Basics of Circular Yoke Sweaters // Technique Tuesday

This video explains how the circular yoke sweater style is constructed and shaped. This is the fifth style of the five basic sweater styles covered in the series.
The entire playlist is here: Sweater Styles

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Yarn used in video demonstration: Brown Sheep Company Nature Spun fingering weight wool.
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RESOURCES
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Schoolhouse Press Pattern #39 EPS - Four Tops
Elizabeth's Percentage System Applied to 4 Yoke Styles: https://www.schoolhousepress.com/eps-...

Knitting in the Old Way by Priscilla A. Gibson-Roberts and Deborah Robson: https://amzn.to/3fNI3ph

The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd: https://amzn.to/3FYzWRu

The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweater Patterns: https://amzn.to/3A2jkEO

Amy Herzog's Ultimate Sweater Book: https://amzn.to/3fRKVBE

Poems of Color by Wendy Keele: https://amzn.to/3NXhk6w

also, this article by Mary E. Jacobs has great information about yoke decrease approaches: https://tinyurl.com/3uymepe6

If you have questions about this video, or suggestions for future videos, please let me know down in the comments or on social media.

0:00 Introduction
0:30 Basics of Circular Yokes
1:34 Bottom up vs Top Down
3:36 Yoke Shaping: Rings or Wedges
6:35 Example yoke shaping math
12:59 Adjusting the neck: short rows
14:07 Advantages and disadvantages
16:15 Resources
18:37 Inset yoke

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