Splitting Body & Sleeves on the Simple Swoncho

This video shows you how to split the body and sleeves on the Simple Swoncho by Karida Collins from Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide 18: Beginnings. Jen takes you setting aside the sleeve stitches, joining the body into the round, and picking up for the sleeves later, as well as sewing the gap at the underarm closed at the end.
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Other videos in this series:
Join, being careful not to twist sts, in the round a using circular needle: • Join, being careful no...
Join, being careful not to twist sts, in the round using double-pointed needles: • Join, being careful no...
Joining sleeves and body: • Joining Sleeves and Body
Seaming the Diagonal Mitts: • Seaming the Diagonal M...
00:00 Introduction
01:25 The geography of your round
02:17 Dividing off the first sleeve
04:56 Working across the body
05:18 Divide off the second sleeve
06:50 Complete the dividing round
07:20 Joining the body into the round again
10:25 Returning the sleeve stitches to the needles
13:11 Knitting across the sleeves
14:34 Joining the sleeves into the round
15:08 Closing holes at the underarms

[@elizabethsleison6079]

You express so well the pitfalls a newer knitter can run up against. Thank you for always helping us to avoid them. Always such wonderful videos.

[@kathsoulsby873]

Your videos are invaluable...it makes such a huge difference to watch you do these tricky parts. You simplify the instructions so even a new knitter can totally understand it...thank you!

[@ACTechniques]

I’m so happy they are helpful! 🥰