Tip : An 80-cm cable (or longer ) makes working the magic loop technique more comfortable. If you want, you can distribute the stitches on double-pointed needles . They’re perfect for knitting small circumferences like sleeves. Tip: Use different coloured stitch markers that the one you used at the beginning of the round (BOR). If you weren't writing a program, but instead you were challenged to draft a sentence to describe the numbers highlighted, what would you say? Continue knitting the current round, without increasing, up to the first marker of a sleeve: slip all the sleeve stitches onto a cable (or waste yarn). Cast on the number of stitches shown in the pattern, join to work in the round and knit the ribbed hem .

Tip : Don’t use a stitch holder , because they’re very stiff and can make knitting the body uncomfortable. By this point on one hand you’ll have: the sleeve stitches on hold on cables (or waste yarn). And on the other hand you’ll have: the body stitches on the needles . First we’ll take you through how to knit top-down jumper patterns and then we’ll move onto bottom-up jumper patterns. You’ll see that when you start the jumper from the bottom up , at the yoke you make decreases , not increases.

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Neither technique requires you to sew the parts of your jumper together at the end, of course. Afterall, isn’t this what we’re trying to avoid by knitting in the round? Follow the video below to see how to join the first and last stitches to work in the round (try not to twist the stitches). Whether you call it circular knitting or knitting in the round, it’s something you’ll want to learn so you can improve your knitting skills beyond the basics. And although this is possible with straight needles, you’ll soon see how much easier it is with circular needles.

There’s something timeless about a striped jumper. Whether you’re looking for blue and white nautical knits, eye-catching bursts of colour or simple monochrome classics, we’ve got something you’re going to love in our striped selection. Whatever your size You’ll see that for this jumper, the only difference is the way the increases are distributed throughout the yoke . The rest of the jumper is worked in the same way as above. We know that whoever you are and whether you’re an apple, a pear or something else entirely, you want to look and feel great in your clothes. That’s why we’ve created a selection of ranges from the Papaya Classic to the Papaya Petite (for those under 5’3”) and the Papaya Curve (for sizes 18-28). You deserve to look and feel gorgeous and we provide the clothes to help. Let’s talk budgetIncrease before and after each stitch marker, except along the raglan stitches. Note: The number of raglan stitches between the stitch markers is always the same. When the yoke measures the length shown in the pattern, this is when you separate the sleeves from the body/chest. Here’s how: