How to Make the Condado Cardigan into a Pullover

** The Condado pattern is 50% off for a few more days until March 31, 2024! Although I'm loving wearing my new Condado cardigan now that the weather is finally getting a little warmer, I'm also dreaming of re-making it as a pullover! Here is how you can easily change this design into a pullover,…

Carousel ❤️s Aerial

What happens when you hold Aerial and Carousel together? Magic!

FO: Rena in Tiramisu

The crocheted granny square is a classic for a reason—it's simple and addictive! The Rena pullover was fun to make because you start by making about a bunch of 3-round granny squares and triangles (super portable if you're making on the go), then join them together into panels for the back, front, and sleeves, making…

Yarn Tasting Kit Idea: A crochet Hat

We are sharing ways to use up our Fall/Winter Yarn Tasting Kit! Please check back here tomorrow for more tasting kit projects. If you missed yesterday's, find it here. For all you crocheters out there, I wanted to make an easy and versatile slouch hat pattern using the Berroco Fall '21 home yarn tasting kit.…

Felting Berroco Lanas

Word on the street is that felting is back, and it's just in time for our new untreated wool, Berroco Lanas!Did you know that different colors may felt differently, or may not felt at all? This is because felting depends on the microscopic "scales" that make up animal fibers getting all floofed up and clinging…

Adding pockets to Beachrock Cardigan

Let's face it, we all love pockets! And I think that long cardigans are especially well-suited to having them, so I decided that my Beachrock definitely wanted pockets. It's relatively easy to insert a pocket into a cardigan like this one that uses a simple stitch pattern. Step one: Make your pocket inserts For the…

Cable Sweaters Forever!

The world has been (understandably) overrun with thoughts and feelings about the cabled sweater worn by actor Chris Evans in Knives Out. The Aran-style sweater has been the talk of the town but sadly not too many of those discussions have been focused around knitting your own cabled sweater. But cables are one of my…

The Great Swatch Experiment

You probably know that we're big fans of swatching here at Berroco, but maybe you don't understand why. What's the big deal? "Swatches always lie," right? Who has time to swatch, just get to the fun part! But believe it or not, swatching is an integral part to knitting and crochet projects that have to…

Adding Short Rows to Yoke Sweaters

I've previously discussed on this blog why you might want to add short rows to raise the back neck of a yoke sweater.  If you're sold on the idea, you might be wondering, how do I do that? Today I'll explain how to add short-row neck shaping to a bottom-up yoke sweater that doesn't already…

How to Knit a Sweater from the Bottom Up: Adding Waist Shaping

Traditionally, Lopi sweaters are straight up and down through the body, with no waist shaping to nip in just a bit at the smallest part of a body. Some designers are adding just a bit of waist shaping—you can find very gentle shaping in Ysolda Teague's Strokkur pattern (shown above), for example. If you are…