How to Knit a Sweater - Introduction (Part 1 of 3)

Learn to knit a raglan sweater with Nina, a designer for Knit Picks. In the introduction to her sweater class, Nina talks through different types of raglan sweaters and how to plan your own sweater. For class notes and handouts, visit http://www.knitpicks.com/cfBlog/archives.cfm/category/sweater-class

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Education

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• sweater
• class
• lesson
• tutorial
• knitpicks
• knit
• knitting
• picks
• yarn
• wool
• raglan

[livonet]

I am a beginner, so where should I start?

[knitpicks]

@livonet Hi! Are you a beginning knitter or are you familiar with knitting but new to sweaters? If you know how to knit already, I would suggest following along with Nina's blog posts (this is where you will find the PDF worksheets she mentions) by clicking on the "show more info" button underneath the video. There you will find a link that brings you to the Sweater Class blog posts. If you are new to knitting, I would start with our How to Cast On, How to Knit and How to Purl videos.

[SakuraYuki87]

I can already tell I'm gonna love these videos, but I have a dumb question. Where's the blog so I can read and get that PDF she keeps mentioning. Thanks!

[knitpicks]

@SakuraYuki87 You can find Nina's sweater class at at knitpicks and under the top right tab that says "community" you will find a link to the Stash Knit Picks Blog - then search for sweater class and you will find all of nina's posts for the class. You can also find the links to the pdfs that are mentioned.

[habead]

will you tell me how you worked your neck treatment for the sweater that you wear. please. love that sweater

[cheezymouseful]

can you do longer cardigans with seamless

[Cantrix1]

This is great, please continue designing lesson videos! I love knit picks!!

[AylaCale]

ok I have tried looking for the pdf on the blog and can't seem it find it, I plan to knit and design my very first sweater, I am so excited!!! Thank you so much for posting this!!