Join us in the epic knitalong of making an entire sweater in a month’s time. This is the place to share your colorways, progress, questions, and answers—we’re all in this together!
Info on the unusual, rare yarns used in Hélène’s design: Plotulopi and Love Story Einband. We have both yarns in stock here.
You want yarn options? We’ve got options. How to use Lettlopi for your Crowberry Sweater.
Want to learn all about the Crowberry Sweater and how to make a sweater? Sign up for Lorilee Beltman’s three-session deep dive, beginning Friday, March 1: Bang Out a Sweater Virtual Class.
Here’s where you’ll find corrections to the pattern: Corrections – Modern Daily Knitting
(Scroll all the way down the page to Field Guide No. 26: Moss.)
Planning to give this a shot. I need my knitting mojo back, and if I can finish this in a month, it might be the jumpstart I need. I loved all of Helene’s designs in the latest field guide, especially the Crowberry. I’m going to make the vest for some instant gratification. I’ve ordered Lettlopi in pink for the body and navy and ash grey for the yoke. Can’t wait to get started!
This will be my first “Bang Out a Sweater”, but I’m excited. I ordered an extra skein of yarn just for gauge and used it all up last Sunday. I was concerned that my arthritic hands could not handle the larger needles, but my 3-1/2" Addi clicks handle quite well. I made swatches in US 9, 10, and 11 and have decided to go with the US 10. I’m using Lettlopi, and I love the way it looks. I went ahead and blocked the US 10 swatch and frogged the other two.
I love the Crowberry Sweater and am excited about the opportunity to use Plotulopi for the first time! I am planning on doing the vest, but with the four-color yoke from the sweater pattern, using some stashed Lettlopi in black for the berry bobbles.
Based on the colors of Plotulopi that my LYS has in stock, I will use Grey as my MC/body and Light Beige & Forest Green for the yoke, held together with a strand of white laceweight wool yarn. Will start swatching on Thursday when I pick up my yarn!
Will be knitting the Crowberry vest in colours pictured in the field guide. Hope to receive my yarn on the 29th. I can see this being a staple in my winter wardrobe. Using Lettlopi. Last Bang Out A Sweater I joined in on was for the DayTripper Cardigan. Love it.
The vest is on my radar too–it’s just not that much knitting! Loving the little cap sleeve situation on it too. Definitely don’t have a sweater like this in my collection.
Hi Gilligan! I just had my Daytripper on last weekend, kind of getting me in the mood for banging out a Crowberry. I love Lettlopi so much, especially when knit at this large gauge.
I’m really excited! This will be my first Bang Out a Sweater, although I’ve made several sweaters from past Field Guides. For my colors, I am doing the same CCs as the sample vest, but I’m going with green for the MC. I’m loving the marled look of my swatch! I will decide later whether to do the sweater or the vest - either one would be awesome.
I am excited to start this, although sad to put down my botanica shawl on which Im finally flying along. Hoping my belatedly ordered yarn gets here but can certainly find something in the stash that will work in order to practice skills in the class. Have never banged a sweater out with a group and I’m looking forward to it!
This will be my second time banging out a sweater - last time was February 2019. I’m going with the Crowberry sweater version in Lettlopi. I love that yarn. I’ve been wearing my Afmaeli sweater every day this winter! Warm but lightweight. Waiting for my yarn - I’m substituting colors similar to the Field Guide version - but I have some Lettlopi so I can get started swatching (she says piously, although she almost never swatches).
