How do you knit a sweater/cardigan?

I think that this site may be the one your looking for. I took a quick glance at it and there were approximately 18 pages of information you may need when knitting anything besides the sweater. One thing I don't know whether or not it is mentioned is that I got soooo bored when I was knitting the sleeves that I could have screamed. I then decided to do both of them at the same time and what a relief and also the sleeves were identical in increases, decreases and getting it done. I hope the sites help you and e-mail me if I can be of any further help.

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I knit my first sweater in the round, a raglan sleeve top down pattern, after only knitting hats, scarves, and mittens. But the pattern was in a leaflet lent to me by a friend, not online.

You may want to push the bar a tiny bit first and try knitting mittens in the round - holding the stitches for the thumb is a lot like holding the stitches for a sleeve.

Here are a few raglan sweater patterns I found via Google:

http://www.cosmicpluto.com/blog/patterns-by-laura-...

http://www.therunningyarn.com/2008/04/comfy-raglan...

http://free-knitting-pattern.com/raglansw.htm

There are. The yarn companies usually have free patterns for simple sweaters. Knitting Pattern Central has a collection of links to projects of all difficulty levels. Lucia the Knitting Fiend has all sorts of help, including pattern generators, at her site.

Other places to look on-line:

Knitting Fiend: http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/

Knitting Pattern Central/Women's Clothing: http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory/wo...

Knitty/Women's sweaters: http://www.knitty.com/archivePULLOVERS.php

Lion Brand Free Sweaters--rated for difficulty: http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcg...

Berroco--rated by experience: http://www.berroco.com/item_fr/fr_fwsweater_1.html

Patons--rated by skill level: http://www.patonsyarns.com/search.php?key=sweaters...

Bernat--rated by skill level: http://www.bernat.com/search.php?key=sweaters&sear...

Coats & Clark: http://www.coatsandclark.com/Crafts/Knitting/Proje...

And there are many more. Blogs and home pages of knitters contain more sweater patterns than one person could knit in a lifetime.

A couple of suggestions:

1. You might start with sweaters/cardigans for babies or small children. This page, http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/kp3.html , has one version of a quick-to-knit baby cardigan that uses top-down construction and raglan sleeves. If you don't ever need baby gifts, you can donate baby sweaters to local charities; meanwhile, you have learned new techniques and finished an item quickly.

2. While you don't need to use the recommended yarn--just one in the same size category and same texture--I recommend you use a yarn that feels good to knit and that you'd actually wear. Nothing is so boring as making stitch after stitch in a yarn you don't like.

I personally like knittinghelp.com -- good luck -- it's so fun and rewarding!!