Love seamless sweaters, but wish they were a bit more tailored? Julie Weisenberger has the solution! With the Cocoknits method, learn “English tailoring”: beautiful, fitted shoulders that flow beautifully into a seamless sweater.

Class schedule:

• 9/24: Intro to the Cocoknits method & casting on upper back (Section I)
  • Come to class with a knitted and blocked gauge swatch in garter rib stitch pattern
• 10/8: Pick up for shoulders (Section II)
  • Come to class having finished Section I (upper back) and both collar sections of Section II (prepare collar for right front on page 7 and prepare collar for left front on page 9)
• 10/22: Join sleeves (Section III) & set up yoke (Section IV)
  • Come to class having finished Section II (create shoulders)
• 11/5: Separate sleeves and begin body
  • Come to class having finished Section IV (yoke)
• 11/19: Pocket placement and how to pick up sleeves in the middle of a project
  • Come to class having knit the body to the pockets
• 12/3: Finishing pockets
  • Come to class having finished the entire cardigan, but not the pockets. You can either make knit pockets or fabric pockets—I’ll bring choices for fabric pockets

• Purchase the CocoKnits Kiki cardigan on Ravelry here (You can get the Cocoknits Sweater Workshop book if you like for visual reference/diagrams, but we’ll be covering the process in class)
• Yarn: Worsted weight yarn in the following amounts for S (M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X) / 36 (39, 42, 45.5, 49.5, 52.25)”
  • Version A (past hip length): 1480 (1600, 1700, 1900, 2100, 2200) yds / 1355 (1465, 1555, 1740, 1920, 2010) m worsted weight yarn
  • Version B (hip-length): 1100 (1300, 1450, 1550, 1700, 1800) yds / 1005 (1190, 1325, 1420, 1555, 1645) m worsted weight yarn
• US 7 (4.5 mm) (or size needed to obtain gauge) 40” / 100 cm or longer circular needle (see page 19 for information on length)
• US 4 (3.5 mm) needle, for working BO
• US 0-3 (2-3.75 mm) double-pointed needle or any length circular needle (for picking up sts)
• Spare circular needle 16” / 40 cm in working size for Pockets (Version A)
• Stitch markers in 6 different colors, darning needle, cable needle, scrap yarn or barber cords