My first sweater - a couple of questions

#1

I’m planning on making my first garment after havig just finished a scarf. I know that it’s a pretty lofty goal and probably won’t work, but I wanna give it a whirl anyway. :slight_smile:

I have a couple of questions before I start:

  1. Which pattern is easier: http://www.theanticraft.com/archive/samhain05/curseyourbf.htm or
    http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=85&d_id=22&lang=en

  2. also, I want to intarisa this design on the front: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/azalea905/skullprintable_lg.jpg
    does one of the above patterns work better than the other?

thanks a bunches! :slight_smile:

#2

For my two cents, I would do the second one, because you are not using dpns (double pointed needles). I would not add that on top of what you are already planning.

Katy

#3

You won’t be able to do either pattern as written with the intarsia design. It won’t work in the round. Find a sweater that you can knit flat–at least for the front and back. You could knit a raglan down to the armpits and then divide for the front and back.

#4

do you have any suggestions for a pattern>

#5

ingrid: thank you for your help with learning intarsia- i finally get it!! :slight_smile:

#6

I cant offer help on the sweater.

But I love the skull! Enough fru fru :slight_smile:
I think its really cool that someone out there has the sense to make knitting really work for their personality. So often I have become a slave to the pattern and never really questioned if the design really presents the image I want to convey. You are way smarter than I am :slight_smile: