Description ~ Teddy Bear Sweater - Finishing Fun!

Knitting is fun, but finishing is where magic happens and a project comes together. Learn the fundamentals while putting together a sweater to fit a teddy bear! You will knit the back, fronts and one sleeve, to prepare. In class, we will learn 2 ways to do shoulder seams, knit one sleeve from the top down, pick up stitches for button bands, make buttonholes, and create invisible seams to assemble an adorable sweater.

Materials Needed ~ Teddy Bear Sweater - Finishing Fun!

Homework, knit with smooth, worsted weight yarn. Bring yarn used for the homework, and contrasting color for the neck and border bands, if desired. Bring the needles used for knitting, along with slightly smaller sized needles to work the bands. Locking markers or pins, yarn needle, scissors.

Homework ~ Teddy Bear Sweater - Finishing Fun!

BACK: With size 5 needles, cast on 40 sts. Work k1,p1 rib for 5 rows (1/2”)

                    Switch to size 8 needles and knit in stockinette stitch for 3 1/2”, for a total of 4” from the bottom edge

                    Row 1: (RS) Knit 11 sts, and place the remaining stitches on a holder to be worked later 

                    Row 2: (WS) purl to end

                    Row 3: Knit

                    Row 4: Purl

                    Row 5: Knit

                    Row 6: Purl

                    Row 7:  bind off all stitches, for the right shoulder

                    Leave center 18 sts on holder, and put the remaining 11 sts on the size 8 needle to work the left shoulder 

                    Row 1: Rejoin yarn at the neck, and knit all 11 sts

                    Row 2: (WS) purl to end

                    Row 3: Knit

                    Row 4: Purl

                    Row 5: Knit

                    Row 6: Purl

                    Row 7:  Leave sts on holder for the left shoulder

FRONT: (make 2, reversing shaping for left and right as for back)

                   With size 5 needles, cast on 18 sts.  Work k1, p1 rib for 5 rows (1/2”)

                   Switch to size 8 needles and knit in stockinette stitch for 3 1/2”, for a total of 4” from the bottom edge

                   Left front: Knit 11 sts, and place the remaining 7 stitches on a holder to be worked later 

                   Right front: Place 7 sts on holder and knit the remaining 11 sts for shoulder

                  Turn work, and begin shoulders. Work Rows 1-7 binding off all sts for the right shoulder and leaving sts on holder for the left shoulder

LEFT SLEEVE: With size 5 needle, cast on 24 sts. Work k1, p1 rib for 5 rows 

                         Switch to size 8 needle, and knit one row

                         Row 1: Purl

                         Row 2: Knit

                         Row 3: Purl

                         Row 4: Knit 1, make 1, knit to last st, make 1, k1 (26 sts total)

                         Row 5: Purl

                         Row 6: Knit

                         Row 7: Purl

                         Bind off all sts