How to: knit a cable sweater | Williamsburg sweater walkthrough

A tutorial on how to knit the super chunky cable sweater of your dreams! I adore making Williamsburg Sweaters and I hope you do too :)
This sweater is super beginner friendly and is worked flat and in the round. If you’ve never knit cables, that’s okay!
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2:13 Materials
2:40 Reading the pattern
3:15 Choosing your size
3:37 Adding length - customizing your sweater for you
3:42 Casting on - front panel
4:45 1x1 ribbing
5:44 Cable terminology
6:10 Cable front
6:58 Cable back
8:13 Neckline shaping
8:50 Back Panel
8:58 Three needle bind off - seaming the shoulders
10:13 Seaming the sides
12:34 Neckband - picking up stitches
13:34 1x1 ribbing, knitting in the round
14:55 Sleeves
16:03 Sleeves - decreasing for the cuff
16:34 Sleeves - 1x1 ribbing
Yarn used: Cascade Yarns Magnum in turtle. It took about 4.5 skeins to make an XL (note that the yardage of each skein is longer than other skeins)
Materials:
-15mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
- 4 (5) 6 (6) 7 (7) 7 (8) 8 skeins of 200g/80m (if you want to do wide sleeves, add 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 (2) 2 skein(s))
Gauge:
8 stitches x 10 rows on 15mm in stockinette for 4”x4”
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[@femininepeppermint7661]

Can I just say the pattern was worth every penny. Your designs are pure art and beautiful and you deserve to charge what you believe and if people don’t want to pay for your patterns that is not your problem ❤

[@karaskniteng]

Thank you so much 🫶

[@TheMariaSg]

i just started my knitting journey and i'm so glad i found your channel! it's exactly what i was looking for :) please keep making tutorials!!

[@purpleshy1321]

I have this pattern (well the lite cardigan version) but I swear I get so confused about reading the pattern. I get so long with the charts. I would love if you do any future vids about your cable patterns if you did a more in-depth version on following it. Love all your stuff!❤

[@karaskniteng]

Sorry I probably won’t since this video was meant to be more of a walk through than an in depth tutorial!

[@eavs772]

I have a huge dejavu watching your video and that obviously means I should knit this for all My friends thank you this is awesome Keep up the good work!!!

[@karaskniteng]

Aww thank you! Definitely knit it for your friends, I have and they all love it

[@tiffanygraves1507]

I can't wait to try this sweater out! I loved the pace and explanation of this video! I am a new knitter, Hooker for life, and also a new subscriber now. Thank you for sharing.

[@karaskniteng]

Aww yay!

[@rubyrich9806]

Super clear explanation! And beautiful sweater :) imma try this one once I finish my boyfriends sweater that’s taking forever to knit up

[@karaskniteng]

Yay happy knitting!

[@cheriestolze]

Do you sell “help sessions”?

[@Travelwithalina4]

Can you make the same video in Slow version Also in detail 😊

[@lauraruby17]

You can change the speed of the video, it helped me playing it slower. The details are in the pattern that you can purchase from Kara

[@Lida_me]

Beautiful sweater but it’s too fast

[@karaskniteng]

Ah sorry to hear that!

[@mrsgingernoisette]

Hi! I made it slower ×2 it makes it more clear!💜

[@momomc.thotty]

@@811teadude… no need to be rude about someone saying something is too fast. as someone with ADD this video was not very informative and not very user friendly.

[@sayli__]

loveeeee itttttttt

[@Hannah-dz7tk]

I very stupid and just connected the front on the circular needle. Wasn't until I finished the front I thought how are the sleeves going to attach 😧 I am a beginner but still should have thought about it 😅 Second time lucky...

[@juliannawayne9217]

Hi! Do you have any videos you recommend watching for weaving in the ends of the side seams?

[@karaskniteng]

Hmm I think any video about weaving in the ends would do, what part are you having trouble with?

[@nelevandaele1646]

Hi, quick questioin. If I were to order this pattern, is it send of mailed to me? How long does the delivery take? Thx!

[@karaskniteng]

It’s a digital download over email!

[@nelevandaele1646]

Okay, thank you

[@jasminefischer4394]

When you pick up stitches, do you skip any?

[@karaskniteng]

I usually space it out by spacing them evenly

[@lynisms]

Hello! Question - maybe i'm interpreting the the pattern wrong but it instructs that the yellow cells are a purl stitch and the green cells are a knit stitch? The pattern show that the first few rows (1x1 ribbing section) all start with a yellow cell (purl stitch), but in the video you've said to start with a knit stitch (then purl, knit, purl, etc) and then the next row start with a purl stitch (4:44)? bit confused if anyone could clarify i would really appreciate it 😄

[@miabusse7986]

I just Stuck to the pattern and started with purl. Was also confused about that haha but it worked out for me that way🥰

[@karaskniteng]

You can start on a knit or a purl for the ribbing just as long as you alternate between knits and purls!

[@maramawitbereda5915]

How much of that yarn do I need? As in was that one enough? Also what mm needle do you use for the cable work not the main needle but the one you used for the back and front work

[@karaskniteng]

It's all on 15mm needles. You can use a smaller needle size as your cable needle and how much yarn you need is in the pattern descriptions

[@mark-ew6jh]

Parten is nice but neck line is very undidy!.

[@jomower]

Hello absolutely love this jumper. I am sure I am being dumb but you say at 2.20 on this video that we need 15mm circular needles. I have just downloaded the pattern and it says 8mm and & 6.5mm circular needles! which should I use?

[@karaskniteng]

Hmm It sounds like you got the lite version of the sweater pattern

[@jomower]

Just checked. You are right. I downloaded the wrong one! How does this differ?

[@FaitheGeorges]

It’s a little too fast but still good

[@weeniscallie7837]

Heyyyyyyy do you have a code for your website? also where do you get your yarn from. I can't find any yarn like yours. :(

[@karaskniteng]

The code KZbin should work! I tend to get yarn from wool and the gang, fabulous yarn, or lovecrafts.com!

[@babycourtney8345]

i've been debating on learning to knit for ages now and this is the video that pushed me to learn! i've never knitted before and this will be my first project and i KNOW it'll take forever and i'll give up a bunch and restart a bunch but i'm SO excited

[@karaskniteng]

Ah happy knitting! Good luck the first project is always hard but it’ll be so worth it!

[@katgeddes874]

the pattern says to start the first row with a purl stitch, but in this video you're starting with a knit stitch?

[@karaskniteng]

Oh that might be a mistake! It doesn’t matter a ton as long as you’re doing 1x1 ribbing

[@yiyibellini]

Hi! I really love the size of the pink sweater and I know it's an XL - but did you make that one longer or is it the length outlined in the pattern? If you did make it longer, whereabouts in the pattern do I repeat? I couldn't find this in the pattern!

[@jeanneaddis4975]

I have been asking this question also. I have tried numerous ways to contact.

[@karaskniteng]

Repeat the 8 lines of the cable repeat, the 8 rows before the neckline shaping

[@misbahmirza8046]

How many stiches have you start the sweater

[@lizzythompson3574]

Hi! First time knitting a sweater with bulky weight. Did you find it necessary to block the finished product?

[@karaskniteng]

I usually don’t since with this weight of yarn it takes forever to dry but you can if you want to soften the sweater or make the stitches more even!

[@lizzythompson3574]

I was thinking the same thing. Thank you! :)

[@miabusse7986]

What size is this one that you’re wearing?🙈

[@karaskniteng]

Size xl with shorter sleeves!

[@irenecortez7819]

Nice tutorial. I want to knit this soon

[@xeniai5856]

How many circular needles did you need?

[@beatrizdepablo5174]

Where are the knitting needles from? Thank you so much it’s a lovely sweater 😘

[@karaskniteng]

They're from knitters pride!

[@nikolaradakovic5050]

Kara is it possible to weave cable sweater on a machine?

[@annieallen9229]

Great video, looking forward to making this! :)

[@bonnadowns524]

🙏🙏🙏🤩👌❤️

[@miabusse7986]

another question haha.. for the shoulders.. if I have finished one shoulder, in order to work the other one I have to cut the yarn and reattach it, right?

[@karaskniteng]

Yep!

[@arielquesnelle3760]

I'm currently working on this pattern and every time I get to the 16th row I somehow have an extra loop. Any advice for stopping this? I keep restarting and its driving me nuts

[@karaskniteng]

Are you increasing stitches somewhere? Do you have an extra stitch on row 15?

[@МИЛА-ч4э]

Хотелось бы полностью увидеть описание, как вязать свитер. Напишите, пожалуйста, схему вязания свитера, длину изделия, сколько петель нужно набирать, как называется пряжа и номер спиц. Благодарю!

[@karaskniteng]

Lmao that’s just the pattern itself, this video is intended to be a pattern walkthrough

[@ma.9029]

Hii! It’s my first time knitting, I could only find a 6mm circular needle where I live, how will that affect the piece/process???

[@karaskniteng]

It'll significantly affect the piece! This is meant to be knit on 15mm needles so the texture will come out way way denser. However, I also have a lite version of the pattern which you could probably knit with 6mm

[@ma.9029]

@@karaskniteng thank you! ❣️

[@agustinasoto2804]

Hey! the code is not working for this pattern 😢

[@karaskniteng]

Hmm I just double checked my ravelry, website, and Etsy and it should be working, are you using KZbin as the discount code?

[@LindaBannister-so4zr]

Beautiful ❤

[@gab4304]

Hi! I have a question ab the yarn's grams/yards. 200g/80m is what the pattern calls for. Would 200g/160m work and I would just divide the number of skeins required by 2? I.e. does the yardage just refer to the quantity/length or is gram/meter an important ratio? Thanks!! (:

[@karaskniteng]

The meterage is probably more important! I would double check the texture with 200g/160m since it’s about half the bulk as is intended for the pattern

[@gab4304]

@@karaskniteng The yarn is still called 'super bulky' (100% wool) and the gauge is 2-2.5 sts = 1" on US 13-17. I think I'll buy the # of skeins called for and see what happens lol (worst case I can just make an extra sweater). I'll comment back when I'm finished in case other people have this question. Thank you sm!!

[@karaskniteng]

@@gab4304 okay good luck! It probably won’t be as chunky as the shown sweaters!

[@maiabusalim1393]

how much yarn did you need in total? 2 bulks?

[@karaskniteng]

It’s in the pattern description!

[@Colormeajungle]

Where in the pattern you say to add more length ?

[@karaskniteng]

Oops if it's not in the pattern, just repeat the 8 rows of the pattern repeat!

[@jeanneaddis4975]

what is the 8 row repeat?

[@Colormeajungle]

@@jeanneaddis4975 Just meaning once you completed your length go down the correct 8 rows and repeat it again for extra length

[@deepatyagi]

The first knot itself is too fast for a beginner to follow.

[@karaskniteng]

Ah you can just look up "slip knot" and it should show up with videos that are a little more specific to starting a cast on!

[@emilianagarza3019]

If I wanted to make the sweater longer for a taller friend where would I start and what part of the pattern should be repeated?

[@karaskniteng]

You should repeat the 8 rows of the pattern repeat! Just do it anywhere before you shape the neckline

[@sarahdaoudi5301]

Never knitted before.... is it advisable to go for this jumper straight away? 😂 it's so nice, and was one yarn enough for an xs ?

[@karaskniteng]

Each of the sizes take different amounts of yarn and it's in the pattern description! I probably wouldn't knit this as my first knit project ever since it uses cables

[@emily1055]

i am brand new at knitting and am trying to make this as a christmas gift haha but i am a little confused about how to reattach the yarn to the other shoulder on the front and back panels?

[@emily1055]

i have tried to look it up but every video i’ve found is about attaching a new skein which i already know how to do lmao

[@karaskniteng]

It’s basically the same thing as attaching a new skein!

[@isla8327]

One day I’ll learn to knit 🥹✨

[@karaskniteng]

It's so fun (and addictive)

[@clairegorder8437]

Hi Kara! I am loving this knit so far. Question on the pattern for the wide sleeves-for the XL size regular rows, it says to purl 12 stitches first, but on the cable row it says to purl 11 stitches first. I feel like my sleeve does not look like the videos bc of this difference, and I noticed all the other sizes the regular and cable rows match. Can you clarify if this is correct for the XL size?

[@karaskniteng]

When did you get the pattern? There was an update a few months aho

[@clairegorder8437]

@@karaskniteng gotcha. I purchase it a few weeks ago from your website

[@karaskniteng]

Yeah email me at [e-mail] and I can send you the update!

[@juliebrown1510]

I love cable sweaters but I wish the pattern was free and not $10.

[@meeegnn]

writing up a pattern takes a lot of time and effort. i read this so much “i wish the pattern was free”, free is nice, but you wouldn’t go to work for free either right? or you could try to knit up a cable sweater yourself without a pattern, then it’s free 😊

[@karaskniteng]

There’s a ton of free cable patterns online but I put a ton of time and effort into all my patterns so putting them for free wouldn’t be fair

[@karinagubaidullina4723]

How long does it approximately take to make if you don't take breaks?

[@karaskniteng]

I think it took me about 8 hours total!

[@miabusse7986]

if you do this as a gift for a friend... do you use the same yarn? Because its quite expensive..🫢😅 Or do you have other a bit more affordable recommendations?

[@karaskniteng]

Really any super bulky yarn would work (you can even hold other strands of yarn together to make it a super bulky) but I know that Knit Picks Tuff Puff is a pretty good, cheap super bulky yarn (it's not as soft though)

[@lauraruby17]

Which kind of yarn with 2 strand held together? I’m still beginner-ish and haven’t it figured out completely with the weight and yardage to make it match the super bulky yarn. Is it just half the measurements of the super bulky?