For my first attempt at a knitted sweater, I chose the Classic Raglan by Jane Richmond.
It has some easy neck-shaping for a good fit, but is otherwise quite simple. I made it slightly oversized and left off the waist shaping so it wouldn’t be too fitted. It still needs to be washed and blocked.
The yarn is Cascade 220 Superwash. I just used the leftovers (and the not-quite-right-colors) from the Doctor Who Scarf. It took 5.25 balls (1155 yards, 525g).
You finished it! It looks great; the colors are so nice and the stripe pattern is fun.
Oooo. I LOVE this sweater! The colors, the stripes, the raglan sleeves!
That looks great! I love the random striping!
Thanks! I’m already plotting my next one (after I finish one for my DH).
It’s ssooooo pretty!
Your first attempt doesnt look like it! I cant wait to see more!
Wow that looks great!
Thanks! I did have a few issues, with tension, mostly. There’s some laddering straight down the center where I had my end-of-round stitch marker. I knit continental, and my tension is usually on the tighter side, so it really shows up. Oh well, live and learn.
This is awesome!
Thank you!
Gorgeous! Love the colors!
It’s amazing!!!
Thank you!
Soooo lovely! Love the scrappy colors!
this looks fantastic! and I wouldn’t have suspected they were leftovers! Looks very well planned~
and it is amazing that it’s your first sweater! wow!
Thank you!
I had more than a ball of each color left over (I just didn’t want to run out and have to use different dye lots). The light green was the wrong color, so I had two full balls of that. So, ‘scraps’ was a term very loosely applied. There was enough for two and a half sweaters between extras and wrong colors. 
This turned out so nicely! I wish I could knit this well.
Looks great! I never made any knit clothing, so I am in awe of you!
Thank you!
It really wasn’t a difficult pattern, if you’re inclined to try. Just knit/purl/increase/decrease. The fanciest thing was picking up stitches.
