There are few sweaters as cozy and wonderful on a brisk fall day as a hoodie. Wear another sweater under it, or just a T-shirt, keep your hands warm without carrying gloves, put up the hood if your ears get cold. The hoodie is quite possibly the perfect comfortable sweater. This pattern includes enough sizes for everyone you know, just about, to stay cozy through the fall and winter months.
Size: 2T - 50
Intermediate
20 sts and 24 rows over 4"/10cm using a single-strand of worsted weight yarn and a US 8/5mm needle or sized needed to obtain both stitch and row gauges.
Boys' Intarsia Hoodie Only
3-5 skeins blue
1 skein lime
1 skein turquoise
Mens' Intarsia Hoodie Only
6-8 skeins blue
1-2 skeins Turquoise
US 8/5mm straight needles/circular needles to work hood
An additional Us 8/5mm circular need for cozy pocket
1 pkg small bobbins (intarsia hoodie only)
Stitch holders
2 tapestry needles, one blunt and one sharp
Sewing needle and like-colored sewing thread
Stonehedge Fiber Mill Shepherd's Wool (worsted weight; 100% merino wool; 250 yds [229m] per 3 1/2 oz [100g] skein)
Alpaca with a Twist Baby Twist (double-knitting weight; 100% alpaca; 110 yds [100m] per 1 3/4 oz [50g] ball)
Nashua Handknits Julia (worsted weight: 50% wool, 25% Alpaca, 25% Mohair; 93 yds [85m] per 1 3/4 oz [50g] ball)
Plymouth Galway Worsted or Highland Heather (worsted weight; 100% wool; 210 yds [192m] per 3 1/2 oz [100g] ball)
Tilli Tomas Flurries (worsted weight; 100% merino wool with glass beads; 70 yds [64m] per 1 1/2 oz [50g] skein)
Universal Yarns Deluxe Worsted (worsted weight; 100% wool; 220 yds [201m] per 3 1/2 oz [100g] skein)
First Edition
Hood Instructions (top of column 4) Next row (RS): K [37 (39, 43, 43, 46, 47)] {47 (49, 49, 50, 50, 50)}
Printing Error
Some first edition patterns suffered a printing error which made the letters illegible on the kids schematic.
First - Second Edition
Hood
Continue to pick up sts: ...{92 (100, 100, 103, 104, 104)} sts on needle.