Four Sideways Sweater Patterns in this Pack

Skill Level: Intermediate, with enough variations to please the experienced knitter.

Wouldn't it be great if you could start a sweater at one side and work to the other? Or how about start all the way out at the sleeve and work to the other sleeve. Well, it can be done and this set of patterns will teach you how to do it!

These patterns give you several options for working sideways sweaters. One even uses a fancy entrelac stitch for a very exotic work of art.

Three Sweater Patterns in this Pack

Skill Level: Intermediate with many Variations.

Get out all that great yarn and let's put some color in a sweater. And our suggestions are only the beginning. Once you get the hang of it, you will have a pattern that allows you can add any color pattern you want. These three sweaters are knit from the botttom up, all in one piece. When you're done knitting - the sweater is ready to put on an wear. No annoying seams to sew up. All color stitch patterns are given in easy to follow charts.

Woven Craft Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate.
Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. Will need approximately 22 ounces green yarn for the cactus, with a little yellow, pink and white for flowers and stickers.

A unique decoration for home or business. Made from four scarves which can be woven on any small loom. Inside is PVC pipe and stuffing.

Loom Construction and Use Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate. Will construct loom using dowels, and learn to weave.
Yarn Suggestion: Best with a tough medium weight yarn. Will need approximately 15 to 20 ounces, depending on size.

Top Down: Raglan Color & Texture

Skill Level: Intermediate.
Yarn Suggestion: This sweater is great with any size yarn, and particularly suited to designer style, variegated yarn. Will need 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size.

Knit in the round from the neck down. Pattern is created by dip-dying yarn, then you knit one color and purl the other. The result is interesting and mystical. Everyone will wonder how you did it!

Top Down: Color and Cable Knit Sweater

Skill Level: Intermediate.
Yarn Suggestion: This sweater is best with a medium to light weight yarn. Our design uses two colors. Skill level includes two-color knitting, and simple cable. Will need 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size.

Knit from the neck down. You can add any patterns that you like. I did mine with a band of color at bottom of yoke and cable on the body. It's easy to get it to fit because you can try it on as you go.

Top Down: Saddle Shoulder

Skill Level: Intermediate. The actual shaping is pretty easy and straight-forward once you understand the saddle shoulder.
Yarn Suggestion: Good with any yarn. My sweater uses lots of great colors from my scrap pile. Will need approximately 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size.

Top Down: Hooded Sweater

Skill Level: Intermediate.
Yarn Suggestion: Good with any yarn. Would make a nice bukly project. Will need approximately 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size.

Knit from the collar down with a modified raglan yoke. Hood is picked up and finished after body is complete. Uses our special "no measure" method for a great fit.

Bottom Up: Shawl Collar

Skill Level: Intermediate. A nice fitting sweater with drop sleeves and easy color patterns.
Yarn Suggestion: A fine or medium weight yarn will show off the color patterns best, but is also fun with bulky. Will need approximately 16-18 ounces main color, and 3 oz each for second and third colors, depending on size and weight of yarn.

Bottom Up: Colorful Knit Sweater

Skill Level: Inermediate. This sweater has color-chart knitting patterns to follow.
Yarn Suggestion: Best with a fine to medium weight yarn. My sweater uses a tweed yarn for the main body color, and uses two solid, contrasting colors for the pattern bands. Will need approximately 20 to 24 ounces, depending on size. If you follow my color scheme, you'll need approx 6 and 2 ounces of the solid contrasting colors.