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Knitting Knit - striped hoodie for mini

Dec 6, 2007

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    1. on 2mm needles with fine crochet wool with a gauge of 2cmx2cm = 8st x 16 rows

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      CO40
      1-8 K1 P1
      I did it in stripes so the next bit is in stockingette
      9-10 Black
      11-20 White
      21-29 Black
      30-37 White
      BO 3 at each end
      38 K2tog at beginning and end of row
      39 p2tog at beginning and end of row
      40 K2tog at beginning and end of row
      38-44 black (26 stitches)
      CO3 knit 13 then turn back and work 2 stitches together on either side as you go, this should be 6 rows, BO (I was left with 3 stitches)
      repeat on other side to finish collar.
      This creates a Vee shape to stitch the hood into.

      Front x2
      CO26
      1-8 k1 p1
      repeat pattern from back when you reach 38 CO3 at one end (other end for other side)
      continue in pattern until row 48 then from inside seam BO all but six stitches, finish 49 and 50 on the remaining and then BO

      Sleeve x2
      CO40
      1-4 K1 P1
      every 4 rows change wool for 52 rows BO

      one piece hood
      hood, use same stripe pattern as sleeve (ie every 4 rows)
      CO60
      1-4 K1 p1
      5-32 Stockingette
      33 2(k2tog) at beginning of row knit to end
      34 2(p2tog) at beginning of row knit to end
      35-36 repeat from 33 (52 stitches)
      37-65 stockingette
      66 BO

      Fold the hood over to stitch in place
      I used a zipper to close it

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      #1 seraphim, Dec 6, 2007
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    2. Hi seraphim
      I love this little hoodie!
      Thank you for sharing your pattern. I am a novice knitter at best so I have a couple of questions

      Regarding rows 38-44 on the back do I cast off 3 stitches at the beginning and the end of each row? Or just at the end of each of the 7 rows 38-44? Either way I do not end up with 26 stitches.

      What am I doing wrong?

      Also am I unsure as the the CO3 stitches part after row 44. Is this for the neck opening? Or shoulder?

      Thank you again!
       
      #2 MsHatbox, Dec 9, 2007
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    3. okay the cast on 3 is to shape the shoulder, it brings it out at the edges to give you something to stitch together

      I oopsied when i copied out the pattern and I'm about to amend it
      you k2tog at the beginning and end of the next 3 rows, there's the missing six stitches
       
      #3 seraphim, Dec 9, 2007
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    4. Hi Seraphim!
      I too am having a problem with the Hoodie (which I love, by the way). I don't understand this section: "CO3 knit 13 then turn back and work up casting off on either side as you go, this should be 6 rows, BO
      repeat on other side to finish collar." What do you mean by "casting off"? do you mean bind off? also it seems to me that this creates a split in the back. What is the reasonf or this? And finally, at the end BO, how many stitiches should I have?
      Many thanks!
       
      #4 heleninnj, Dec 13, 2007
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    5. Britishisms, I knew they'd bite me in the ass
      Casting off is binding off - it's just a different term, I thought I'd weeded them all out
      It does create a tiny split in the back which you stitch the hood into, it's the opening at the back of the neck and gives you a centre mark when you attach the hood.
      I had three stitches at the end when i cast off, so it should be about the same.
      I'll change thep attern so it says Bind off and it should say one at either end, so it creates a Vee.
       
      #5 seraphim, Dec 13, 2007
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    6. I thought it was British! I was hunting in my Knitting Bible but couldn't find casting off.
      thanks! I am adapting the pattern to fit my daughter's Kumi. So as I'm casting off I bind off (or k2tog) 1 stitch at the center of the back & 1 stitch at the end of the row. Then I do the same for the other half of the back? Or do I just BO at the center back?
      Am I making a V at the center? Am I making sense??
       
      #6 heleninnj, Dec 14, 2007
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    7. yes,
      it's creating the neckline and pulling it into shape, the added stitches give the shoulder definition but are then bound off (or k2tog) creating a point
      I'll make up the sweater again and show you the shapes of the pieces, it's probably easier that way, but I'm running around like a mad thing at the moment because the deadline i thought was the end of next month is the end of this week and....
       
      #7 seraphim, Dec 14, 2007
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    8. I love this pattern ^^ So cool looking!
      How would I make this bigger to fit a 60cm SD or SD13 (still unsure of which is which) ?
      Still a novice at knitting
       
      #8 iwolfiie, Jan 10, 2009
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    9. increase the size of the wool and needles, try 2.75mm and double knit
      I'll see if i can increase it
       
      #9 seraphim, Jan 10, 2009
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    10. i get mine from www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk for that reason!
      however with a little practise and some nifty stitchwork even super bulky can make a decent sweate, speaking from experience.
       
      #10 seraphim, Jul 16, 2009
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    11. use 2.25mm needles and fingering weight wool although this sweater fits my SD girl as a funky short tight jumper
      there is plenty of stretch in wool so don't necessarily fret and this is very baggy.
       
      #11 seraphim, Jul 28, 2009
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    12. seraphim, i started to do this just trying to see if i could and it seemed to work out just fine till about the part where your pattern says "CO3 knit 13 then turn back and work 2 stitches together on either side as you go, this should be 6 rows, BO (I was left with 3 stitches)"

      I don't understand how this is done, i kept going on but and i did my best to try to do what seemed right but i ended up with a V shape, only it was more like a triangle from about shoulder area, and it was facing up, and the CO3 part left me with three stitches that weren't connected. I dont understand what i did wrong

      back
      CO40
      1-8 K1 P1
      I did it in stripes so the next bit is in stockingette
      9-10 Black
      11-20 White
      21-29 Black
      30-37 White
      BO 3 at each end
      38 K2tog at beginning and end of row
      39 p2tog at beginning and end of row
      40 K2tog at beginning and end of row
      38-44 black (26 stitches)
      CO3 knit 13 then turn back and work 2 stitches together on either side as you go, this should be 6 rows, BO (I was left with 3 stitches)
      repeat on other side to finish collar.
      This creates a Vee shape to stitch the hood into.
       
      #12 BioHazardSludge, Jul 31, 2009
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    13. BioHazard Sludge, I'm jumping in here, but looking at the directions you're asking about here's how I understand it.

      CO 3 stitches...that leaves you with 13 stitches

      Work 2 stitches together at each end for 6 rows...in other words work either a K2 tog or a P2 tog at both ends of the next 6 rows. So you'll be decreasing 1 stitch at the beginning of each row and one at the end of each row...2 stitches per row for 6 rows. This will leave you with one stitch to bind off.

      I may have to give this pattern a try too!
       
      #13 CindyLew, Aug 1, 2009
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    14. I thought I would try my hand at this one, since it looks so cute... and I found myself having trouble with it as well o.o even my knitting gurus (read mom and her friend) couldn't understand what was going on.

      so the question is this: on row 37 of the back, it says bind off three on each side... and then in the next three rows it says either k2tog or p2tog respectively... that totals a deduction of 12 stitches.... 40 minus 12 does not equal 26, it's 28... where do the other two disappear to?

      one more quick question before I go... on the front, does "inside seam" mean the part that will come in the middle under the chin, or the part over the shoulder? ([edit] oh, never mind... it's "from inside, seam bind off"... I'm not certain what that means, so I'll just do what I'm used to... I shall assume from here that it means the bind off should be on the wrong-side row [/edit])

      thanks in advance for the help
       
      #14 Southpaw, Apr 17, 2011
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    15. Southpaw, I searched the thread and found that you're not the first person to have this question about row 37. Seraphim's answer is here. Hope that helps, and good luck!
       
      #15 undermost salamander, Apr 19, 2011
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    16. I saw that one, and that's not it (which is why I asked mine differently)... that only accounts for 12 of the 14 decreases
       
      #16 Southpaw, Apr 19, 2011
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    17. I don't know what to tell you, then...you can PM Seraphim, or you can try just doing an extra decrease row or binding off 4 sts on either side to start, instead of 3. I am guessing it's a typo or addition error, not something you're missing in the pattern.
       
      #17 undermost salamander, Apr 20, 2011
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    18. I did send her a private message, and she said whatever I figure out is fine... so that's what I'm doing
       
      #18 Southpaw, May 6, 2011
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