Some help with flat knitting

[wavy]

I tried knitting the wyatt sweater which i found on Raverly as my first ever sweater but, when it was finished from the arms downwards its far to big as someone was helping me and dropped a load of stitches is it possible that with me trying to pick up as many as possible i could of had to many stitches and thas why it ended up so wide.

Here is what it looked like


By wavyone at 2012-04-27

I'm attempting it again just asking so i don't have the same problem, i also noticed the back is bigger after the b/o of the arms could that have happened because i didn't b/o enough stitches ??

[RochesterKnitter]

It is unlikely that you dropped, and then picked up, so many sts that the sweater got larger as you worked it.

The more likely scenario is that your gauge is off and/or your tension is very loose. Check the gauge on your, now finished, sweater and see if it is "true" to the pattern. You probably need to go down a needle size (or two) and/or make a smaller size (S not M, M not L) sweater.

Overall, a very nice job on your first sweater. The garter stitch ridges and deco at the top stand out, which means you got the hang of knitting/purling and changing between the two.