome.

  80. It’s your calculator that will do it for you when you follow the directions I give you for determining gauge. All you need to do is count some stitches and plug in the numbers.

  81. I found your “How to make and measure a gauge swatch “ on You Tube. Wow! Cheryl, your directions are so clear and easy to follow! Thank you again for these little Gold Nuggets.

  82. You are so welcome Linda! Before I die I want every knitter to understand and love gauge!! Really, deeply understand it.

  83. Hello Cheryl, I have only recently started knitting sweaters and cardigans and since I started using circular needles (to work flat) I seem to always have a looser tension from that required… so, I started researching on gauge and stumbled upon you… your expertise and communication are awesome. I can’t wait to have some time to spare and learn how to adapt things… because I live in Italy, and most of the patterns I love require yarns that are not available here, I necessarily have to adapt…. Thanks for sharing such valuable knowledge! (I hope to binge watch and knit ASAP!)

  84. Hello from Duvall WA, and spending the week at our vacation cabin on Eliza island in the San Juan’s.
    I am happy to finally get started! I purchased Sweater 101 a few years back when I found you because I was given a Bond machine.
    First, I don’t like swatching and when I do, I may not put through the wash method, so rarely do it but I did it and found that the stitches grew. For some reason I thought they would only shrink up. No wonder my projects don’t turn out correct size.
    Okay, reading through the directions, which instructors say to do first (and I rarely do, and end up doing wrong), I am confused by the description for starting the back: ‘work in K1P1, first row starts and ends with a purl…(what? Is the second row considered the first row or should the start be P1K1) …the rib on the right side starts and ends with a knit. (that would be the first row). Oh boy.

  85. Hi Lily!!! I’m so glad you stumbled in my direction. Interesting that you have looser tension with a circular needle. Most people, when they “row out,” (every other row looks looser than the in-between rows) do it with looser purl rows, though I have occasionally seen people do it on their knit rows.

  86. Hi Neighbor. If you look at a long-tail cast on edge, one side is smooth and ropelike and the other has purl bumps. Look at this video to see what I mean: https://youtu.be/XFEqwnC8WCQ Now the logic for the purl at both ends is that it makes, on the right side, 2 knits that can be sewn into a very fine seam. Most patterns do not tell you this. Often they call for an even number of sts for a K! P! ribbing and that is a recipe for hard-to-sew, not elegant seams. Now look at this video. https://youtu.be/lpRJzMBXjqY

    Hope that clears it up some.

  87. Hey Cheryl! I’m so excited to do this course! We know each other from the facebook Bond page 🙂

  88. Hi Katie. Welcome! You know that this is a hand-knit class, right? I do have a BOND sweater knitting class on YouTube and you are welcome in both places.

  89. Hello Cheryl,
    I finished watching 13 of the 15 class videos today and so far I must say this class is GREAT! I’ve learned SO MUCH already. The math part has me a bit nervous, but I always approach math with a fair amount of anxiety. I believe this class is just what I need to FINALLY (after nearly a dozen attempts) make a sweater that fits me. I just knit my gauge swatch, wet blocked I and am waiting for it to dry. I do have a question though regarding the 1-1/2 inches of rib on the pattern. You don’t really address the rib gauge in your “gauge swatch” video, but when I’ve knit sweaters in the past I would measure that rib with a ruler butted up just below the needle and measure to the cast on edge. However, After watching another u-tube video of yours on “how to count rows” you mention that the stitches on the needle are considered a row. So are those needle stitches considered an unknit row or are they part of the rib below the needle? Now I’m now not sure I’ve been measuring correctly if I’m not including the stitches on the needle. I could knit a gauge swatch in rib using needles 2 sizes smaller and then just count the rows required for the 1-1/2 inches, but measuring would be so much easier. Would you mind clarifying for me the correct way to measure that rib while the stitches are still in the needles. I know as a practice project it doesn’t really matter all that much, but I’d really like to know if I’ve been measuring wrong all this time. I’m not really “new” to knitting but I am learning new ways to do things all the time. Thanks so much for putting out this class and thanks for taking the time to answer my question.
    Sue

  90. Hi Sue,
    I measure from the bottom cast-on edge to the TOP of my needle that has the live sts on it. I’m not sure this is the “right” way, but it’s how I do it. Meanwhile, one row more or less is not going to be seen by a man on a galloping horse . . . or even by your picky neighbor. 😀

  91. Hello Cheryl,
    My book arrived yesterday so have spent time yesterday and today reading. Have not started yet. Went stash diving today and found I do not have enough of a worsted weight yarn, so it will be off to shop tomorrow.
    Am excited about doing this online course and can’t wait to get started.
    Joan

  93. Hi! Just wanting to create my first knitted sweater and I was doing research and came across your channel. Thanks so much for taking the time to teach us!! I’m so excited to start this journey with you! I have my swatch finished and I am washing it now. Again, I really appreciate your knowledge and time!

    — Tonya from Colorado

  95. Thank you sooo much! Thank you for the welcome email letter, the check in emails, and of course the videos.
    Life was getting away from me and I didn’t start as planned. Then I received a ‘how’s it going email’ which was such a gentle reminder at a perfect time for me to watch the first video. Now I’m fired up to begin and I feel confident I’ll be successful. How could I not? I’m in a wonderful class with a woman I’m sure I’ll get along with because she’s a gentle, genuine, teacher. 😉 Thank you so much. Let’s get knitting 🧶

  97. Thank you for your generosity Cheryl – videos, email and encouragement. I only started knitting this year – everything on circular needles and top down. To date I have had a few good hits but more misses; way off the mark of anything wearable for the children the projects were started for. My most notable misses being a pullover with 3 arms; a cardigan with arms long enough for an orangutan baby and a cardigan for a 3 year old which has now been included in a gift for a teeny prem size babe. I am looking forward to using actual measurements.

  98. You are so welcome Jenny, and thank you for a good laugh. I’ve seen some interesting “projects” over the years, but the pullover with 3 arms is a new one for me. 😀

  100. Hi Cheryl,
    I just found a sweater that I had started 2 years ago, I used Heartland colour is smokey mountains by Lionbrand, 5 ounces, 251 yards, it’s a nice soft acrylic. What I want to do before purchasing the book because I purchased one before online and the sweater turned up huge, because of the huge size I want to save the wool, roll it up and try your way of teaching with the wool that I have, this colour is not for a child but do you think I could adjust it to fit an adult by putting in the proper measurements, I rather like the polo and want to try this? What do you think…then I will buy the book but the online copy, I live in Canada, and the shipping charges from US to Can are ridiculous. Thanks Cheryl, it’s getting pretty cold up here and I need to hurry up. I really wasted lots of time trying to knit a v-neck sweater, so disappointing.

  101. Without more details I can’t figure out how to help you. Perhaps watch again. Or take a walk and then come back and watch. I find when I’m studying a new subject I often don’t “get it” instantly, but I know if I persevere, it will eventually become clear.

  102. Hi Diane . . . sorry it has taken so long to answer this. I’ve been recovering from open-heart surgery and am moving slowly some days. The steps for making an adult sweater in this design are exactly like the ones given for this child’s sweater. All you need are the right measurements. And yes! Postage outside of the US is awful for this book. It’s quite stout and with the box and a little bubble wrap the whole thing weighs over 1 kg (2.5 pounds). That’s why the eBook is good.

  103. Dear Cheryl
    I just finished a turtle neck and cardigan
    They fit perfect. My next project is to take my measurements and create any sweater with any yarn with the help of your videos. My next challenge will be short rows sleeve cap.
    thank you so much for all your videos and instructions
    talk soon
    Jacy
    As a retired nurse I wish you the best of health and all the blessings that life can bring

  104. Hi. My child’s chest is 19″ and arm length is 9.5″ which is longer than pattern. I want this to fit her when she is 1 1/2 in fall. Should I add an 1″ to body or 2″. Arm length 1/2″ or 1″ to arms? She will be 1 in May. Her parents are tall. Thank you.

  105. Hello Cheryl.
    I was excited to dive into your ‘How to knit a sweater’ 15 part study and I realized the lessons are not closed captioned. I am hard off hearing and need them. If it was posted on YouTube, there are automatic subtitles.(like where I saw another of your videos). Any chance I could watch these on YouTube??
    Thank you!
    Amanda

  106. Hi Cheryl,
    I just finished the back of the child’s sweater, and when I was near the end I noticed that one edge stitch had slipped off the needle about 20 rows back. I caught the loop, it hadn’t unraveled it just slipped off. I added the missing stitch for the last couple of rows of the piece. Can I somehow fill in the missing rows by crocheting, or is it better to just leave it?
    Thanks for this course!
    Nancy

  107. I’m getting ready to knit my swatch. I knew it was important, but now I realize how important the swatch is. I love your style of teaching. Thank you so much for posting this workshop. I hope that you have recovered fully from your surgery. God Bless

  108. Thank you Sandy for this kind comment. I’m doing well. The surgery saved my life and for that I’m am hugely grateful. The surgery did not cure the underlying disease, but I’m managing that with diet, exercise, a few pills, and a reasonable attitude. I plan to stick around a decade longer. 😀

  109. Sorry it took me so long to find this comment Nancy. I’d tie it down to make sure it didn’t run down and just leave it. This is a class, remember, and making the sweater is an exercise in learning.

  110. Yes, and I’m sorry about the CC. When you watch the videos you ARE watching them on YouTube. The automatically generated captions are usually bad, especially because of the specialized knitting terms. They seem to be misinterpreted. I’m not a fast or skilled typist so I don’t do them myself. The cheapest I can have them captioned, as of several years ago was $1 per minute. This is a free class and YouTube payments are remarkably small . . . probably not enough to cover the cost of CC for the whole course to this day. I’m not independently wealthy, and, in fact, live quite simply and frugally. Thus, they are not professionally captioned. If I could come up with a hearing impaired benefactor who was willing to support the CC for my videos, I would be most grateful.

  111. Hello Cheryl! Thank you for this guide it is very helpful, I really enjoy your way of teaching. I just started knitting and I hope to be as good as you some day. Cheers! <3

  113. I am teaching myself to knit, I purchased Ann Budd’s book of sweater patterns and am working on a drop shoulder, gauge 5, size 46 men’s size, and have done both front and back rectangles. My chart tells me to bind off all stitches at the end of each rectangle of which I did, then it says to shape shoulder and neck and according to my chart on gauge 5 , I read across and it says 39 stitches, but does not tell me exactly how to get to that point. I just can’t figure it out. It doesn’t tell whether to decrease stitches or what. Can you please help me to understand. I can’t understand the chart being its my first time. Please help!

  114. Hi LeRoy. Have you contacted Ann? She’s a lovely person, very approachable, and I’m not familiar with this book or her method for this particular design. She’s the one to ask.

  115. Hi Cheryl,
    I am just now starting this endeavor. Happy it is still up and running. I am knitting for many years, but one can always improve. Thank you for this class.

  116. I purchased your book a couple years ago. I am looking forward to finally using it and taking your classes. Thanks so much.

  117. Hi Cheryl,
    I am so happy to find your page. I have your book, watched your videos on YouTube & took notes dated 2/18/13 on all your How To Make a Sweater videos.

    Unfortunately I have not been knitting, sewing is my main hobby but I want to make a sweater using your method. When I couldn’t have your videos on YouTube I thought oh no, I made the child’s sweater but didn’t make myself one.

    Thank you so much for being here! Hope you are doing well Cheryl.

    Take care,
    Linda Craig

    Hope you

  118. Hi Linda. How awful to be so behind on my comments but you wrote this literally on the day I moved. Such a big job, this moving thing. I hope I get this new place in order soon. And I’m doing well, thank you. I’ve had both of my vaccine shots and am thrilled that I’ll be able to get together with some friends again . . . inside . . . to eat . . . at a real table . . . and not freeze on my porch.

  119. You are so welcome Laurene. I’m happy for you that you get to start using it.

  121. Hi Cheryl,

    I have just finished my swatch and about to measure. Just realised I only have a ruler in cm. It inches. Can I use the 1 inch to 2.5cm conversion or do I have to use the official 1 inch to 2.54cm. Will that .o4 of a cm make a difference over a larger project. Also does your book include metric measurements?

    So excited about learning this method as Ihave real trouble making gauge. I can make stitch gauge but then my row gauge is out. It no one has been able to tell me how I get around that issue. Now it won’t matter. 🥰

  122. I use the 2.54 though for most gauges it won’t make much difference, maybe 1 to 3 or 4 sts. However, you’re learning this technique for future projects too. Let’s say you want a sweater with a 44-inch circumference. At 2.5 cm/inch that’s 110 cm. at 2.54 cm/inch, that’s 112 cm, about .7″ difference, not huge, but significant enough for me to go with the 2.54 number.

  123. Hi Cheryl

    Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have been knitting for almost 50 years and I can honestly say that I have never finished anything that fit properly. For this reason, I decided to follow your sweater tutorial and low and behold, the sweater matches all finished measurements. I am so excited. It took me longer than expected (life does sometimes get in the way) but so pleased with how it turned out. Now to attempt something for myself again. Again, thanks so much for this tutorial.

  124. You are most welcome. I’m so happy for your success, and thank you for this kind comment.

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