My first jumper I made for my son was a bottom up which was fine. He was maybe 3/4 so didn’t deviate from the given measurements too much. But the challenge was knowing if I had knitted it long enough. When I knitted my first adult size jumper, I knew I wanted to try top down. Because logic would dictate, that you would just keep going. So if you needed it to be longer in the body, you just do five more rounds or 10 rounds or four more inches more etc.
Now I’ve made quite a few kids size top down jumpers (oh I love you Flax Jumper!) in a wide range of colours. And to be honest, I don’t think I will ever go back from a top down jumper. In the event, I find a pattern that I really love but it’s bottom up, I will probably send it to my friend/guru of all things knitting and see if there is any way we can work out how to do it top down instead 😂😂😂
I’ve done stripy - think Mick from Time Team. It was epic. Then I did a blue/green only one for my son (finished that a few weeks ago). Then many baby sized ones. You’d think baby ones would be quick but the arms feel faffy sometimes 😂😂
My 3 biggest fears: Sharks, plane crashes + knitting a sweater. I’ve never done it so I don’t have a favorite way. Although, seamless is my preference. When I see things in a pattern like waste yarn, m1r, m1l, I’m instantly overwhelmed. I want to knit in the round like a sock 🙂
That’s what I love about the Flax. It’s soo easy to do. It’s all in the round, there are increases but it’s kfb rather than m1l/r. Then when you get to the sleeves you just put them on waste yarn and then come back later. I know, I know waste yarn… but it’s just to hold those stitches until you come back to them. If you use interchangeable needles you can leave the cable in there and just put stoppers on the ends instead if you want. Lots of sock technique just in different ways lol.
It’s a free pattern and they have it in 3 different weights so it’s flexible to use what you might have in your stash 🙂 I have 2 on the go at the moment so if you have questions just shout 😁
My first jumper I made for my son was a bottom up which was fine. He was maybe 3/4 so didn’t deviate from the given measurements too much. But the challenge was knowing if I had knitted it long enough. When I knitted my first adult size jumper, I knew I wanted to try top down. Because logic would dictate, that you would just keep going. So if you needed it to be longer in the body, you just do five more rounds or 10 rounds or four more inches more etc.
Now I’ve made quite a few kids size top down jumpers (oh I love you Flax Jumper!) in a wide range of colours. And to be honest, I don’t think I will ever go back from a top down jumper. In the event, I find a pattern that I really love but it’s bottom up, I will probably send it to my friend/guru of all things knitting and see if there is any way we can work out how to do it top down instead 😂😂😂
Oh, the Flax pattern is just so good isn't it - and the variations as well.
I always recommend it to newer knitters who want to start with sweaters.
I’ve done stripy - think Mick from Time Team. It was epic. Then I did a blue/green only one for my son (finished that a few weeks ago). Then many baby sized ones. You’d think baby ones would be quick but the arms feel faffy sometimes 😂😂
My 3 biggest fears: Sharks, plane crashes + knitting a sweater. I’ve never done it so I don’t have a favorite way. Although, seamless is my preference. When I see things in a pattern like waste yarn, m1r, m1l, I’m instantly overwhelmed. I want to knit in the round like a sock 🙂
That’s what I love about the Flax. It’s soo easy to do. It’s all in the round, there are increases but it’s kfb rather than m1l/r. Then when you get to the sleeves you just put them on waste yarn and then come back later. I know, I know waste yarn… but it’s just to hold those stitches until you come back to them. If you use interchangeable needles you can leave the cable in there and just put stoppers on the ends instead if you want. Lots of sock technique just in different ways lol.
Now, I’m intrigued. I love to knit in the round and I do knit with interchangeable needles so I could absolutely use the cable. 🤔
It’s a free pattern and they have it in 3 different weights so it’s flexible to use what you might have in your stash 🙂 I have 2 on the go at the moment so if you have questions just shout 😁
Thank you! I’m going to check it out now.