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A machine-knit drop shoulder sweater 64 Patterns for Anyone

Drop Shoulder Sweater Pattern Builder

Create a Custom Drop Shoulder Sweater Pattern

Choose a starting size, fit, sleeve length, and knitting gauge. The builder does the math and creates a personalized drop shoulder sweater pattern for your yarn and your machine.

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What you choose

  • Cardigan or pullover

    Create a cardigan or a pullover, with a round neck or V-neck.

  • Fit

    Choose the finished fit you prefer: close, standard, or relaxed. Ease is added to the standard body measurements for your starting size.

  • Sleeve length

    Choose long, 3/4, elbow, or short sleeves.

  • Your stitch and row gauge

    Enter the gauge from your swatch over 4 inches / 10 cm. The pattern is calculated from the fabric you actually knit.

How it works

Choose a starting size, then select pullover or cardigan, neckline, finished fit, and sleeve length.

Enter the stitch and row gauge from your swatch. The builder calculates the stitch and row counts for each step and creates a pattern you can follow from the screen or print to use at your machine.

What the builder creates

The builder creates a custom drop shoulder sweater pattern with the stitch counts, row counts, and knitting instructions for the size, fit, and style you choose.

Sleeves can be knit cuff-up or top-down from the finished pattern.

Knit from the screen or print a clean worksheet to use at your machine.

While your membership is active, you can update the size, yarn, gauge, or style choices and let the builder recalculate the pattern for you.

Any yarn. Any machine.

A dependable sweater shape, calculated for your gauge and the fit you want.

Use any suitable yarn on any knitting machine. Enter the gauge you achieved, and the builder calculates the pattern for you.