My Attempt at My First Sweater: Cropped Raglan Cardigan: The Body

I am making progress, I have completed one more step in My First Sweater. I have finished the body. Now it is on to the sleeves. I will need to put the sleeve back onto the needle and knit for a couple more inches and then do the K2 P2 ribbing.

My Attempt At My First Sweater: Cropped Raglan Cardigan: Shaping the body and Divide for sleeves

I am well on my way with my first sweater.  I was able to "shape the body"  and then I "divided" for the sleeves. This is the first time that I used a piece of waste yarn to put stitches on. Thanks to the video tutorial from Very Pink Knits I was able to get this far. I found that the written pattern was little confusing but the video on You Tube really helps clear things up.

My Attempt at My First Sweater: Cropped Raglan Cardigan: Cast On and Collar

I am attempting to knit my "first" sweater. I thought that this pattern would be a good one to start with. It is knitted from the collar down and has raglan sleeves. This is a free pattern on ravelry. I also belong to the Beginner's Knit-Along group. This was the October 2015 KAL. These knit-alongs are open ended so you can do them any time.

I am just using an acrylic yarn, Caron One Pound in Peach. I am using US 7 circular needles with a 32" cord. I did the collar with the US 7's now I will switch to US 8 circular needles with a 32" cord.