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Try This Easy Colorwork Sweater Knitting Pattern

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Colorwork yoke sweaters are so popular because they give you a classic look and you get to play with a bit of color without having to do colorwork for the full garment.

If you’re intimidated by the idea of a colorwork yoke in stranded knitting, try the Fizz Pop Sweater from Helen Kennedy.

This sweater looks like it uses traditional stranded knitting techniques but it’s actually done with slip stitches. (It’s pretty much the same pattern as my mosaic cowl, which has a little tutorial if you’ve never done slip stitch/mosaic knitting before).

This makes it a lot easier because you’re only working with one color per round. It goes pretty fast, too, because the repeat is short and easy to remember.

The pattern itself is worked with two colors of sport weight yarn, and there are options to make it short or long sleeved. There are a whopping 16 sizes up to a 64 inch chest measurement.

You can get the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Bryn Goodhead.]

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The post over at The Crafty Mummy has the click-baity title of “Is there a right or wrong way to cross stitch?” Of course the answer is no. As with any other craft, as long as you are happy with the results you’re doing it right and no one should try to convince you otherwise.

That said, there are things that you can do to make your cross stitch a little better if you aren’t totally happy with the way your projects are looking. They might not be considered the “right way,” but they are important things to think about and if you want to deviate from these “rules” at least you’ll know that you’re doing it.

You can head over there to read all the tips, but it’s things like making sure your stitches are all going in the same direction (meaning you stitch the bottom legs of a row all in the same direction, then work back and stitch all the top legs in the same direction). You wouldn’t think something like that would make a huge difference until you don’t do it and then you can’t unsee it.

Most of things things aren’t rules so much as they are reminders to be consistent in what you are doing as you work a project. So however you start doing things like stitch direction or the number of strands of floss (I might even add using a hoop versus not, since the hoop can stretch the fabric and change the tension of the stitches a bit) you should continue in that way throughout the project in order for it to look its best.

Head over to The Crafty Mummy to read the rest of her list, then come back here if you have something to add. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

[Photo: The Crafty Mummy]