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. Plus, the Toni pattern allows for you to mix and match the details you'd like in your sweater—pockets, colorblocking, solid, extended ribbing, cropped…the choice is yours!

Class schedule:

• 9/25: 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
• 10/9: 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)
• 10/23: Join sleeves (Section III) and set up yoke (Section IV)
  • Come to class having finished Section II (create shoulders)
• 11/6: Separate sleeves & begin body, buttonholes, optional bust darts
  • Come to class having finished Section IV (yoke)
• 11/20: Pockets and how to pick up sleeves in the middle of a project
  • Come to class having knit the body to the pockets
• 12/4: Finishing, seaming
  • Come to class with sleeves finished and cast off, body cast off, and pocket linings finished

• Purchase the CocoKnits Toni cardigan pattern 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: the yardage you'll need depends on the variations you incorporate—consult the pattern for guidance and if you have any questions, ask in the first class. DK or worsted weight yarn in the following amounts for S (M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, 5X) / 34.75 (40.25, 43.75, 48.25, 51.75, 56.25, 59.75, 64.25)”
  • Version A (longer body and bracelet sleeves): 1000 (1120,1250, 1375, 1500, 1650, 1750, 1875) yds / 915 (1025, 1145, 1260, 1375, 1510, 1600, 1715) m DK to worsted weight yarn
  • Version B (shorter body and long sleeves): 900 (985, 1105, 1230, 1350, 1475, 1600, 1710) yds / 825 (905, 1010, 1125, 1235, 1350, 1465, 1570) m DK to worsted weight yarn
• Size 7US (4.5 mm) (or size needed to obtain gauge) circular needle, at least 32” long / 80 cm, for body and sleeves. Needle should be long enough to do magic loop on sleeves (or use DPNs)
• Extra 7US (4.5 mm) DPNs or circular needle for working provisional cast-on (collar)
• Size 6US (4 mm) circular needle, at least 32” / 80 cm, for Body/Sleeve ribbing. Needle should be long enough to do magic loop on sleeves (or use DPNs)
• Size 3US (3.25 mm) needles for working bind-off
• 0-3US (2-3.25 mm) DPN or any length circular needle (for picking up stitches)
• Stitch markers in 6 different colors, darning needle, cable needle, scrap yarn or barber cords, 5-7 3/4" buttons