Lisa introduces the Coloring Book Sweater pattern and gives a quick summary on what to expect from the "follow along" process. Be sure to watch through to the end to catch the explanation of a key tool for your sweater making success.
Welcome to the My First Sweater Follow Along
Featuring the Coloring Book Raglan, by Aimee Sher
A quick introduction to your course
Your Pattern
You will shortly receive a digital copy of the Coloring Book Sweater pattern by email.
Please allow one working day for this to come through to you, after you have signed up for the FAL.
Top-Down Raglan Sweaters: The Concept
Understanding how top down raglan sweaters are constructed is very useful to help picture where you are going, before you even knit one stitch.
FAQs
The pattern will be supplied digitally via Ravelry.com after you have purchased your follow along ticket.
You should receive an email with the link to the pattern within one working day of purchasing your follow along ticket.
Please allow a little extra time for this email to come through if you sign up on a weekend.
You will receive a unique coupon code for use in our online shop after you purchase your follow along ticket.
This code will be valid for 6 months, and it must be used in one single transaction.
The pattern calls for aran or worsted weight yarn.
In the next lesson, we will go through how to choose the right yarn for your project and how to make sure you have enough for your chosen size too, of course.
Generally speaking you can reuse the yarn from your swatches in your project (even though the yarn has already been blocked). It shouldn't make a very noticeable difference in your finished project, especially after you block the whole sweater again at the end.
If you'd prefer to have some "insurance" yarn then ordering an extra ball might be no harm at all. Aran / worsted weight yarn is very versatile and you could even use any leftovers as stripes in your next sweater project. (Remember there are multiple different combinations and styles that can be made from this one pattern, so you won't be short of options!)
This will depend!
The pattern recommends 5mm / US 8 for the main fabric and 4.5mn / US 7 for the ribbed edges, but your swatch might tell you that you need to adjust in order to get the right fit on your finished sweater.
We cover this in detail in Lesson 2 the follow along. All will be explained, we promise!
Simply pop your query in the chat box at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
A member of the TIK Team will get back to you within one working day.
