Tip: Use different coloured stitch markers that the one you used at the beginning of the round (BOR). There’s something timeless about a striped jumper. Whether you’re looking for blue and white nautical knits, eye-catching bursts of colour or simple monochrome classics, we’ve got something you’re going to love in our striped selection. Whatever your size When the yoke measures the length shown in the pattern, this is when you separate the sleeves from the body/chest. Here’s how: We know that whoever you are and whether you’re an apple, a pear or something else entirely, you want to look and feel great in your clothes. That’s why we’ve created a selection of ranges from the Papaya Classic to the Papaya Petite (for those under 5’3”) and the Papaya Curve (for sizes 18-28). You deserve to look and feel gorgeous and we provide the clothes to help. Let’s talk budget Tip : If you knit both sleeves at the same time , you make sure they both have the same number of rounds. If so, we recommend working with two balls (one per sleeve). Remember to knit each sleeve with its corresponding yarn and to work the increases shown in the pattern on both sleeves.

Follow the video below to see how to join the first and last stitches to work in the round (try not to twist the stitches). Knit until you reach the armholes. Then put what you’ve done until that point on hold and begin on the sleeves.Knit the sleeves to the length needed (down to the cuff), working the decreases shown in the pattern.

Neither technique requires you to sew the parts of your jumper together at the end, of course. Afterall, isn’t this what we’re trying to avoid by knitting in the round? First we’ll take you through how to knit top-down jumper patterns and then we’ll move onto bottom-up jumper patterns. Put all the stitches for one of the sleeves on hold onto the needles with an 80-cm cable (at least). This is so you can use the magic loop method.

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By this point on one hand you’ll have: the sleeve stitches on hold on cables (or waste yarn). And on the other hand you’ll have: the body stitches on the needles . Tip : Don’t use a stitch holder , because they’re very stiff and can make knitting the body uncomfortable.

Whether you call it circular knitting or knitting in the round, it’s something you’ll want to learn so you can improve your knitting skills beyond the basics. And although this is possible with straight needles, you’ll soon see how much easier it is with circular needles.

Increase before and after each stitch marker, except along the raglan stitches. Note: The number of raglan stitches between the stitch markers is always the same.