Hi Christopher Roberts,
You have to change it to style.css. For further information how to customize a theme you may refer to this link http://www.throwingabrick.com/wordpress/customizing-the-wordpress-twenty-ten-theme.html
I have a child theme, and can edit code, I just have no idea how to make the sidebar wider, and that guide didn’t give that specific info :-/
Thanks for your help, anyone else know?
Try using Firefox with the Firebug add-on for this kind of CSS work.
http://getfirebug.com/
It will help you to pin down exactly what CSS you need to over-write in the child theme.
Followed a link right at the end of the article to here: http://www.throwingabrick.com/wordpress/pimp-your-twenty-ten-theme-sidebar.html
Thanks all for your help 🙂