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How to Knit Your First Comfy Cardigan
Today, you’ll learn how to knit your first Cardigan: It’s comfy, super easy to do, and oversized, perfect for beginners! It’s a 5-piece dropped shoulder cardigan, (bottom-up construction), and the only techniques required are knit + purl stitches, pick up and knit, and bind off knitwise. The back and the fronts of the Cardigan are simple rectangles knitted in Stockinette stitch, with a 1 x 1 ribbing for the hems and cuffs. Nevertheless, if you prefer to knit rather than purl, you can change the Stockinette (Stocking) parts for the Garter stitch. By way of contrast, for the sleeves, I used the Hurdle Stitch we practiced a couple of months…