How Do You Knit A Raglan Sleeve Sweater?
• Cast on 15 to 20 stitches. Using the needles you are going to knit with, knit a square. The circular needles will cause you to automatically make a stocking stitch, so that is the stitch you will use to make this little sample square, or swatch. It might be a good idea to block the square before you measure it. Measure how many stitches per inch and how many rows per inch. This will be your guide when you want to know how many stitches to cast on initially. An example of this, which is called gauge, would be “5 stitches and 4 rows for one inch”. • Measure around the body just below the armpits, over any garments you will be wearing under the sweater. Multiply this by your stitches-per-inch. For example, if we use the “5 stitches and 4 rows for one inch” and your measurement under the armpits is, say, 37 inches, you would multiply 37 by 5 and get 185 stitches. Write this number down too. It is your Key Number. • Cast on your key number of stitches on a circular needle, join and knit a
