Knit Your New Favorite Everyday Sweater

I have knit a lot of sweaters through the years, and there are some that are decidedly in heavier rotation than others. You’d think it might be the fancy ones, the ones that were a lot of work, maybe even ones I designed that I’m really proud of.

I do have and wear all of those sorts of sweaters, of course, but my favorite sweaters for everyday are simple. They’re usually solid colors or a single colorway if it’s a multicolored yarn. They are mostly sweaters I would describe as being like the knit version of a sweatshirt. They’re easy to wear and generally were pretty easy to knit as well.

I feel like the Phumeza sweater from Noma Ndlovu at Bigger than Life Knits would definitely fit into both the easy to knit and easy to wear category. It’s a top down, drop sleeve sweater that’s mostly stockinette with garter ridges for added interest in the knitting and texture in the wearing. There are two different neckline options so you can decide if you want it higher or lower. The sleeves are wide and comfortable for layering. I would say it’s just slightly cropped, but that could just be because I like longer sweaters and this is a fine normal length for the average person.

The pattern comes in 11 sizes, and there’s a schematic in the pattern notes for the pattern on Ravelry but I’m having trouble reading it. It looks like it goes up to 72 inches/183 cm for the finished chest circumference, and I actually can’t read the smallest so if you can read it better than I can or if you get the pattern and can see the schematic in it, let me know and I’ll update this post.

You can grab the free pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Bigger than Life Knits]

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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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