Description

Our best selling product is our Vanilla Sweater Kit!

It’s so popular because it’s quick to knit and eminently wearable! It looks great on every body type! Even experienced knitters love the Vanilla Sweater Kit as a nice palate cleanser between projects. Many of our Thistlers love the experience of knitting the Vanilla Sweater so much that they have knitted several in different colors!

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Are you a new knitter? New to garment knitting? Want a little help?

THE VANILLA SWEATER STARTER SET

We created the Vanilla Sweater Starter Set to make the knitting experience as easy as possible. The starter set includes everything you need to knit the Vanilla Sweater, including everything you get in the Vanilla Sweater Kit PLUS the course, needles and more!
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Included in this Vanilla Sweater Kit are:

• 5-9 balls of Rauma Finullgarn*, 100% Norwegian wool (50g balls) (your size determines the size of the kit)
• 1 x PDF download Vanilla Sweater pattern (sent via email**)
• The Woolly Thistle Stitch Marker – selection varies
• The Woolly Thistle tote bag – small

*Rauma Finullgarn is a fingering / light sport weight yarn.

**Your digital pattern is sent at the time your order is fulfilled and is notrefundable.

Pattern details:

This simple top down raglan sweater is available innine sizes, 34.5″-66 bust, and is intended to have 3.5-6 positive ease. This sweater patternfeatures 3/4 length sleeves, a round neck and a slightly cropped body with a split hem. If youplan to lengthen the sleeves or body of your sweater, we recommend purchasing additional yarn.

Skills Required:

Cast on, Join in the round, Knit stockinette, Add new yarn, Knit Front Back (KFB), Bind off

Sizing:

When determining the size to order, use your actual measurements. See more detail below.

Pattern includes the following sizes:

To fit your chest approx:

28-30 (32-34, 36-38, 40-42, 44-46)(48-50, 52-54, 56-58, 60-62) in
71-76 (81-86, 92-97, 102-107, 112-117) (122-127, 132-137, 142-147,152-157) cm
To be worn with 3-6 in/ 8-15 cm of positive ease.

Finished sweater chest circumference

34 (38, 42, 46, 50)(54, 58, 62, 66) in
86.5 (96.5, 106.5, 118, 128)(138, 147.5, 157.5, 167) cm

Kits split as follows:

To fit chest: 28-34″= 5 balls
To fit chest:36-42″ = 6 balls
To fit chest: 44-50″ = 7 balls
To fit chest: 52-62″ = 9 balls

The four sweaters pictured above (right to left) are colors 4125, 404, 4128, and 466.

Gauge:

20 sts and 30 rounds/ rows to 4in[4] worked over stocking stitch in the round and flat after blocking, using US 6 needles 20 sts and 20 rounds/ rows to 4in worked over seed stitch in the round and flat after blocking, using US 6 needles

Recommended Needle Sizes (not included in kit):

US 4/ 3.5mm short circular needle or DPNs, for neck edging and cuffs

US 6/ 4mm long circular needle or DPNs for body and sleeves

Please remember that every effort is taken to show the true colors of the yarn and that monitor settings may vary.