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  • Design | The Winter Blues Pullover Sweater

    Design | The Winter Blues Pullover Sweater

    The Winter Blues Pullover Sweater was the first sweater I ever designed. It made me so happy because it was literally exactly what I had imagined it to be. Super soft, oversized, cozy, and it didn’t take a million years to knit.

    Winter Blues Pullover Sweater in Cream

    This sweater takes 5 skeins of Wool and the Gangs Crazy Sexy Wool (6 if you want to make the matching neck warmer) or similar yarn. Then you will need a pair of size 25mm knitting needles, the huge ones, and you’re good to go!

    Winter Blues Pullover Sweater in Blue

    I have had many people mention to me that the Winter Blues Pullover Sweater was their first sweater they knit. It made me incredibly pleased to hear that they had no difficulties and the pattern was easy for them to follow. There’s nothing worse than being a beginner knitter and trying out a “easy” pattern and having it be confusing. Been there done that.

    Winter Blues Pullover Sweater with matching neck warmer

    The pattern also includes a matching neck warmer if you want a little extra cozy! The skills you’re going to need to knit this sweater are: casting on, knitting in stockinette stitch, increasing, binding off, and seaming.

    To purchase your copy of the Winter Blues Pullover Sweater, click here

    ❤️Bethany

  • Design | The Candy Hearts Sweater

    Design | The Candy Hearts Sweater

    My latest design, the Candy Hearts Sweater. I started this piece back in November and had originally planned on it being a Christmas sweater. But I forgot how busy the weeks before Christmas get and didn’t get the time to even finish half of it! After things settled down a bit, I got to it.

    This sweater is a pretty simple knit. I like to keep my designs easy, so even beginner knitters can attempt them. I typically avoid any shaping on the body panels because I love the look of the dropped shoulder so much! I live for slouchy, cozy tops.

    I was going to do the full sweater in pink, but changed my mind when I was going through my yarn and saw some leftover speckled meriwool. It added such a perfect contrast to the sweater! I also decided to add a little to the wrists just for something extra.

    In all honesty, I made a little mistake and didn’t discover it until I went to seaming the sweater. I realized one body panel was wider than the other. This turned out to my advantage! It gave such a cute roll to the neckline in front! And for how that mistake came to happen, I’d lost my original page with the cast on amount. So I’d tried counting the rows and obviously mis counted. But I LOVE how it looks!

    I then finished it off with a little bit of duplicate stitch on the front to create “hearts”. And there, it turned into my perfect Valentines Day sweater!

    If you’d like to purchase the pattern for the Candy Hearts Sweater, click here.

    ❤️Bethany

  • Design | The Max Hoodie Cardigan Sweater

    Design | The Max Hoodie Cardigan Sweater

    New favorite sweater! It’s oversized, super cozy, and literally can double as a coat! It fits comfortably over a hoodie even. This is one sweater I’ll be wearing around the house during the cold winter mornings to come.

    This hoodie is knit up on big needles. Size 25mm. Using Wool and the Gangs Crazy Sexy Wool, it’s a fast and beautiful knit. I added a shiny lurex yarn, Wool and the Gangs disco down yarn. It produces a subtle little sparkle!

    I’ve always wanted to knit a hood, but was nervous about attempting it. None of the tutorials I found seemed easy enough. So I just did a little bit of winging it and it actually turned out! Couldn’t have been more pleased with the results.

    If you’d like to purchase the pattern for the Max Hoodie Cardigan, click here.