Theo Sweater Full Knitting Pattern Tutorial.

Hello and welcome to a new knitting pattern tutorial from Kulibri by Johanna. I'm Johanna and today we are going to knit the Teo sweater over here or over there. I worked up two versions of the design as I was very curious to see how it will look like when I change the darker and the lighter color of the design. Most test knitters chose as I did to work the darker color around the neck and the lighter color around the waist and for this version I chose to change the order and work the lighter color at the top and the darker color around the waist and I think the result turned out pretty pretty well as well. Let's take a look at the construction of our Teo sweater. We start working from the top down by casting on the stitches of the back part and we work the back part back and forth in rows and stockinette stitch with increases along the armholes to shape the armholes. Of course we have to work according to the color change as written down in your pattern you will need to work up your version of the design. Then you can put the stitches on hold on a separate rope or leftover yarn and start to pick up stitches for the front panels at the shoulder line of our back part and then we will work the left front part first with increases to shape the round neck. Then we will work the right front part also with increases to shape the round neck. Then we can join the two front parts along the neckline and finish the front part similar to the back part with the same armhole increases and then we can join everything under the armpits to the round and then our sweater is just finished in stockinette stitch in the round. Very simple just knit stitches and we will just work according to the color change of your size as instructed in your pattern and then we will finish off the sweater with a special edging. We will work a few rounds in half twisted ribbing and then we will work another section of knit rounds and then bind off those edging with the classic knit bind off and this creates a rolled edging which is looking very very nice in my opinion. Then we are ready to start working on our sleeves. For the sleeves we pick up stitches along the armholes and then we start to work German short rows here along the shoulder line and we will work the sleeve caps back and forth in rows with German short rows to shape the sleeves in here and to work this stripe in the contrast color as well which matches this stripe along the body. A very special design feature of this design. Once we have joined everything to the round we can finish the sleeves in stockinette stitches around with a few decreases for a slight sleeve shaping and then we will work the same edging at the cuffs we have worked for the body of the sweater before and last but not least we will finish off our neckline with the same edging we have worked along the bottom hem and the cuffs of our sweater we work the rounds in half twisted ribbons twisted knit stitches and then our rolled edging with a few stockinette stitch round and a classic knit bind off and then our Teo sweater is ready to be worn. The design is relatively close to the body it's relatively fitted especially because of the shoulder construction it's not oversized along the shoulder section and the sleeves are fitted as well the body is worked without shaping but it's close to the bust and to the waist but of course you can adapt the amount of positive ease individually if you prefer to have more positive ease you can work a size larger in comparison to your bust circumference if you prefer to have less positive ease you can work a smaller size in comparison to your bust circumference that's up to you. All you need to work up your version of this color-blocking Teo sweater is the written pattern which is available on my website and brew gallery and then you just need to pick out colors for your version of the design and then you can start knitting your Teo sweater. Have fun! Start to cast on the required number of stitches given for your size in your written pattern of the Teo sweater. I'm using a long tail cast on but of course you can use any other cast on method you prefer. The first row after casting on is a wrong side row there you purl all stitches except the edge stitches the first and the last stitch these are knit stitches or if you want to use a different edge stitch method you are welcome to use it as well now just continue to work in stockinette stitch back and forth in rows for the number of rows given in your written pattern we are now ready to work the increases to shape the armholes the increases are worked as a left leaning increase make one left after the first three stitches and a right leaning increase before the last three three stitches make one right this is how to work a left leaning increase and a right leaning increase the increases are now repeated a couple of times depending on the size you are knitting and you can find the number of repetitions for the increases in your written pattern for some sizes you have to work increases in wrong side rows as well they are worked after the first three stitches and before the last three stitches and they are worked as purl increases and this is how to increase a purl stitch the back part is now finished i have worked the first stripe in the contrasting color and i have ended with right side row meaning we have cut the yarn here and not in the wrong side row afterwards but everything is going to work out don't worry the pattern is written this way we will now cast on stitches along the front parts and work along the back part and will work the front part we will now cast on stitches along the cast on row of the back part to work the two front panels separately we will start here and work the left front part here and then we will pick up stitches here to work the right front panel here pick up the number of stitches written down in your written pattern for the size you are knitting and i'm using the first color our main color and i am going to pick up one stitch for one stitch along the cast on edging of our back part and now work in stockinette stitch for the number of rows given in your written pattern we will now start to work the round neck by working increases after the first three stitches and we are working left leaning increases on the left front part the remaining stitches are worked in stockinette stitch back and forth in rows and now repeat the number of increases as written down in your written pattern the round neck increases along the left front part are now finished and we will mirror everything for the right front part meaning we will pick up stitches here work a couple of rows in stockinette stitch and then works increases along the right front part before the last three stitches as make one right make one right before the last three stitches work the remaining stitches in stockinette stitch and then repeat the increases to shape the round neck of the right front part a couple of times as written down in your written pattern we have now finished the right front part as well with the round neck increases and now we can join both front parts by casting on new stitches in between therefore take up your knitting needles knit all stitches of the right front part after the last stitch cast on the number of stitches given in your written pattern and now take up your left front part and knit the stitches of the left front part we now have joined the two front panels by casting on new stitches for them for the neckline our round neck and now we will work back and forth in stockinette stitch in rows and repeat the instructions for the armhole shaping and the first color change as we did for the back part before therefore just follow your written pattern the front part is now finished we have shaped the armholes at both sides of the front part as we have worked the back part before and now it's time to join front part and back part by casting on new stitches under our armpits therefore we will take up our back part first we will change again to the main color we will work our back part first for the back part knit all stitches until you have worked the last stitch of the back part now cast on the number of new stitches given in your written pattern for the size you are knitting now take up the stitches of your front part knit all stitches of the front part and then repeat the instructions to cast on new stitches under your second armpit after casting on our last stitch under our second armpit we will place a stitch marker this is our beginning of the round now you just need to work in stockinette stitch in the round with remembering the instructions for the color change given for your size and the written pattern and then you will be done sooner with the body than you might imagine when knitting in the round with two colors at once there's a little trick how to avoid stairs when changing the color and it's called jockless color change when knitting in the round so we have worked all rounds until we have reached our stitch marker we can cut the yarn of our first color and then we will pick up the strands of our second color and now we just knit one round until we have reached our stitch marker again we have reached again our stitch marker slip the marker and now pull up the stitch under the first stitch knit in your second color so it's the first stitch of the round before in your first color and they are now both on your knitting needles and now knit them together and now you can continue knitting in stockinette stitch in the round and after tightening the strands in the end there won't be a much visible color change it's close to be invisible i always recommend to cut the yarn because this delivers the neatest result possible we are now ready to work the hem with the rolled edging for the body of our teo sweater and therefore we will change the needle size first as instructed in your written pattern now work for a few rounds in half twisted ribbing with twisted knit stitches and normal purl stitches twisted knit stitches and normal purl stitches repeat this for the number of rounds instructed in your written pattern as you can see your hem should look like similar to mine now you have worked a couple of rounds in half twisted ribbing with twisted knit stitches then a few more rounds in stockinette stitch as recommended in your written pattern and now we bind off the stitches with a classic knit bind off to create this rolled edging of our sweater and this is how to bind off the stitches with a classic knit bind off knit one stitch knit the next stitch and now slip the stitch you have worked before over the next stitch and you have bound off one stitch and this is now repeated until you have bound off all stitches i recommend to keep an eye out for your knitting tension so that the bind off won't be too tight this happens often to me when binding off the stitches with a classic knit bind off with mohair yarn only sleeves are worked with german short rows and we first have to pick up stitches along our armholes here i prefer to start under the armpit as it makes it easier for me to evenly pick up the stitches on both sides of my armhole but if you want to avoid weaving in two more ends you can start shortly before the shoulder seam and then pick up stitches here so that you don't need to cut the yarn when working the german short rows if you want to have it a little bit easier like i do you can start here but then you will need to cut the yarn and slip the stitches to start over with the german short rows here insert your needle and pull the yarn in your contrast color two through and now you are going to repeat this to pick up one stitch for one stitch and once you have reached the sides of your armhole you will pick up two stitches for three rows depending on the size you are knitting you sometimes have a different pick up rate than i do here so please read carefully through the pattern so that you can pick up the stitches evenly along both armholes now i need to cut the yarn because i have ended under my armpit and i will need to slip the stitches without knitting them until there are four stitches left before our shoulder seam here so i have to slip all stitches here from the left knitting needle onto the right knitting needle i have now slipped all stitches until there are four stitches before our shoulder seam left and now we can start working the german short rows pick up the yarn of your contrast color and now work four stitches before the shoulder seam and four stitches after the shoulder seam which means we have knitted eight stitches in total now turn your work around slip the first stitch with yarn in front and pull the yarn up so that the stitch shows two legs and now purl all stitches this is the first stitch we have knitted it's a little bit looser but you can tighten the strand afterwards and now purl one more stitch turn your work around slip the first stitch pull the yarn up so that the stitch shows two legs and now knit all stitches until you reach the stitch with two legs and knit this stitch as one stitch knit the next stitch turn your work around and now it's just about repeat and repeat to work the stitches we have picked up along our armholes as german short rows and to shape the sleeve caps with german short rows as well this is a stitch with two legs and in wrong side rows it has to be purled knit the next stitch as well turn your work around and this is now repeated and repeated and repeated for most of the time you work one stitch after the stitch with two legs and then you turn your work around for the german short rows but shortly before this contrast color stripe here you have to work two stitches after the stitch with two legs and then you will turn your work around so please read carefully through the written instructions of your written pattern so that you don't miss the point where you will work two stitches instead of one stitch after the stitch with two legs we have now worked the sleeve cap with german short rows as instructed in the written pattern and we are now ready to work the stripe in our contrast color along our sleeves meeting the other stripes in the contrast color around our upper body therefore cut the yarn of the color you have currently been using pick up your contrast color now we slip the stitch along the stripe in the contrast color along the body on our knitting needle in our left hand and then we will start working this row with our contrast color by knitting this stitch we have worked here a double stitch because i have pulled the yarn up to create a stitch with two legs knit it together as one stitch and then knit all stitches in the contrast color until you reach the other stitch with two legs when you reach the next stitch with two legs knit this stitch together and then knit the next picked up stitch now turn your work around slip the first stitch pull the yarn up so that you create a stitch with two legs again and now purl all stitches back until you reach the first stitch worked in your contrast color knit this stitch and knit the next stitch in your other color you can tighten the strands in the end so that everything will look tidy and neat then turn your work around slip the first stitch pull the yarn up so that it creates a stitch with two legs and now knit all stitches until you reach the other side and the stitches two legs in the contrast color there now finish the round by knitting all stitches and knit the stitch with two leg as one stitch and now continue to knit all stitches until you reach the middle of your armpit and now we can place a stitch marker here we can cut the yarn and now we will continue to work the sleeves in stockinette stitch in the round as we have finished the german short rows now and we have finished our stripe in the contrast color as well here's again a stitch with two leg which is worked as one stitch and now it's just stockinette stitch in the round according to the color change pattern this is how your sleeve should look like after working the sleeve caps with german short rows and of course the stripe in the contrasting color which means it meets exactly the other stripe along the body in the contrasting color we have worked for a couple of rounds in stockinette stitch and if you like you can work decreases for a slight sleeve shaping the decreases take place every few rounds and they take place one stitch after the stitch marker and two stitches before the stitch marker and i'm going to show you now how to work the decreases now knit the first stitch after the stitch marker then knit two stitches together now knit all stitches until there are two stitches left before your stitch marker and now knit those two stitches together as well and now continue to work in stockinette stitch for the couple of rounds written down in your written pattern and then you can work the next decreases if you think you have worked enough decreases you can leave them out and just continue to work in stockinette stitch until you can work your cuffs and besides all the stockinette stitch remember to work according to the color change written down in your written pattern when you have reached your wrists you can change the needle size as recommended in your written pattern and then you will work the sleeve cuffs matching to the bottom hem of the sweatshirt at the bottom hem we have worked it in the contrast color and here we have used the different contrast color for our sleeves but the instructions are pretty much the same work in half twisted ribbing for a few rounds then work a few knit rounds and bind off the stitches with a classic knit bind off and then you just need to repeat the instructions for the second sleeve the neckline is finished off with a collar in half twisted ribbing and with a rolled edging as well matching the sleeves cuffs and the bottom hem of our sweater first of all we need to start to pick up stitches along the collar i always start at one shoulder at one shoulder seam to pick up stitches but you can start at the middle of your back part as well that's up to you you will pick up the stitches following the same logic as you have picked up stitches for the sleeves before pick up one stitch per one stitch or two stitches for three rows now place a stitch marker and now work the collar as instructed in your written pattern this is how the collar should look like we have picked up the stitches worked the ribbing with twisted knit stitches so we worked half twisted ribbing ribbing technically spoken and then we worked a few more rounds in stockinette stitch and then bound off the stitches with a classic knit bind off to create this rolled edging of our neckline we are now done working our teo sweater the next step is a good bath and a block for our sweater you can use your blocking mats if preferred or you can just let him dry flat on a towel on the floor and then you can weave in the ends afterwards we are now done i hope you have successfully finished your version of the design i cannot wait to see your version of the teal sweater so if you like share your work on instagram with using the tag teal sweater and the hashtag teal sweater and my tag kolibriba johanna i hope you had enjoyed the pattern and the youtube tutorial and i'm looking very much forward to see you next time