Top down knitting

Raglan sleeves are very popular in knitting, especially a top-down raglan - a flexible design with absolutely no seaming and pattern...

Knitting your first sweater can feel daunting, so we have created a step-by-step tutorial to accompany the free Flax sweater.

Knitting top-down, set-in sleeves is the best way to get a perfectly fitted sleeve around your shoulder and arm with no bulky seams. While this sleeve technique is rarely written into patterns, it can be used in any pattern to replace a standard sleeve that has a bell shaped cap at the top. You can either knit your sleeves in the round or flat. #knitting #knit #knittingtutorial #howto #knittingtips

OK, let’s get started. For a top-down sweater, we obviously begin with the neck, which happens to be the hardest part. It isn’t hard, but it does take a little bit of explaining. (For the concise outline/pattern and intro, see Improv: A basic pattern for a top-down sweater) You can make pretty much any kind […]

Learn how to hand crochet this giant heart with no hook! Just yarn and your hands.

Learn how to knit a top down raglan sweater for your baby with cable-look sleeves. Detailed pattern and live QA section in the comments.

Knitting Top Down Sweater Step By Step Tutorial – Handmade by Derya

Ever since I posted the details of the top-down rollneck sweater I knitted for Bob, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about why on earth I would opt to knit flat sleeves on a top-down sweater, as well as how to do it. For many or most knitters, the whole point of knitting a top-down sweater […]

Avoiding holes at the underarm with top-down sweaters: in this tutorial I tell you all about it! Go take a look.

A step-by-step tutorial for the Harvest cardigan. The Harvest cardigan is part of our free learn to knit series, The Simple Collection