Free Knitting Pattern: Shoulder Hug

July 10, 2012 by Sarah White 2 Comments

I’m the sort of person who is cold pretty much all the time. It doesn’t matter how hot it is outside, I’ll get a chill as soon as the air conditioning comes on. I live in the South, so everywhere is over-air-conditioned for my taste (including my house a lot of the time), so I try not to leave the house without some kind of shrug or shawl if I know I’m going to be in a building.

That’s why I love the Shoulder Hug, a super-easy pattern from Yarn Rhapsody (click the link and the pattern is a PDF). It’s a lace weight pattern but it’s worked on size 7 US (4.5 mm) knitting needles, so it doesn’t take as long as 1,100 yards of yarn sounds. It’s worked in Garter Stitch with short rows to shape a series of triangles. When you’re done, you fold the piece so the cast on and bound off edges are together, then sew part of one side seam to hold the piece on.

This leaves triangles of fabric that cane be placed to the front, back or sides when you wear it. Easy, cute and just enough coverage to keep you warm when it’s a little too cool inside. Sounds like a winner to me.

[Photo by Yarn Rhapsody.]

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sarah says
July 12, 2012 at 4:24 am
could you show a picture of this being worn? would love to see what it looks like on… thanks
Sarah White says
July 12, 2012 at 7:38 am
There’s one on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/shoulder-hug

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A Beautiful Way to Keep Your Head Warm

I haven’t knit a lot of hats, because I don’t wear hats that often, and because I don’t wear hats that often, the ones I have knit tend to be pretty basic and utilitarian. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s also nothing wrong with treating yourself to a lovely hat that takes a little more time to knit but will also be a joy to wear whenever you need to.

I think the Two Grey Hills hat from Tressa Weidenaar is an example of that second kind of hat. With its allover colorwork design and use of DK weight yarn, this is going to take you longer to knit than, say, a ribbed hat in bulky yarn. But you’ll also get that time to enjoy the process and reflect on the meaning behind the colorwork, which is inspired by Navajo weavings.

The pattern calls for two colors of DK yarn and is available in two sizes, adult medium and large. Two colors with a nice contrast will be helpful for seeing the design, which is somewhat intricate in places.

Despite that, this isn’t a difficult pattern if you’ve done stranded knitting before. You need to know how to cast on, knit, purl, work in the round, do colorwork from a chart and decrease stitches to make this hat.

Make this hat with a soft yarn and you’ll want to wear it all day, every day when the weather is cold. You can grab the pattern on Ravelry, and also check out the Rug Weaver’s Headband, which has a different look but is also inspired by Navajo weaving. The headband might be a better choice to knit if you don’t live somewhere where you need a winter hat that often.

Looking for more hats? Check out these hat knitting patterns that use worsted weight yarn leftovers.

[Photo: Tressa Weidenaar]

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