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Materials List

 

Knitting with Beads

  • 1 skein (approx. 400-500 yds) of fingering weight yarn, wound and ready to knit

  • US size 4 / 3.5 mm circular needles, at least 28” / 70 cm in length

  • 50 grams of 6/0 seed beads

  • 1.25 mm crochet hook

 

 

Helical Knitting

  • Approximately 100 to 135 yds of fingering or sport weight yarn in a main color and 75 yds total in the contrasting colors (e.g., 37 yds of 2 colors, 25 yds of 3 colors, or 19 yds of 4 colors), wound and ready to knit

  • Waste yarn, stitch markers, and yarn needle

  • US size 1 / 2.25 or 2.5 mm double-pointed needles or one’s preferred needles for working in the round

 

 

Slipped Stitch Cables

  • Approximately 150 yds of fingering or sport weight yarn in the main color and 75 yds of 1 or 2 contrasting colors, wound and ready to knit

  • Cable needle (optional)

  • Stitch marker and yarn needle

  • US size 2 / 2.75 mm and US size 4 / 3.5 mm double-pointed needles or one’s preferred needles for working in the round

 

 

How to Make Sweaters that Fit

  • Participants’ current sweater project or a swatch for a sweater project (optional)

  • Tape measure and writing implement

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