In this week's podcast, I have a finished sweater, some more "one of a kind" hand spun yarn, and progress on two sweaters I'm knitting simultaneously using two different top-down seamless methods for sweaters with set-in sleeves: Simultaneous Set-in Sleeves and Contiguous. I also answer viewers' questions about two other methods: Ziggurat and coco knits English Tailoring method and how those are similar or different from the two I'm knitting. Also: do seamless sweaters suffer from a lack of seams? I'll answer that, as well!
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TRADITIONAL DANISH SWEATER
My Ravelry project page for the sweater I'm wearing: https://ravel.me/Rox/as2
Traditional Danish Sweaters, by Vivian Høxbro: https://amzn.to/3XBbRbu
Annie's Sweater by Annie Hansen: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/annies-sweater
Yarn is Rewya Fibers Haven, 100% Tibetan Yak, color: Between Worlds
SPINNING
Both braids were 100% Falkland wool, Ooak Blue, from Knitting Lizard Fibers: https://knittinglizardfibers.com/
SWEATERS
The gray sweater is self-designed, using Barbara Walker's simultaneous set-in sleeve method (and Tuulia Salmela's Tailored Sweater Method) as a guide.
Yarn is handspun 3-ply woolen spun yarn from WAM (wool, alpaca, mohair) roving from Get Bentz Farm: getbentz.com
The gradient was self-dyed.
Resources:
Knitting From the Top by Barbara G. Walker: https://amzn.to/4hTd3OQ
The Tailored Sweater Method by Tuulia Salmela: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-tailored-sweater-method
Åsa Tricosa's Ziggurat Method: https://www.asatricosa.com/
Julie Weisenberger's Cocoknits Sweater Workshop: https://cocoknits.com/products/cocoknits-sweater-workshop
If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Finished Object: Danish Sweater
14:12 Spinning
18:58 Sweaters
21:17 Simultaneous sweater update
25:29 Contiguous sweater update
28:26 Ziggurat
34:01 English Tailoring
41:22 Do sweaters need seams for structure?
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