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Grab this FREE Thick & Quick Top Knitting Pattern! It’s a super bulky & super easy fall sweater knitting pattern for BEGINNERS.
About:
Available Sizes: One
Pattern Format: Written Pattern, No Chart
Pattern Language: English
Skill Level: Beginner
PDF Format: Printer & Mobile Friendly
Bonus: Video
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Techniques:
Knit Flat {Back & Forth}
Knit in the Round
Knit & Purl Stitches
Clean Edge
Materials:
Yarn Weight: Super Bulky
Yardage: 375 – 400 yards {343 – 366 meters}
Suggested Yarn: Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick & Quick
Needle Size: US 13 {9mm} Circular Needles with a 24″+ {60cm} Cable
Yarn Substitutes:
Phildar Phil Alaska
Read more about yarn substitutions here {+ video}.
Details:
Measurements: 20 1/2″ wide x 25 1/2″ {52cm x 65cm}
Gauge: 9 STS & 13 rows per 4” {10cm} square, knit in the pattern below
Weight: 1lb 4.3oz {580g}
Notes:
Not reversible.
Knit top down.
Knit flat and in the round.
Knit using the stockinette stitch.
The top front and the top back are the same.
Knit the front 1/3 and back 1/3 flat and then join in the round to finish.
When knitting in the round you’re always knitting the right side of your work.
Video:
Watch the “Top Front & Back” video tutorial:
Watch the “Join in the Round” video tutorial:
Pattern, Knit Flat {Back & Forth} & Knit in the Round:
Knitting flat
CO 44 STS
Row 1 {WS}: WYIB S1PW, P41, WYIF S1PW, P1
Row 2 {RS}: WYIB S1PW, K41, WYIB S1PW, P1
Repeat rows 1 & 2, 16 times, approximately 9 1/2” {24cm}
Repeat row 1, slip onto a scrap piece of yarn to save for later.
Repeat the above for the other side, ending on a wrong side row. Without removing the stitches, add the other side and join in the round.
Knit in the round for 14 1/2” {37cm}, approximately 43 rows
Bottom rib edge:
Next row: K2TOG, K1 *P2, K2* P1, P2TOG
Next 4 rows: *K2, P2* BO in pattern
Create collar:
At the top, starting from the outside, sew 14 STS together, about 6” {15cm}. Repeat on the opposite side, leaving an approximate 8” {20cm} gap for your head to fit through
Weave in the ends.
Lightly block to even out the stitches.
Abbreviations:
* – * – repeat between *
BO – bind-off in pattern
CO – cast-on {long-tail cast-on method}
K – knit stitches {K1 means to knit 1 stitch}
K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together
P – purl stitches {P2 means to purl 2 stitches}
P2TOG – purl 2 stitches together
RS – right side
S1PW – slip one stitch purl-wise
STS – stitches
WS – wrong side
WYIB – with yarn in back
WYIF – with yarn in front
Gauge:
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