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baby hoodie (n almost seamless) baby hoodie by hinke

Materials
* 200 - 250 meters of Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool, or
any good substitute
* Size 6 mm (US10) 50cm/20" circular, and a set of
6 mm dpn's
* Crochet hook at about the same size as needles
* 1 stitch marker
* 3 buttons

Size
* newborn to 6 months, fabric is very stretchy

Gauge
* 14 sts x 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm (4" x 4")

Notes and stitch guide
* Start all rows by slipping the 1
st
stitch knitwise.
* Provisional cast on by crochet, see tutorial here:
bellaknitting.typepad.com/bella_knitting/2007/10/provis
ional-cas.html
* Invisible vertical seaming on garter stitch:
www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html
* Elizabeth Zimmermann's sewn bind off:
www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/FEATsum06TT.html
* Grafting (aka kitchener stitch)
www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/FEATtheresasum04.html
* Garter stitch: knit all rows.
* Garter stitch in the round: knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
* RS = right side of work, WS = wrong side
* K2tog = knit 2 together, SSK = slip slip knit

Directions
Body
With circular needle (or straight if you wish) cast on
32 sts using the crochet provisional cast on (*see
notes). Knit 5 cm (2") in garter stitch, where first
row is WS. From now on start every row by slipping
first st knitwise.

Next row (RS) knit 20 sts, then knit remaining 12 sts
with a piece of scrap yarn in contrasting color. Slip
these sts back onto left needle and knit them again
with normal yarn. This will be the left sleeve inset.

Turn work and continue
in garter stitch for 25 cm
(10"). At next RS row
knit 20 sts, then knit
remaining 12 sts with a
piece of scrap yarn in
contrasting colour. Slip the 12 sts back onto left
needle and knit them again with normal yarn. This
will be right sleeve inset.

Knit 5 cm (2") in garter stitch, ending with WS row.
Do not bind off, but slip the 32 sts on a piece of
scrap yarn and for now leave them to rest.

Fold piece at both sleeve
insets, and seam front
shoulder parts to back
shoulder parts, as shown
in diagram: attach A to A and B to B, using the
invisible vertical seaming on garter stitch method
(*see notes).

Sleeves
With dpn's (or magic loop method if you prefer) pick
up the sts that hold the left sleeve insets scrap
yarn, starting at the armpit. Unravel scrap yarn.
Start knitting garter stitch in in the round (*see
notes), beginning with a purl round and picking up
an extra st before first st and after last st (26 sts).
K2tog last and first st at every 5 cm (2") at the
beginning of a knit round 3 times (23 sts). At a
length of 16 cm (6") bind off using Elizabeth
Zimmermann's sewn bind off (*see notes).

Repeat for right sleeve.

Front flaps and hood
With circular needle, pick up (without knitting) the
32 sts from provisional cast on of left front. Undo
the crochet chain. Now, using the provisional cast
on by crochet method again, cast on for the hood:
with crochet hook make a chain of something like 60
chain sts, and pick up 52 of the chains back loops
with the circular needle. End with picking up the
next 32 sts of the right front. You'll now have a total
of 116 sts on your circular needle.



At first row (RS, starting at left bottom) knit all sts,
turn and continue garter stitch until you have 9 cm
(3,5"). Ending with a WS row, bind off all sts using
the sewn bind off method.

Now start the back of the hood by picking up the 52
provisional sts with the circular needle. Undo the
crochet chain. Count the rows along the back
neckline and divide this number by 2 this will be
the amount of rows you'll knit for the back of the
hood. Continue knitting in garter stitch.
At the 11
th
row before reaching your calculated
amount of rows, place stitch marker at the center
of the sts (between 26
th
and 27
th
st). Next row (RS),
to get a rounded hood, start decreasing the top as
follows:

* Row 1 (RS) ssk 6
th
and 5
th
st before marker, and
k2tog 5
th
and 6
th
st after marker
* Row 3 ssk 5
th
and 4
th
st before marker, and k2tog
4
th
and 5
th
st after marker
* Row 5 ssk 4
th
and 3
rd
st before marker, and k2tog
3
rd
and 4
th
st after marker
* Row 7 ssk 3
rd
and 2
nd
st before marker, and k2tog
2
nd
and 3
rd
st after marker
* Row 9 ssk 2
nd
and 1
st
st before marker, and k2tog
1
st
and 2
nd
st after marker

You now decreased 10 sts, ending with 42 sts on
your needle. Knit one more row (WS). With 21 sts at
each of your needles, close hood by grafting (*see
notes) these sts together. Seam bottom of hood to
back of neck, using the invisible vertical seaming on
garter stitch.

Finishing
With crochet hook and starting at the WS, single
crochet along the left front from neck to bottom,
evenly spaced making 3 chained loops to match the
size of your buttons. Block piece and sew on
buttons. Fold cuffs. Enjoy!

2009 Hinke pattern free for non-commercial use only