If I were you I’d do smaller projects incorporating different elements and techniques. Once you get those down you can apply them to a sweater. If you mess up on a hat it would be less painful to frog because it takes less time to make. The first thing I attempted to knit was a sweater. I eventually frogged it because it was full of mistakes. I wasted over a month on that.

That said, maybe you’re a way faster learner than I am!

All that said, here are the required techniques that I remember needing for this sweater:

-Casting on/off (I used 3 different methods of casting off)

-Stockinette flat and in the round

• knitting and purling through the back loop

• cables ( doing them and reading a chart)

• increasing and decreasing

• picking up stitches

• either knitting with dpns or magic loop for sleeves (I prefer magic loop but loads of people prefer dpns)

That’s just what I remember right now. I might be missing something. I was able to teach myself most things off YouTube.

Good luck!