What our community wants from the Sweater Knitting Weekend

Today is the first day of our Sweater Knitting Weekend event.

And I have asked each one of the 5,000+ people who registered so far to share what they hope to get out of the event.

There are definitely some common themes, like:

• How to get a proper fit or size
• Understanding ease
• Learning how gauge impacts the finished project
• Avoiding surprises / mistakes
• Gaining confidence in attempting a sweater

But I thought I’d highlight some of the community responses we’ve received over the past couple weeks.

We’ll be covering most if not all of these topics over the course of the next 4 days!

Let’s dive in…

Today we’ll be discussing choosing yarn for sweaters, and I’ll cover how to make better yarn substitutions as well.

I have a handy chart I’ll be sharing during our Yarn For Sweaters session that will make this very easy.

The whole point of this event is to give you more confidence to knit a sweater without fear.

I’m going to spend A LOT of time on Day 2 making sweater math easy to understand (even if you’re not good at math 😉).

Whether you’re making your first sweater or your 50th, there’s always something to learn. We’ll be discussing many advanced topics, as well as concepts that can take a ho-hum sweater to a Heck Ya!

This is a problem that vexed me for years!

But luckily I finally cracked the code on how to do this and I’ll be walking you through short row necklines on Day 3.

Day 3 is all about making tweaks and adjustment to thinks like collar styles, sleeve shapes, and much more.

If you want tips on adding colorwork, pockets, or design details, you won’t want to miss Saturday’s sessions!

This is something I have struggled with myself, so I totally get it.

Our final session is going to answer this question, and give you some simple strategies for sticking with it and actually finishing a sweater!

Conclusion

There were hundreds of responses and this was just a small sample of the comments we’ve received.