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Another Sweater ALMOST Done!

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THE sweater!I’m coming down to the wire on my granddaughter’s sweater, a hoodie, with a simple to do yet looks more complicated cable.

This is a picture of The Casual Hooded Pullover from The Complete Knitting Collection, House of White Birches.

Does anyone know how many cables there are in the whole indrustry?

(pick me, pick me, hand waving wildly from the back of the room).

Well, then, “How many”? (Please, HS english teacher, don’t critique this gross mis-use of conversational marks).

There are as many different types of cables as there are people who knit them!Really easy cable!

And I believe that (which is good, since I’m the one who said it). The reason I chose this sweater was because of the hoodie factor, but also, the cable looked a bit more intricate than the typical P4, K4, P4 cable. And I was especially delighted to find that it was a very simple to memorize pattern.

The yarn I chose was a soft yellow (she looks gorgeous in yellow!) and while she’s only 10, she’s a very tall 10, so I made a women’s small, and went down a size in recommended needles.

Hoodies are very popular right now, I’ve been eyeing up the “Wonderful Wallaby” pattern. That one will be the next one I knit, after my fiber festival sweater, after a few baby gifts, after….. well, I’m sure you know.

There are tons of Hoodie Patterns on the net. Tomorrow… I’ll point you toward some of them!

Keep checking up with us at Knitting.CraftGossip.com! You never know what we’ll find next!

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Add a Little Lace to Your Knitting Patterns

If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.