How to knit your first sweater on the lk-150 | Free pattern

[@deborahspencer943]

Bravo! You are on the right track to making machine knitting more accessible, less intimidating, and just plain fun. I will definitely share your video with my students and encourage them to use the techniques and sources you provided. Thank you!!!

[@1anita1m]

It wasnt as complicated as I thought it would be. Thanks for keeping it simple.

[@TraceyWatts-j8e]

I have just found Machine Knitting, I did think it was a thing of the past until I started a new job at Silver Reed in the UK. I purchased my first machine at christmas, a Silver Reed SK280 and was fortunate to be gifted and LK150 by my employer. I have been practicing swatches, trying to make garments, searching for patterns. I have been very frustrated and have only managed a hat and a couple of scarves. I am guilty of wanting to run before I can walk. It is so exciting to be able to make a garment so quickly. Until I came across your videos I was not being very successful. Last night I made my first sweater and I am so pleased with it. Your videos and patterns are very easy to follow. I love your pattern generator. Thank you for helping a new knitter feel accomplished.

[@NZSaskia]

Hybrid knitting, that is combining some hand knitting to your machine work has not been explored much on YT. Worth looking at.

[@llafianza]

This is wonderful. My only suggestion is to add chapters to make it easier to refer to key techniques.

[@sheliad4441]

This is a great tutorial. I would love to see you make a blanket made of multiple panels.

[@sparksearcher]

I used your pattern and just completed my first sweater. It fits perfectly, and I'm absolutely hooked! Thank you for these fantastic tutorials and resources!

[@mphailey1]

Yea! I just received my LK150 - and made the picot hat from your tutorial last night. Can’t wait to watch and learn! Thank you so much!

[@yasmarppo]

Thanks for showing ALL the steps. (This is my favourite how to knit a sweater video, since I'm a beginner and I don't know enough to just guess what to do and in what order.)

[@annetteavery3349]

Wonderful tutorial, too many people thing machine knitting is very complicated but it isn’t really, it’s just like any other project and needs to be broken down into manageable bits. Unfortunately so many newbies try to run before they can walk and want to use the ribber the next day. I have been machine knitting since the 1980’s and enjoy your videos as they are so practical and yes I am with you when you say you want to get more people machine knitting, it’s wonderful, very creative, very rewarding and I, at 5’ short, can make a sweater that actually fits me. Thank you and keep it going, it’s great 👍

[@baerbelmadelung8699]

Ich bedanke mich recht herzlich für diese Anleitung! ❤

[@majormomma]

Thanks so much for posting so many wonderful videos. You are a great teacher, and I appreciate your analytical and precise approach to machine knitting.

[@katherinedelorme5009]

Thanks for your videos. You are really tempting me to buy this machine!

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

Do it.

[@katherinedelorme5009]

Heh heh, you enabler you 😉@@KnitFactoryImpl

[@MostlyHarmless68]

I've been trying to psych myself up to make something bigger than a hat, so this video really helps 😁 Thanks!

[@michelewokoek9671]

Thank you, thank you thank you! I have searched high and low for someone to help with the LK 150. You’ll never know how much I appreciate your putting yourself out there on KZbin and helping us learn this craft better.

[@debbiel7736]

I love the colors you choose. The striping is really nice, but the increasing and striping at the same time is a little to much for me. I will try this with one kind of yarn for the first time. Thank you again for breaking it down and making the calculator for us.

[@divalea]

I finally found myself a machine comparable to the lk150 and now I can use my stash of worsted yarn and follow along with your tutorials! I’m STOKED.

[@pinkrainclouds2190]

Do tell? Is it comparable in price or less/more?

[@angelar8262]

Thank you so much for making this video! I bought my LK 150 about a year and a half ago and couldn’t find enough information out there to really explain it to me! I put it up in the attic out of frustration. I stumbled across your video today and I am so grateful to for all the details you give in your videos! I’ve subscribed to your channel and look forward to pulling my machine back out and actually figuring out how to use it to make beautiful things! Please continue your videos with different project! They’re so incredibly helpful! You have resurrected another machine knitter for sure!

[@angieallen7363]

Great tutorial! Yes, please show to do the front and back in two pieces. My bed only has 100 needles and for my size I need more needles than that. I don’t know how to it in two pieces. Thank you so much!

[@coolbombful]

Your videos are so easy to follow. You're a great teacher! Thank you!

[@abigaildee8644]

I’m in the process of knitting this right now, thank you for making a video tutorial!

[@seirc5876]

Really good video! I wonder if you'll consider doing one on a hooded zip up raglan sweater in the future? TY!!

[@markandersson7215]

Firstly, Hello from Liverpool, U.K xxx I tried a zillion times on different pages/sites etc with absolutely no success at all. I stumbled across your beautiful self, followed your instruction to the latter and made the first ever successful garment that I can actually wear!!! You have unravelled my defeated mind and got me interested again because of your plain explanation throughout. Yes, the jargon etc is important, I.e abbreviations, but to begin with it’s highly daunting. You have taken the worries away with your programs and I sincerely hope to learn much more from you!!! Thank you for restoring the faith in myself xxxxxx

[@NZSaskia]

Thanks for the relaxed pace video. I think people get enticed by the older machines and the many things they could do. But forget that these older machines only knitted thin yarns that these days is more often baby or sock yarns. The mid gauge machine is the way to go into the future. Leave the older machines for the enthusiasts with deep pockets.

[@JoshuaCatchur]

I know this is from 8 months ago, but I just found it. Thank you!! I would love to see how to make a hood that could be stitched to a sweater to make it a sweater hoodie. And perhaps a nice drapey cowl neck piece to do the same. Also, if making a cardigan style front, how do you make the center seam button bands? Extra columns of stitches that then get folded back and stitched like the folded hem? Or making the whole band after each panel is finished by rehanging the panel sideways with a measurement like with the shoulders? Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise! ❤

[@lulubellsshoebox1650]

I would love to have a tutorial on what to do if the pannel is larger than the bed of the machine, it’s a skill we will most certainly need at some point 🙂

[@lizm1840]

Fantastic video!! My LK 150 is coming tomorrow. After watching your video, I feel confident I will be able to make a sweater. Love how your sweater came out. You had every single detail about how to do it. Thank you so much!

[@taekuen]

just started machine knitting. im hoping to be doin my mk journey with your channel. wishing u the best.

[@nicolegoulet6110]

Formidable! Thank you very much for this tutorial. It’s now more easy for me.

[@grammapolkadot2231]

Thanks! I just bought the LK150.

[@femmehorrors]

This is the most helpful video, I cannot thank you enough for all your work! I machine knit my first pair of socks using your single bed pattern and I can't wait to try the sweater.

[@GG-wi4ur]

Thanks for the tutorial and your encouragement to new machine knitters. I watched the whole video even though I do not have a machine yet. You show the steps in a simple way with repetition which makes it look easy. I would love a video of a crew neck t-shirt summer sweater.

[@evalundlarsen5174]

Tusen takk for kjempefin visning👍🌹

[@woollybot]

Thank you for sharing such an in depth tutorial! I feel like I’ve learned so many new helpful techniques that will make my machine knitting process so much faster. It’s great to see someone consistently sharing awesome machine knitting content. ❤

[@akaneak]

BEST TUTORIAL EVER!!! Thank you so so much! its practically a course.

[@spinnerfun1699]

Thanks for this video. I especially appreciate that you showed how to fix mistakes. I’m new to machine knitting and make lots of mistakes.

[@laineamerika1965]

Hello from Latvia! :) Perfect video! Can't wait to start knitting my sweater! Thank you very much!

[@maryvanbree4482]

Thanks for the information I have been looking for a pattern. I was lifted a kh230 machine

[@jasmin2775]

Thank you so much for this. I'm still learning and don't have a ribber so the single bed tutorials are amazing!

[@ttuege_gene]

OMG I love this!!! no video like this in south korea youtube. It's really helped😻

[@mnaadaarts4794]

wow so beautiful and well explained, as i watch your videos and started to search and learn some more untill i get my hands on my very first knitting machine, i get more excited and eagerly out of patience, hopefully by the end of this month starting on the next one i would be able to get one, i am still searching for an affordable one , specially where i live have relatively higher price range , but still optimistic 😅

[@Woolmouse]

I love your sweater I just got a machine used a brother 840. I'm looking forward to trying your sweater soon after the hat of course!!! Thank you so much for doing these tutorials

[@lauraberkholtz7959]

I'd forgotten about the eyelet technique for marking swatches, I love that!

[@sparksearcher]

Great tutorial! I've been trying to psych myself up to knit more than hats and blankets, so I think a sweater will be a project soon

[@brisobel]

Question regarding the pattern: When I back-calculate the number of stitches cast on it equals my circumference plus ease (4"). And sleeves calculate correctly for intended length and width. But the total number of rows knit ends up calculating to 1" shorter than my intended length. Maybe I am confused about the number of additional rows knit for short rows (I think it is 7). Here are the measurements for you to check: Stitches per inch: 5.2 / Rows per inch: 6.7 Chest circumference:40 Inches of ease:4 Finished length:24.5 Armpit circumference:19 Hand circumference:8.5 Sleeve length: 15 Thanks for this great pattern!

[@kellyw-s9252]

Thanks for all the work you do on making beginner friendly pattern generators. Really keen on menswear/teen unisex suitable patterns like vests and cardigans.

[@stephaniewukovitz2822]

Depending on the desired width, using 2 carriages can be a faster way of knitting skinny stripes. (also, for wider stripes it's not a huge deal to snip the yarn and weave the ends in to be secured by the new color as you go and trimmed later -- pretty sure I learned that technique from watching another knitting machine KZbinr but don't recall from whom)

[@DaisyFins]

Any chance you can show how to make dish cloths that don't curl? Thank you for helping bring back machine knitting!

[@StitchandStyleCreations]

Loved this! Would you be able to show how you’d make a fair isle jumper on the machine from start to finish? I imagine that’d be so satisfying to watch the process

[@JaneConnorEmbellisher]

Thank you for your video on knitting a sweater. I think I need to give serious thought to knitting this sweater and going through the swatching process and use your sweater calculator on your website.

[@sherri1402]

Thank you! I'm new to machine knitting and have been working the math to convert patterns to fit but wasn't sure it would work. Then I found your pattern generator ❤ Started a sweater last night with no hesitation. I do have a request. Could you add a cardigan to the generator? Again, thank you!!

[@OwenWalsh-p8x]

Beautiful sweater. Do you have any tutorials for baby clothes

[@nicholecarruth1224]

Thanks!

[@Ofekshlomi]

Thank you for this tutorial! You are amazing ❤ Can you please consider making a video about neckline shaping?

[@pacrossett]

Thank you so much for this pattern and video. I would like to make a vest for a three-year old great grandson. Just a simple round necked vest. You don’t happen to have a pattern or can point me in the right direction? I have property much used up my hands with hand knitting and still need to make this vest. Manyntjanks

[@paul-hubertvermersch9122]

Omg thank you sm !!! Please go for the sk280

[@RehteahDesigns]

Really enjoyed the tutorial and can't wait to create my own pattern. Is there any place where you can view a knitted example of the projects listed on your page?

[@tommeyers974]

I believe the color to be scarlet ??

[@Falney]

I love the way you make your patterns. Do you mind if I steal the idea for doing my own. I am an engineer my self so that is tickling my curiosity in all the right places.

[@PVB95]

Great video, but how do you determine the total amount of yarn that is going to be needed the size sweater

[@lorettakenniford6331]

Watching form Cape Town South Africa

[@Nalawin]

Thank you great video will start to use my LK again you inspired me. Do you have any idea why my carriage would not knit smoothly with out pushing out needles ? This is the reason I stopped using the machine for some time .

[@brisobel]

Looking forward to trying this pattern as my first sweater ever. Can you tell me how many grams of yarn you ended up using, so I have a ballpark idea? Also, with this pattern, would it be possible to do a split hem by mattress stitching the ends of the hem closed for the front and back and then attaching the sides starting at the top of the hem? Wondering if you have tried that...

[@iloveharrold]

I make swatches by knitting a whole back as it doesn’t take long to rewind it.

[@tIoading]

Hi! Following along with the video- but I’m wondering is the Raglan Sleeve crew neck pullover (work in progress) still in progress? I was wanting to try it. Thank you!

[@lisaboo2552]

Hey :) Is there any pictures of the different sweaters with the patterns available ? Because i can't know if I prefer the look of the drop shoulder sweater pattern or the sleeve sweater, anyways thank you for the great tutorial :D

[@maryhampton73]

Great video

[@shilo6928]

So I want to make a sweater for a family member in a different state how would I figure out the sleeve measurements?

[@pacrossett]

Thank you so much! Very encouraging tutorial. Living in South Carolina I need to find a comfortable yarn blend. I have tried 100% cotton for a hand knit sweater and it was sloppy and awful. Any suggestions on yarn?

[@Grova]

Can I give you a bug report on the dog sweater pattern generator? I think it rounds something too far down at some point, and I ended up with half the stitches I needed. sts per in: 10 rows per in: 13 neck to tail: 22 neck circumference: 12 neck to front legs: 5 distance between front legs: 3.5 chest circumference: 21 neck length: 2 On the back, it says “Knit 65 rows, decrease one stitch each side every 1 rows to 79 stitches.” But I’m starting with 166 sts, and if I remove 65*2, I end up with 36, not 79. If I do something like decreasing one each side for two rows followed by a plain row, that gets me closer (78 stitches).

[@weegie2818]

Summer is coming, how about a tank top or blouse?

[@lorettakenniford6331]

Thank you so much.

[@lydiaday964]

Completely unrelated but is that an oura ring? I just got one and I am in love with it!

[@hollyaway]

am i missing something? is there a way to see pictures on the pattern generator website?

[@gizzmowalliss]

This is a great help can I ask where did you get your yarn from?

[@PVB95]

I used the drop sleeve sweater app and entered my measurements. It has me knitting 71 rows until the armholes and then 86 rows to the shoulders. This can’t be right. Seems like it should be the other way around. Here are my measurements. Chest-40, length - 25, underarm-19, hand-8.5 with a 4” ease. Thanks for any help

[@ElisabethKagstrom]

Thank you so so so much :)

[@philipps3819]

thank you!

[@TerezaAnezkaMala]

38:02 Is it squirrel behind the window?😍

[@tsschorus]

Where did you get your long claw weight?

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

They came with the machine.

[@manzoorhussain8260]

very nice

[@tracytroutman7188]

So I made this sweater and the armholes were just enormous on me, so I did the math to figure out what the dimensions of the pieces that the calculator gave me. It seems that if I put in 4in of ease into the calculator that the sleeves were also given 4in of ease. I'm assuming that's how this is done but it didn't work for me. I'm choosing to undo the entire thing and start over with slightly different proportions. I've reentered my numbers into the calculator and moved rows out of the armhole-height down into the torso while still maintaining the overall length.

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

What measurements did you enter?

[@tracytroutman7188]

I fully acknowledge this is likely an issue with my personal proportions. I know nothing about sweater design so I don't know how ease is meant to be distributed. But here are the numbers I used: 4.05 6 45.5 4 26.5 22 9 20

[@KnitFactoryImpl]

The armpit circumference controls the size of the arm hole.

[@joanniebelisle84]

Merci!

[@evalundlarsen5174]

Takk!

[@evalundlarsen5174]

Tusen takk for video👍dette lærer jeg mye av😘🌹🇳🇴

[@serifedog1715]

Thank you Beautiful

[@maryhampton73]

Abookie knits miss

[@macstabby_j]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who constantly struggles with counting even though the beds are numbered!😂