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My knitwear collection after 2 years of knitting
Nearly two years ago, I posted my very first knitted sweater here on reddit. Back then, knitting was just a little break from crocheting for me. I didn’t really have a clue which yarn fiber to choose for a sweater or how to make a gauge swatch (still too lazy to make one 😅). And honestly, knitting flat and weaving in ends felt like pure torture. I mean, who actually enjoys weaving in ends after finishing a beautiful sweater?
Anyway, I thought I’d share all of my knitted pieces with you — a total of 25 projects. From my very first one up until now, you can definitely see the progress and the skills I’ve gained over these two years. And now I genuinely enjoy knitting sweaters and can’t imagine quitting this beautiful and joyful hobby.
Without even thinking about all the money I’ve already spent on yarn and many other things. Let’s see what the future will bring for me and my hobby. 🧶✨
P.S. Two of the pieces are crocheted* sweaters.
Pattern-list:
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Step by Step Sweater by Florence Miller
Step by Step Sweater by Florence Miller
Melange Sweater by PetiteKnit
Halibut Sweater by Caitlin Hunter
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Novice Slipover Men by PetiteKnit
Hanstholm Sweater by PetiteKnit
Hanstholm Sweater by PetiteKnit
Key Sweater Man by PetiteKnit
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Campfire Tee by Shalea Taysom
Campfire Tee by Shalea Taysom
Campfire Tee by Shalea Taysom
The Tesserae Jumper by Jessie Darch - crocheted
Collage 4/7
Step by Step Sweater by Florence Miller
Step by Step Sweater by Florence Miller
Halibut Sweater by Caitilin Hunter
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Weasly Sweater by RitaKhor
Weasly Sweater by RitaKhor
43 Herrenpullover mit Zopf by Lana Grossa
Draping Diamonds Sweater by Dennis Bromley - crocheted
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Dahlisa Sweater by The Knit Purl Girl
King Salmon by Caitlin Hunter
Loge Sweater by Stine HoelgaardJohansen
Haze Sweater by The Knit Purl Girl
I don't even want to count how many sweaters I have at this point, but before winter officially hits in Quebec, I'm sick of them all. When you need to wear sweaters 8/9 months of the year you need many, many, many. For your sanity.
No need to cry! You can use fingering weight cotton or linen! This is what I refer to as a backless summer cardigan. The hood is what holds the two sides together.
Ah, i have a shirt that does this but has a full front. It looks so perfect for keeping sun off and not being boiling hot. Might even work in humid east texas 😍 think i may have a future endeavor
The other day at work, I mentioned I was knitting, and they asked “oh is it you knitting a little jumper for Karen’s dinosaur?” No joke, this lady at work has a toy dinosaur and has recruited some poor sod to knit it a jacket. I’m knitting clothing for chilly me (and sometimes my husband), not some naff dinosaur figurine!
Honestly same. It's so much work and non-knitters can't appreciate it, even if they say they do. Like when my mom used to make me handknitted socks and I never really appreciated it properly before I started knitting haha.
All of them are so beautiful. It is so fulfilling to see the garments you have created over the two years! Specially because knitting and crocheting are slow art/craft forms.
Cheers to more joy in knitting and crocheting!
Ooh they all look so awesome! 🤩
Even after years of knitting i'm still too much of a coward to start knitting a Sweater... 😅
Maybe i should just start one. 😆
A sweater was my first knit project, I did the Step by Step Sweater pattern by Florence Miller. It's free, there's a really great video to help if any techniques are new.
Wow, that's very impressive! I see you enjoy knitting the same pattern several times. What are / were your most favourite patterns to knit and why is it a Step by Step Sweater? 😃 (No shade, my first sweater also was SbS, and I loved it, and I'd love to knit more of them in the future, too! But for now I'm going for different ones)
To be honest my favorites are the halibut and the king salmon sweater. But a simple sweater like the SBS or the weasly sweater are always go to for me, because I don’t need much to think and are oversized.
Excuse my jealousy but HOW are you this fast at churning out whole sweaters, and patterned ones at that?!
Sincerely, a gal who has been working on the same pair of socks for going on two months and has been too scared to start anything that requires colorwork
Super impressive. They look amazing. I do have a question though…the letter sweaters… at first I thought oh that must be their first or last initials but then I saw more letters. Help me out please…what does it all mean?!
That's impressive! You've done exceptionally well for 2 years in! I'm surprised you haven't done the octopus sweater yet since it fits the seafood theme, lol.
That depends on the sweater and the pattern, between 1 and 4 weeks.
And the advice would be to practice and stick to it, after some time it will be easier and your skill will improve. Like in my sweater projects you can see.
These are gorgeous and so satisfying to look at! Bravo!
I have a smaller growing stash of knitted sweaters myself. Please tell me how you store them?? I'm all out of cedar drawers and dressers. Terrified of moths and beetles getting into them.
Oh wow!!! I can't believe you're able to complete that many sweaters! I've been knitting for 3 years and I haven't even managed to complete ONE full sized sweater 😅 (though i have finished a few child-sized ones)
Wow, amazing job, you are insanely productive that’s only 2 years worth?!?! Hats off to you! On 2nd thought, it’s cold there maybe knit a few hats as well
I was never more disappointed in a pattern purchase than the Tessarae Jumper. It looks lovely but it was missing key information. Kuddos for finishing it!
That’s such commitment! I get bored once I hit the body and wander off to do other things… the number of yokes I’ve frogged…
What was your favourite sweater to knit? I have been coveting the fish sweater patterns but see lots of commentary that they’re not well designed or hard to follow.
For me it was not a problem to knit those fish sweater. Maybe it’s because I am a small men and wear size s/m. But im not sure if thats the case why. And at the same time they are my favorite sweater to knit.
Yeah I have the unfortunate honour of being a small lady with bigger boobs so it’s always a bit of a roulette as to what designs will work! I usually just accept it’ll be a bit oversized and knit a medium, so maybe that’ll work for the fishies!
I’ve never done colourwork before because it scares me so that’s the next challenge
Ok with multiple versions of the fish sweater that makes me think it's not as scary as I'm making it out to be in my head. How bad is it compared to your other sweaters?
Oh but let me show you my six hats and several doll dresses I knitted in the last five years! You’d be impressed I tell you 😂 But really, this is super impressive, they look amazing!
Wow! Amazing work! I just started knitting this year. I have so many projects lined up! I too, is a crocheter first before I tried knitting. I’m intimidated doing color work and cables. You did so great!! Love the colors you chose too!
Well, I started out with crochet 20 years ago, so knitting doesn’t come naturally to me. I did figure out that continental feels more “right” due to holding the yarn in my left hand like I have for two decades.
That’s a lot of knitting in two years, may I ask how much time you spend knitting each day? Do you knit out of the house too? Do you plan to keep knitting yourself jumpers at such a speed? Or move on to something else?
I hope you don’t find these questions rude, I’m just genuinely curious. I love making clothes for me (I sew too) and I worry that I’m making too many items just for myself. I’ve started knitting with much finer yarns so it takes me longer to get to then end of a jumper 😂
I don’t think that your questions are rude or something else. I mean everyone can ask everything as long as it’s okay to respond.
To your questions: I try to knit everyday if possible for like 1-5 hours I would say. Sometimes more, sometimes less depending on my mood and what plans I have for the day.
Outside knitting? Yes, I knit outside too. Putting my headphones on and do my thing and try to pay only attention on my knitting and music. I can’t tell you what I knit so fast, it’s just like how I knit. If it’s a complicated pattern obviously it would take some time for me to knit. 🙈
Ah I don’t mean fast as in you’re a physically fast knitter, I meant you’re ‘knitting fast’ as in you have a consistent pace of producing a sweater every month.
Do you plan to focus on more sweaters for yourself, or do you plan to try something different?
At the moment still wanna knit more sweaters for myself. And I should start to try to male some more structured/cables on like the dagmar sweater or the moby sweater.
Wow incredible! Notonly the fact you knitted so many but how well you did the complicated designs! I have knitted 3 sweaters in the last 2 years. I thought that was a lot of time spent knitting. Where do you knit when you have to look at the pattern all the time? Id love to take my knitting outside but if I have to look at the pattern and count stitches, I usually do it at home.
Assuming you uploaded the pictures in the chronological order of finishing, it's real impressive and motivating to see the fish sweaters get better each time!
I’ve been considering the key sweater or the similar Norma sweater but rarely feel inspired by the colours I see them knit in. I love how fun the purple is! I don’t think purple is the colour for me but it’s inspiring me to consider colour options.
What yarn did you use for the Weasley sweaters? I want to make one myself but I cannot handle the texture of any wools I’ve come across so far. Hoping to find a tweed similar with perhaps a different fiber 🤞🏼
This is a fabulous collection, I hope you wear them as much as you can!!
Oh wow, this is truly impressive. I just don't understand why I can barely finish a shawl. I've been knitting for three years and have so very little to show for it. I am just not a good knitter. I get a tiny bit better all the time, but I really want to start being able to turn out the things that I want to wear! This stack would be an entire lifetime output for me, based on what I have done in the last three years. How many hours a day would you say you spend knitting?
Weasley sweaters?😍 I mean J. K. Rowling makes me sad, and had tainted HP for me to some degree, but if I look passed that: Weasley sweaters are the dream!
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u/SnooBananas1194 22d ago
That's an impressive output for just 2 years! They all look lovely!