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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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A Short and Sweet Top to Knit for Summer

I think one of the things that keeps me from wearing some of the summer tops that I have knit is that when they use worsted weight yarn, they’re actually heavier and warmer than a normal T-shirt would be. Which sometimes is fine, since I tend to be cold, but it’s not always what you want from your warm-weather gear.

That’s why shirts and tops knit with fingering (aka sock) yarn are so great. They’re super light weight and honestly they don’t take as long to knit as you probably think they will.

I’m sure that’s true with the Maya Top from Gavriella Treminio, especially if you choose the cropped length option. This top down sweater has a textured circular yoke with bobbles and eyelets, while the rest of the body is worked in stockinette stitch. Other than the integrated ribbed neckband, other edges are left in stockinette so they will roll slightly to finish the casual look. 

The design comes with seven different size options, ranging from 36 to 62 inches in the chest. The pattern page doesn’t say how much ease is meant to be included in the pattern, but starting at size 36 would leave it pretty roomy for folks in the smaller sizes.

I don’t think the suggested yarn is made anymore, but it looks like a top that would be lovely in a mercerized cotton or a linen and silk blend, something with a little bit of shine to it. This is one of those times when the yarn suggestions on Ravelry can be super helpful because you can see what yarn other people used and how their finished projects came out.

You can get this pattern on Ravelry.

Looking for more summer top patterns? I’ve collected some lacy top knitting patterns here, and a few great tank top knitting patterns here.

[Photo: Gavriella Treminio.]

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