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Is a boat neck sweater a suitable first project if you've only ever knitted scarves before? (lemmy.world)
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Any tips on a more suitable first project welcome, or any patterns.

I've found a pattern that seems simple once I learn how to read the pattern itself, ha

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[–] Knitwear@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've literally only knitted a few simple scarves so maybe a sweater is a bit too big a leap

[–] consumablejoy@wandering.shop 3 points 1 year ago

@Knitwear It could be a great learning experience if you are open to some steps forward and backwards along the way. I went directly to socks which are smaller but also complex in their own way. So it’s all up to what you feel like doing!

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For reference, the green rectangle is all I'd knitted before attempting the jumper (can't find a photo of it on its own!) so if you've done a whole project you're ahead of where I was.

It's completely up to you and what you feel ready for. Absolutely wasn't my intention to put you off, it's just good to have realistic expectations about where your skills are at. And if you decide a whole jumper isn't for you yet, that's totally fine, but if you decide it is we will totally be here to cheer you on.

Maybe you can share the pattern you're looking at and we can advise on suitability from there?

[–] Knitwear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've found a few patterns but I don't know what I'm looking at so I haven't saved them.

I think a decent order might be:

  • make a scarf/a square trying out a few different stitches

  • try increasing/decreasing

  • then try a sweater and learn from mistakes?

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good plan to me! You could maybe look at a cowl rather than a scarf since they're shorter projects, a very quick and cursory Ravelry search turned up this one that's designed to be a sampler of different stitches: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-sampler-cowl

I'm sure there are plenty of similar sampler-style scarf patterns too, though πŸ™‚

[–] Knitwear@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I appreciate this!