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Hoodie Knitting Patterns

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Every now and then I like to check the top search terms that people are looking for when they visit, and I saw that one has to do with hoodie knitting patterns. I realized it looks like I have never done a roundup of hoodie knitting patterns (which is not to say there aren’t individual pattern posts here) so it seems like the perfect time to do one.

One of my first ever knit sweaters was a hoodie design from Knitting Pure and Simple. The exact one I made doesn’t seem to be available anymore, but this one, labeled the Sport Hoodie by Diane Soucy, is similar (the one I made used bulky yarn and this one is heavy worsted). It’s meant to be loose fitting and comes in six sizes, from 36 to 56 inches chest measurement. You can get it on Ravelry.

Alexandra Tavel’s Clubhouse Raglan is another great, simple, worsted weight yarn hoodie pattern modeled on a hooded sweatshirt. It’s worked mostly in the round with raglan sleeves and a kangaroo pocket. It’s designed to be worn with 10-12 inches of positive ease and comes in eight sizes up to a chest measurement of 68.5 inches. You can get this one on Ravelry.

The Campfire hoodie from DROPS Design is another great classic, with a shawl collar worked in deep ribbing that joins the hood. Otherwise its a pretty straightforward, bulky sweater worked in the round that comes in six sizes, up to 54.25 inches.

If you want something a little less simple, try this chunky sweater from Through the Stitch on Etsy. This one features a cable and diamond stitch pattern (which is a little hard to see if the yarn they chose) and is worked flat with set-in sleeves. The pattern rates it as being for experienced knitters, and it comes in two sizes.

Or add a little texture like in the Tierra Stitchy Hoodie from Mama in a Stitch. This super bulky hoodie is worked flat in pieces in super bulky yarn and comes in five sizes, ranging in chest measurement from 44 to 60 inches (it’s meant to be roomy!) and uses textured stitches as highlights on the body and sleeves.

Why not a hoodie that doesn’t actually look like a hoodie? The Corona sweater by Teresa Gregoria (a free download from LoveCrafts) looks like a sweet shawl collared sweater with three-quarter sleeves and a bit of cabled texture at the neckline, but it also has a hood for extra coziness. This one uses worsted weight yarn.

Boys Color Block Hoodie Knitting Pattern

Free Knitting Pattern Baby Hoodie

Simple Woman-Hoodie Knitting Pattern

Free Pattern – The Shoulder Hoodie from Caron!

 

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Cross Stitch the National Parks in Tiny Form

I love little cross stitch patterns, but it’s especially fun when a small cross stitch design has a lot of detail going on. That’s the case with this collection of national parks cross stitch patterns from Stitchin Madness. 

This isn’t really a pattern, it’s a full-on book with designs for all 63 of the national parks in the United States (which includes the Virgin Islands). Each design is unique and shows a distinctive feature or the park or what the landscape there looks like. 

The book includes a full table of contents and numbered pages to make it easy to find the design you want to make. 

Each design is 40 by 40 stitches without the park name included, and 40 by 50 stitches if you add the name. They’re designed for 14 count fabric and if you make all of them you’ll use 72 colors, though each individual pattern uses a lot fewer colors than that. 

These would be so fun to make as you visit different parks, or make the whole set to frame together if you’re a big travel person who loves the national parks. They’d also be fun as greeting cards or even ornaments for your tree with the year you visited added to it somewhere. 

The photo above shows a nice collection of some of the patterns in hoops, but I could see them done in little frames as well. This should give you a taste for what the designs look like and might even include your favorite park (mine is Acadia because I went there on my honeymoon; it isn’t on here but you can see it on the product page. 

If you’re ready to stitch the national parks, or even just a handful of them, check out this pattern book from Stitchin Madness on Etsy. I’d love to know which national park is your favorite or what you would stitch up first!

[Photo: Stitchin Madness]