Can I knit a vintage sweater in ONE day? 🧶✨

During a late night fever-induced vintage pattern search, I found a cardigan that said it could be knit in one day - so I decided to test it out! Is it possible to knit a vintage sweater in a day?
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[@kaizma88]

Someone knitting this sweater in the 1940's might have had to "make-do" with her yarn as well. It only adds to the finished garments charm! Well done!

[@pauladavitt7554]

It’s super cute and I honestly can’t see the difference in yarn. You managed 90% of a cardigan in a day and I’m hitting week 8 on my cardigan and I have 6 days to get it finished 🤞🏻

[@dkphillips1654]

It's not massively noticeable and the sweater is adorable on you. Very cute, you were right. 👍

[@Mums_a_knitter]

Hi! You've inspired me to take up knitting as a relaxing hobby for late pregnancy. Today baby clothes, tomorrow vintage cardigans!

[@emilycreager2269]

Dude! Baby things knit up so quickly! I was surprised when I knit my new nephew a sweater last Christmas!

[@mette7362]

I thought it looked tiny when you were knitting it, but the fit is perfect in the end!

[@mildlycornfield]

Fair play, this would take me a week or more of nothing but knitting -- it came out really well! Even knowing there's some make-up yarn in one sleeve I can't spot it in the end product!

[@AnnaBaas]

The owner of my LYS taught me to do a long-tail cast on with the inside and outside of the ball (or from two different balls), which gives you one extra end to weave in but you never run out of tail!

[@ladypinkylee]

That's so smart! Even when I estimate a long tail cast on by wrapping around the needles, I always end up with way too much left over.

[@bienemaja9058]

That's a really neat trick! I learned that the long tail for the cast on takes about 3 times the width/circumference of the finished piece (though I suspect that this might not work out exactly for very bulky or very fine yarns). Mostly, I just use this when making something where the fit is not that important and I'm too lazy to knit a swatch 😋; e. g. for a hat in 2x2 rib I just wrap the yarn around my head three times (plus a little bit extra) and then just cast on until I run out of tail yarn 😄

[@AnnaBaas]

@@bienemaja9058 Oh, that's a kind of magic in itself! Definitely need to try that sometimes!

[@estherhans2759]

In my humble opinion, what does a “day” really mean? Besides time being a man made construct (but that’s a conversation for another day 🤣🤣), I’d still consider this a one day knit as you spent a total of less than 24 hours knitting. We’ll consider this a win because the timeline of the pattern assumes you’d have enough of all materials, not be recovering from a horrible illness, while doing other basic human tasks like eating and napping and STILL KILLING IT!! Well done!! 👏🏼

[@carlotajanicky9277]

I think I can agree with you.

[@redcordelia]

You did a really good job of matching the colors. Even when I knew it had happened, I still had to really look to figure out where the replacement yarn was placed.

[@cc83jc85]

I'm impressed you were able to knit with your COVID. I could only lay down on my back (I'm a sewer, but couldn't even do that for 4 weeks at all) It took 5 weeks before I could walk to our kitchen! 6 months before I felt like sewing agin

[@vintagelife5195]

Anyone else think the lady in the picture looks like her? Time traveler confirmed! lol.

[@jackieokcal4888]

Yes ! Just been scrolling through to see if anyone else besides me thought so!

[@christenagervais7303]

That turned out beautifully. You can't really see any difference in the sleeve!

[@Mdeaccosta]

Now for the dreaded 3 hour sweater.

[@lisascenic]

I’m really impressed with this project, and the fact that you tackled it while you were sick. I’m so glad that you’re happy with your solution to the yarn shortage.

[@cayjadoobirsingh2519]

Sorry you were sick. I’m glad you’re feeling better. I love the sweater and you can’t tell any difference in the sleeves. Well done!

[@madamesasquatch]

This is a great example of a piece that I really don't like in the pattern photo turning out really appealing! Seems to happen a lot in vintage patterns! Thanks for showing the process it inspires me to keep an open mind haha

[@sandrazboinski6473]

Glad you are feeling better. Take care of yourself.

[@stitchwithbritt5922]

It’s so cute! Glad you are feeling better!💕

[@jenhaze]

Well done! It turned out beautifully and so accurate!!

[@sekaihatsu]

Congrats on finishing it! It looks so cute.

[@jencramer1657]

This turned out so lovely

[@likachapidze]

Oh so beautiful! Looks so nice on you!

[@joanneroper8379]

Fabulous results!

[@janniagonzalez5459]

I love your creativity in all your videos. You're so much fun to watch

[@linneaanderson5941]

what a fun idea i will have to try this!

[@Lisamakes]

That was so fun! Great job.

[@MonaSkovJensen]

Oh I love how it turned out! Glad you are feeling better!

[@nataliexbrutality]

I love this so much! and your color matching was spot on for what you do from afar! 10/10 wholesome content

[@trixieknits]

Love it!!

[@KarinMurati]

Beautiful pattern, beautiful cardigan. Good job.

[@emilyrodriguez1226]

I loved the tip about the cast on in going to have to try it

[@danad4849]

Yay such a cute piece. Love this type of knitting in a day where you're actually knitting and we can see it come together. Enjoy your upbeat nature.

[@BrendaLee381]

Gorgeous sweater, and it does suit you well!

[@susanmyrawills]

that’s adorable! good job!

[@mothman314]

i use the same method when i do a long tail cast on! this is such a cute sweater and i love the color combo!

[@deannajohnson3933]

That is such a cute sweater!

[@kathrynmacgown6575]

Great job!

[@karabethbagley3827]

I love the outcome!! You look adorable in it! Well done!

[@becca2525]

It came out so cute!! And I'm seriously impressed at your stamina, I cannot knot for that long without getting achy and / or losing the ability to focus without making mistakes.

[@allielittlelegs]

This is a video I come back to again and again. I love the project, the goofy one day challenge, and the make-do attitude at the end. I obviously don't love that you were sick, but since this is so far in the past I know you're well and thriving! Thank you for this and so many more wonderful videos.

[@Puella63]

I’m new here. A friend recommend your channel but I love everything in it: I love vintage knitting, I love the idea of recreating the patterns and your dog is absolutely beautiful!

[@hannahmichael6802]

Very cute!

[@mygreenfroggy]

I've seen that pattern in other blogs and it's nice to see it in real life, thank you!

[@kjtherrick4031]

Glad you're feeling better. The sweater came out great; can't even tell you used different yarn. Looks really cute on you too!

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

It looks really cute

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

I'm so glad to hear that you are feeling better! The sweater is really pretty you totally would have gotten it done in a day if that was all you were doing! Oh, and had been feeling well.

[@davidgarza7568]

That was awesome! Thank you for sharing. Knitting is my most favorite thing ever. What was that gorgeous sweater you were wearing at the end? Did you knit it? I hope you are feeling better. Please take care and be safe. Stephanie from California

[@andreacannon1263]

Great job, what an adorable sweater... omg you actually look like the beautiful model on the pattern cover :) Hugs from USA

[@nancyhecko2507]

Love the sweater!

[@EmergingNow577]

Super cute! It looks so much better when you weremoving than in the thumbnail!

[@LadyWiggin]

Love the sweater. The patch is not noticeable on the camera. The sweater is darling and looks fabulous on you. Glad you are feeling better. Covid got me and I was over it in 4-5 days but the cough just recently went away after 10 weeks.

[@harbartje5171]

This looks lovely!! Congratulations! Being quite good at "modern" knitting (mostly in the round without seams) I would be really interested in how you work your seams

[@rexgeorg7324]

.. it all depends on how cold you are

[@laurenloertscher1319]

Sorry to hear you had the big sick! The sweater is so cute.

[@alisongodden4500]

Hope you are feeling better. It is a lovely top. Your dog is beautiful. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@amycasimir6785]

I’m recovering from Covid this week too! I felt well enough today to alter a sundress today that I’ve been putting off for at least 5 years! Keep feeling better!

[@bobbiebrannon1268]

The sweater is amazing I can’t tell where you changed yarns. Beautiful.

[@pamelanana58]

Im new to your podcast and i LOVE it! I thought the sweater turned out amazing ! So cute ! Maybe if you did 2 at a time sleeves and just made a bit shorter sleeve if the situation presents itself again !

[@pamelamckenzie2685]

love your dog great video

[@carlotajanicky9277]

Ooo I love cardigan

[@a.sobriquet6220]

ADORABLE!!!

[@marieneckermann9765]

The woman from the pattern picture looks so much like you!! Love the finished product

[@kristalburns3490]

That shoulder patch is quirky and cute.

[@redcordelia]

When I had covid, I did heaps of crochet to pass the time. I came out of it with some pretty cool items. This can become your souvenir of surviving covid.

[@FlorencetheBeaut]

If you know the fiber content, you can always weight your yarn to estimate yardage.

[@geministargazer9830]

I have dyscalculia and the math aspect of knitting really puts me off. I need exact instructions on what to do and how to calculate things. Do you know if there’s any tools for doing that?

[@tantefee3968]

@@geministargazer9830 hi ... you might try like this: weight of ready piece minus weight of half done piece = weight you need to finish ..

[@geministargazer9830]

@@tantefee3968 how do you know the weight of the finished piece?

[@tantefee3968]

@@geministargazer9830 just put it on a kitchen scale

[@geministargazer9830]

@@tantefee3968 but how can I measure the weight of the finished garment if I haven't made it yet??

[@girasoln]

When I catch covid, the nights where the worst, I felt sore all over, but then come the morning I was mostly ok😣. It was awful, even though the symptoms lasted only 1 week.i hope you get better soon💕

[@lauramcguire7970]

Adorable!

[@georgewallace6525]

Lovely.

[@desiferber4329]

Good morning Schätzchen! This is my first time commenting on your channel, but I found it a few weeks ago and subscribed. I love to watch your videos while I knit or crochet and you’re so lovely! I hope you’re better now, and that you have all your senses back! If you don’t mind my asking, Did your other half escape unscathed from COVID? It looks like you quarantined on the couch- did they go stay with a friend or just stay in another part of the apartment, or did you both get it at the same time? I don’t mean to pry, I just know you mention them on occasion and it seems like you value your privacy, which of course I respect- I just hope you’re both okay and that your whole family is healthy and well! 🥰

[@coreygilles847]

It is cute!

[@yvettefukuda95]

I have once managed to know how to use my wool in weighing my swatch and calculate the witdth of the finished product.

[@onepurpleostrich]

Oh, I thought it was gonna be made on knitting machine So I am set up to be impressed no matter what :)

[@anneostsee2764]

What a lovely cardigan. I would love to start my first cardigan but I am not sure if I can finish it. Greetings from Belgium

[@jenmarriott943]

Love it

[@mirandahinton3250]

Dude! Cute!!

[@c.w.3750]

Pretty

[@jguitar23]

It deserved a better yarn match!

[@judalea17]

I do believe it could have been finished in "a day" as I consider that 24 hours, not just how long you choose to knit on a given day. It turned out great

[@lorainerosesheppard4942]

I love the sweater you did a beautiful job, do you have pdf for sale please. I would love to give it a go.

[@ymanajohnson585]

Love the finished sweater. Is it possible to get the pattern somehow? Thanks for sharing.

[@Earnshawfully]

Interesting they are such big needles used with fine gauge yarn. I have usually seen vintage patterns where they want you 2 mm needles or similar!

[@1775LostOne]

I love this! But I now see why so many knitters and crocheters have yarn stashes. You have all that time but imagine if you didn't have yarn. Nope I'm going to have a room filled with all types of yarn and colors!

[@brontewoolf6096]

You and the lady in the pattern photo look so much alike oh my god your smile is the same! Also if you say this very thing later on I'm gonna look so dumb oopsies

[@opheliamaples]

Personally, I would have shorten the sleeves to caps to avoid having to substitute in different yarn. Cute top though.

[@ziramy]

Wow this turned out great! How'd you sew in the sleeve caps? They have a really nice shape to the top of them! very vintage. The last time I tried to sew in the arms for a vintage-style sweater all the excess(?) fabric ended up at the actual armpit and I didn't notice until I blocked it and wore it.

[@heatherknits124]

Very nice! I’m sorry you ran out of yarn, but making do is what you do. And, you very nearly knit a full sweater in a single day- plus you weren’t feeling great. Had I suspected I would run out, I think I would have made each darker stripe another row longer, or just start every other stripe with the substitute yarn, so the change wouldn’t be noted because it is the pattern.

[@YarrowNjune]

Wow you realy did it! My wrists would murder me in my sleep. So in the end, what made this pattern jiffy, yarn size alone?

[@kennethstensrud669]

Very nice jacket, I can't knit anymore due to my arms are aching when I do. Is Nutella an Icelandic sheep dog btw?

[@sioframay]

Yarn Chicken!

[@linneaanderson5941]

Hello ! i bought this pattern but I am having trouble understanding how to do the gathering areas on the contrast color rows... are you able to maybe phrase it in a way that a modern knitter might understand? They say to insert needle into 6th and 7th sts as if to knit, k 2 tog, then continue to k2 p2 the rest of the row.... but this would mean a lot of decreasing where do i get the stitches back from the k2tog ? and do I insert my needle into 6th and 7th sts right after knitting the 5th st ? thanks if you can help !!

[@joanneroper8379]

Do you have this pattern in your Etsy shop or in Ravelry? I’d love to give it a try. Thanks for any guidance or more info/details on this pattern and where to find it.

[@LizCanKnit]

What size needle and yarn are these? I didn't catch it in the video.

[@ClaudiaCarranza1]

want that pattern

[@juliavanravenswaaij5726]

Did you consider re-doing both sleeves with the other yarn at the bottom, to make a sort of border?

[@geministargazer9830]

I was thinking take a section off the sleeve length on either side

[@cecile3414]

This is so cute! I just bought the pattern. Did you knit the one and only "size 14" from the pattern? What weight was your yarn?

[@mikyrosenblum1240]

Can you tell what the pattern stitch is

[@scarlettohara7862]

is it possible to follow this pattern if I dont really know how to knit? (I dont know how to read patterns + english isn't my first language). I am able to make left and right loops haha but yeah thats it. Can make a scarf xd

[@rensc3028]

cute 💃😍

[@jeanetteruschmeyer6092]

Dear Engineering Knits, I enjoyed your “ Can I Knit a sweater in One day”. The sweater looks lovely on you. I ordered the Jack Frost Blouse Book from the link you left for us viewers below. However, the pattern ( #3316 ) is lacking some basic info, so I am unable to start knitting it. It doesn’t give bust measurements, it just says size 14??? I do not know what bust measurement size 14 is. It does not mention gauge either. And rows 8 and 16 are a little confusing. Can you please help me out? I noticed another viewer had similar concerns. Thank you for considering my request.

[@jeanmarshall3610]

Where to find the pattern?