how to knit: another chunky cardigan | oli cardigan walkthrough

A tutorial for my Oli Cardigan, an entirely beginner friendly pattern. She’s (almost) seamless, oversized, comfy, and a fantastic place to start for beginner or advanced knitters.
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0:52 Oli appearance!
1:11 How it’s different from the Chunky Game, Set, Match Cardigan
1:50 Materials
2:44 Gauge swatch advice
3:07 What to do if you can’t match gauge
3:36 Reading the pattern
4:15 Casting on - cable cast on
4:53 1x1 ribbing
6:12 Adding length to the cardigan
6:57 Right panel
7:40 Leaving the stitches live
8:11 Left panel
9:18 The back
10:11 Three needle bind off
12:17 Button band - right
14:16 Button band - left
14:53 Button band - seaming
15:44 Sleeves
16:23 Knitting in the round
17:30 Decreasing for the cuffs
17:50 Casting off
18:16 Cleaning up the cast off for the sleeve
18:55 Bye!
Yarn Used: Malabrigo Rastsa in Cucumber
Materials:
* 15mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
* 12mm circular needles (24”-36” cord)
* 4 (5) 5 (6) 6 (7) 7 (8) 8 skeins(s) of 200g/100m
Gauge:
4”x4”: 8 stitches by 10 rows on 15mm needles in stockinette
Suggested Yarn:
* Wool and the Gang, Crazy Sexy Wool
* Wool and the Gang, Heal the Wool
* We are Knitters, The Wool
* Knit Picks, Tuff Puff
* Hayfield, Bonus Super Chunky
* 3 Strands of Lion Brand, Pound of Love
* Rowan Yarns, Big Wool
* Paintbox, Simply Super Chunky
* Malabrigo Yarn, Rasta
* Premier Yarns, So Woolly
* Cascade Yarns, Magnum
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[@Simplyiss]

I'm saving for a knit kit and I'm excited right start!

[@javierakastner4074]

Love itttttt, I was making one figuring out by myself how watching just your ig photos! Thank you so much 🤍

[@karaskniteng]

Yay so glad this helped!

[@coolkidsknit]

I’m definitely going to buy the pattern! Thanks for this video! ♥️

[@karaskniteng]

Thanks for supporting!

[@annafranklin6568]

I hate swatching BUT as a super tight knitter I have had to unwind almost fully finished garments more than once. It seems a terrible task but it really will save time in the long run! I gauge swatch like 1/2 of the 4"×4" recommended swatch, then I unwind it and reuse the yarn 🥰🥰 Making your Williamsburg Lite sweater right now and super glad I swatched!!

[@karaskniteng]

Tbh every time I think I should swatch and then don’t the piece always turns out super wonky hahaha which is why I usually end up knitting a second

[@mly065]

ooh love it, this cardigan should be a staple in everyone's closet 😍

[@karaskniteng]

Awww thank you so much!

[@elmira9193]

Thank you❤

[@NuNu__]

Came across your YT channel via TT... just made a purchase! Super excited to try knitting...😊 newbie sub on YT & TT 🎉

[@karaskniteng]

Aww thank you! Happy knitting :)

[@illummise8436]

15 mm?? That's crazy big I've never seen nor heard of needles that big

[@hue6095]

are you using interchangeable or fixed circulars and are they regular length or short? i've been trying to find short interchangeables everywhere but i haven't seen anything over 8mm 😢

[@karaskniteng]

I usually switch between fixed and interchangeable. I usually have slightly longer cord and use the magic loop method

[@amysmith2296]

Hey! I’m just at the picking up stitches for the button band stage, I’ve made my cardigan longer than the pattern suggested, do I need to pick up more stitches than the pattern tells me to? And would it be every other stitch or a different ratio? I’m confused how to pick them up evenly. Same question for the arm sleeves too I guess

[@karaskniteng]

If you made the cardigan longer you should pick up more stitches. Try a ratio of 3:4 and if you didn’t add length to the arm holes then sleeves should be the same

[@aQuayQuay]

I'm desperately searching for a pattern like this cardigan, but in mohair. I know you sometimes work with mohair. I want a super light a fluffy cardigan so I don't want to use chunky wool x.x Is that something you might work on in the future?

[@karaskniteng]

You could probably knit the same cardigan holding multiple strands of mohair

[@sistersworld_]

Hi, thanks a lot for this lovely pattern. In general how many meters of yarn did you use? Thank you❤

[@karaskniteng]

It depends on your size, there’s more info in the pattern description

[@sistersworld_]

@@karaskniteng thanks a lot🤍

[@annachesnier740]

I have a question, how many rows do you decrease before doing the wrist part?

[@karaskniteng]

I just decrease on one row

[@sharmainemisme9668]

Hi do you have a full video of tutorial on this project? Thanks

[@karaskniteng]

Sorry this is the only video walkthrough

[@coolkidsknit]

Where did you buy your yarn from??

[@karaskniteng]

I usually get it from Malabrigo themselves (which is a designer thing I think) but I also get it from fabulous yarn!

[@elmira9193]

Hi. Do you always knit the first stitch in every row?

[@karaskniteng]

Not on purl rows!

[@elmira9193]

@@karaskniteng so I always must skip the first stitch in purl rows and knit the first stitch in v rows?

[@karaskniteng]

@@elmira9193 no you should purl the first stitch on purl rows

[@elmira9193]

@@karaskniteng so in which row should I skip the first stitch?

[@karaskniteng]

Sorry where are you in the pattern? There shouldn’t be any part where you skip a stitch

[@ioannalampou4037]

Beautiful🥰🫶❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💗🥰

[@chennytrang710]

Talk too much. Not enough showing.