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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…
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How to Knit a Baby Cardigan (0-3 months to 2 years)
Today, I’m sharing how to knit a Baby Cardigan (flat / back and forth). It’s a 5-piece bottom-up construction, super easy to knit, ideal for beginners. Actually, the only techniques required are knit and purl, pick up and knit, and bind off. Besides, the Baby Cardigan is knitted in Stockinette stitch, except for the hem, cuffs, and buttonhole edge, where will be doing the 1×1 Rib stitch. However, if you are not a fan of purling, you can change the Stockinette stitch sections for Garter stitch 😉 Finally, I’ll show you in the video tutorial how to join the pieces (right front, left front, back, and sleeves) using the mattress…
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Round Neck Baby Cardigan with a side fastening knitting pattern
In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn to knit a Baby Cardigan, with a side opening, in four sizes. The cardigan is knitted in one piece (seamless). The Raglan jacket is knitted in Garter stitch, and it’s a top-down construction: We start from the neck, separate the sleeves, and knit down to the hemline. Then we knit the sleeves and sew on the buttons. I’ve divided the instructions into four sections. In the title each of section, you’ll find the minute it starts clearly marked on the video. Materials US size 6 / 4 mm circular knitting needle (32 in / 80 cm cable length). #ad US size 7 / 4.5 mm…
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How to knit a kid’s Cardigan (0-24 months old)
An adorable knitting pattern ideal for beginners: Learn to knit a Kid’s Cardigan, step by step. Knitted flat, the pattern comes in 3 sizes and it’s easy to modify (our last Cardi, was knitted in the round, and comes in only one size). We start with a Garter stitch edge (for every one of the five pieces: Sleeves, back, right and left front), followed by the textured Checkerboard stitch pattern. If you are just starting to knit, you could also knit the whole Cardi in Garter stitch, it will be our little secret! Let’s get started… Materials 1 x 4 mm (US 6) knitting needles #ad Superwash Merino Wool (number…
