Knit a Cozy Sweater Perfect for Lounging

In my world, sweaters are for all year, but if you don’t wear sweaters in the summer and are in the Northern Hemisphere, this might be one to save for the fall. Our Southern Hemisphere friends can stitch this one up right away for their cooler days.

The Pillars Sweater by Perfectly Knotted is a cute and easy sweater with a deep V-neck and lots of ribbing at the bottom of the deeply split hem. The top part that’s in stockinette would be a cropped length, but adding all that ribbing makes it long enough to wear with leggings or anything else you want.

The pattern is worked from the top down, beginning flat to form the V neck. It’s then joined in the round for the stockinette portion of the body and split into flat panels again to work the ribbing. The sleeves are roomy (she knit hers pretty long but you could always make them shorter if you like them better that way) and the sweater is meant to be worn with 2o to 30 percent positive ease, though of course you can adjust that to your liking.

Actual finished chest measurements of the sweater range from 32 to 80 inches (81.3 to 203.2 cm) and there are 17 sizes. These are made to fit an actual chest measurement ranging from 25 to 66.5 inches (63.5 to 168.9 cm), though of course you can use less ease on larger sizes if needed.

The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn but also suggests you could work it with a DK weight yarn and a mohair yarn held together for extra warmth and coziness if you like. Maybe try both and see what difference it makes in the warmth — this would be a good lesson for your future knitting projects.

You can find the pattern on Etsy.

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I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I know we have a lot of Southern Hemisphere friends, too, who are heading into the cooler months as we are warming up. Whichever one of the seasons you’re in, you might want to stitch up this sweet little hood.

This pattern by saskie&co is called snug hood and it uses two colors of yarn to make a close-fitting pixie style hood (almost a balaclava but it doesn’t cover your face, though there is a neck covering portion to keep you a little warmer). You can use the fingering weight wool and mohair held together that are called for in the pattern, or use a single strand of DK weight yarn.

The neck portion and the edging around the face are worked in ribbing in a single color, while the body of the hat includes an allover colorwork flower pattern. The project is worked both flat and in the round and there is colorwork that is knit flat, which means you’ll have to purl in colorwork (which some people don’t like; also, you can’t see what you’re doing as well on the back of the work).

The pattern comes in one size and the colorwork is charted. Testers noted this is a quick and easy project and a great way to learn some new skills (chart reading, working stranded colorwork flat) if you’ve never tried those things before. They noted the hood is cute, comfortable and warm, and a few said it didn’t take as much yarn as the pattern suggests, so bear that in mind if you’re trying to use stash.

Speaking of the pattern notes, check out all the cute color variations in the projects on Ravelry. From pink and red to blue and white to gray and cream, there are lots of great options to think about.

You can buy this pattern on Ravelry.

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