I believe!

In the power of the swatch.

Georgie and I had a FANTASTIC weekend. Saturday morning I woke up and started seaming the sleeves on my Central Park Hoodie. While I was out in California, Nona had suggested that I seam up the sleeves first, before I tried to set them in, because it was easier to go tube to tube than flat to tube. (I had knit the body in one piece so there were no side seams.) So I seamed up the sleeves and I was enjoying the seaming so much (I heart mattress stitch!) that for a little while I was almost sad that I did the majority of the body in the round instead of in pieces the way the pattern was written.

I seamed on the floor while Georgie was on the couch and we watched a very interesting PBS program on past presidential administrations. They had great slogans back then. Like in the 1884 Presidential Election between Grover Cleveland and James Blaine. “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa? Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!” That was Blaine’s slogan for Cleveland, since Cleveland had a child out of wedlock. And Cleveland countered with “Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, The Continental Liar from the State of Maine.” Good times. Anyway, I had a blast seaming up the sleeves, then managed to get them set-in on the first try! Both on the first try! Nona was right – tube to tube couldn’t have been easier.

They could probably be a tad bit neater, but I’m pretty happy with them. Then G and I took a trip into the big city and I hit up Tender Buttons. I had bought some buttons a few weeks ago for the sweater, but they turned out to be too small. I spent about an hour picking out the PERFECT buttons. I wasn’t entirely convinced, but another trip into the city today to go to M&J Trimmings determined that I did indeed have the perfect buttons.

They’re wood, I think, with lots of great swirls and I particularly like the square in the circle idea. Once I got them on I knew they were the right choice all along.

Saturday night I washed the sweater in some delicious special edition SOAK. This is where the whole swatch thing comes into play. I inadvertently made three swatches, which was fine because I love this yarn (more on that in a minute) but the swatches DEFINITELY changed after washing. And when I say wash I mean the sweater was fully emerged in lukewarm water with SOAK and left to sit for like 15-20 minutes. Then I tried as best I could to drain the water from it, took it out of the bucket I soaked it in, and rolled it in two towels TWICE (so four towels total) to try to get as much water out of the sweater as I could. Then I laid it out on the floor as straight and flat as possible (the hood made it kind of interesting.) I didn’t stretch it or pin it – just flat. And then I crossed my fingers.


Doesn’t my ass look great? I showed the pictures
to G – who took them – and he was like “Yeah.
I noticed that.” “So why didn’t you say anything?”
“I thought you could photoshop the lines out. ” If only it were that easy!

Sunday I had a job in the morning with a really great family and a super cute baby girl, visited with the in-laws a bit, and came home to obsess about my sweater and how long it was going to take to dry. G and I had a great date that night for some of the best steak I’ve ever eaten and then went to hear a friend play with his band. FUN! Today we did our city run, did some car stuff and house stuff, and then went out to take pictures. Here’s one of the cute sexy ones G took:

And here’s how I looked one frame later when the wind kicked up:

This is a great pattern – very easy – it’s a really nice first sweater. The cables aren’t hard at all (and if you should happen to fuck them up, I’ve got a nice way to fix them.) The directions are simple, easy to follow and while there are two mistakes in the published pattern, they’re incredibly intuitive to fix on your own in case you miss the errata. Modifications: I did the back and the fronts together up to the arm holes, and cut out one stitch at the ends of the fronts where they met the back and one stitch at each end of the back – this way my ribbing matched up perfectly. Instead of doing the shoulders stair step, I did them using short rows and then put the fronts and back together using a modified three needle bind off. (I say this because I don’t know what else to call it.) Margene taught me this: you put the stitches of the corresponding front and back on two needles and you slip one stitch from one needle over it’s mate on the other needle. Do this with all the stitches. You now have one row of stitches – bind them off as you normally would. Supposedly this is a stronger bind-off than
the regular three needle bind off.

I also kitchenered the hood together instead of binding off and seaming it up as the pattern called for. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

Perhaps the greatest modification I made was to adjust the pattern for my row gauge. When I washed my swatches, the yarn gained about a stitch per 4 inches in stitch gauge and LOST about 4 rows in the row gauge. The pattern called for 6 rows per inch and I got 7. I changed every measurement to match up to this gauge. It was pretty long and big when I tried it on before washing it and I kind of held my breath until it was completely dry. AND IT WORKED!!! The sleeves shrunk up (even though they’re still a bit long – I made them long to begin with) and the hood is DEFINITELY smaller and the yarn bloomed and it’s a bit bigger around and everything that was supposed to happen happened. How’s that for bossing my knitting around!?


Central Park Hoodie

Pattern: from Knitscene, Fall 2006, by Heather Lodinsky
Yarn: Beaverslide, Huckleberry Heather, 90% Wool/10% Kid Mohair. I used just under 7 skeins I think. FABULOUS YARN! Now one of my favorites. I can’t wait to use it again – and I will. While I was knitting this sweater I bought enough for two more.
Needles: Addi Turbo, US size 9 (5.5 mm) and 8 (5.0 mm) and a cable needle.
Buttons: Purchased at Tender Buttons in NYC.
Pictures: By Georgie. When he complained that he couldn’t feel his fingers anymore, I told him to BUCK UP! He wasn’t going to make it as a Swimsuit photographer by complaining about the cold. He didn’t appreciate that. Who loves you baby?

I’m loving all this sweater knitting – now I just need a new project! Thank you for visiting!

Comments

  1. You did a really beautiful job and the buttons are perfect! Keep swatching and stay warm.

  2. it looks FABULOUS!!! I love it! Such a great lesson about gauge swatches.. seriously you cannot knit a sweater without one. On to new knits! I must go to this Button place… yes I’m still without buttons… but i have this week off from work so you know what that means.. Day trip!
    Dude, I was thinking too your butt looked hot even before you wrote it! haha 😉

  3. Love love love the sweater and ABSOLUTELY love the buttons!!! Do they take online orders??? You got me hooked on Ariann and now I’m quite sure I’ll be on to this baby next… We have similar taste in our knits. Thanks for modeling. You look FAB!!

  4. I love how the cables come up and meet at the top of the hood. The sweater is great and the photoshoot looks like it was fun. Tell Georgie his cold fingers were worth it – we all appreciate it!

  5. The sweater is adorable and so are you! I love that you are having so much fun. Too cute!!

  6. yay!

  7. It’s so beautiful in blue! And is this a color you wear often? It should be.

  8. It looks great, C!

  9. Beautiful and the buttons are perfect!!

  10. The sweater looks so great on you – good pick!! Row gauge adjustments & kitchenering the hood; you’re a woman after my own heart! This’ll be a forever sweater.

  11. Fabulous! This sweater has been on my list for a while now – but your photos are responsible for bumping it up several notches! Beautiful work – it looks perfect on you!

  12. Fantastic!! It’s beautiful and the fit is PERFECT. Bravo!

  13. It looks awesome! I love that sweater on you, and you did a great job with it. You had a good photographer, too.

  14. Yahooooo! Congrats — it looks awesome. All the blood, sweat, and tears (and swearing) were worth it!

  15. Looks great on you, Cara! Glad it came out the right size. The picture of you with the wind in your hair is HOT.

  16. Wow, wonderful, perfect hoodie, and super pix, too.

  17. Looks beautiful on you Cara! Great sexy picture too!

  18. Fabulous sweater. I especially love how it looks in the back. I’m glad you stuck to your guns and got the full fashion show the sweater deserved 🙂

  19. Totally AWESOME!!! Good for you.

  20. You did a great job! You’re right… the buttons are perfect 😉

  21. You and the cardi look fabulous!
    You know, I usually like projects much better on you than on the models. I thought that Ariann was a so-so pattern until I saw it on you, and now I have to make it. Same with this one, it did not speak to me at all in the magazine, but now I have to add it to the queue.

  22. What a beautiful sweater! You did a great job in swatching, washing, measuring, and planning. Thanks for sharing, it’s clear from your post that you’re ecstatic about CPH and with good reason! I my have to put that on my FWIP list.

  23. Your sweater turned out great. I’m completely smitten with the buttons you picked out. I like me the Beaverslide yarn a lot, too. I have some waiting in the wings to become Demi (from Vintage Knits).

  24. No doubt, your swatching and knitty math really paid off: your sweater is awesome and it is perfect on you! You did a wonderful job!
    I’m in need of a project too. I want a sweater for myself, and there are so many great patterns around, but none is truly calling my name. Or maybe some are, but not quite loud enough to silence the weird little voice in my head holding me back until I find the pattern I’ll be absolutely passionate about. It may be the way some sort of procrastination (for fear of undertaking such a project or another such dumb reason) has chosen to express itself… and I want to shake it off. Unfortunately, as I am to conclude with “but I still need to find THE pattern”, clearly I’m not quite there yet… (sigh)

  25. Awesome job!! I looks perfect on you!

  26. Duh! It looks perfect on you! 🙂

  27. Kewl sweater cover girl. I love it. Speaking of new project, um…did you ever finish those Koigu knee highs? Just askin.

  28. It’s great to see your step by step process and the wonderful creativity you are blessed with, and the color is simply beautiful on you along with the style! Wow! Lookin’ Good!!!

  29. Gorgeous!
    I was sitting on my couch watching the same program you did this weekend knitting on Ariann! I did the sleeves first to avoid sleeve island, and just finished the body ribbing….it’s going quick, and then I’ll have to find another project. CPH?!

  30. Woot! It’s beautiful … it’s so nice to see it all finished up, you did a great job!

  31. Oh Baby is that beautiful! I’m so going to knit that…now I just need to find the right yarn. You did a great job, thanks for sharing;)

  32. how hot do you look!! great job on the sweater!! you know i’ve really got to get myself some of that beaverslide yarn.

  33. looks fab, lady! i’m so close to finishing mine up and have been for some time. after seeing how adorable it looks on you, i’m inspired!

  34. What fun pictures… you look so happy with your new cardi! Did you, in the end, add length to the design? I love that you included all the info about your swatches (all three of them, ahem) and how they behaved after a bath. Not only for all of us, but for your own memory, too, since you’ll be knitting two more Beaverslide sweaters!
    I wish I had a Tender Buttons or an M&J Trimmings…

  35. GORGEOUS! Pattern is next on my list 😉

  36. Very nice!! I like it – looks so comfortable.

  37. What a great post and beautiful sweater. I’m breathless reading it, and you sound breathless writing it. Your excitement is palpable.
    Can’t quite get my head around the idea of loving seaming, but if you say so—
    That is a lovely pattern–might have to try it!

  38. Ha ha, you said “beaverslide.” If we could come up with a Cleveland/Blaine-style presidential slogan that included beaverslide in it, I think we could rule the world.*
    Also, that hoodie kicks super serious ass. Your mods sound brilliant, and should I ever make this hoodie, you’ll be the first place I look for tips. Genius!
    *”Beaverslide, beaverslide, you naughty yarn”… that’s all I’ve got so far.

  39. Ok, three things;
    1. You CP hoodie looks fabulous and now I am feeling even more impatient as i wait for my copy of the mag with this pattern in it to arrive Downunder.
    2. Thank you for providing the bulk of my bed-bound entertainment today. I discovered your blog through another blog link late last night and spent today (in between dashes to the toilet with a tummy bug) bingeing on your archives.
    3. I now have a terrible craving for STR yarn and have ordered my first skein (in G Rocks) thanks to you (yes, it’s true, I have no responsibility for my own behaviour and as a newbie sock knitter am horribly susceptible to lush photos of jewel-like socks and the yarn that spawned them – although i suspect that won’t diminish over time, lol).
    Thank you for making a grotty day much more bearable!

  40. perfect. you and your cardi are both fabulous! well done!
    i have the beaverslide shadecards and keep petting them 😉

  41. Looks like one of those sweaters that you’re going to wear all of the time.

  42. I am so incredibly impressed with this project, it’s fabulous! Beautiful modifications, great fit, and such a great color on you. Great job and I REALLY enjoyed the posts about fixing the cables. I know someday it’ll save my life too.

  43. Beautiful! 🙂

  44. That is one fabulous hoodie! Love the colour you chose, and the buttons look very fab, too. Nice job!

  45. That is a great hoodie, girl! You wear it well 😉

  46. The sweater looks really beautiful — congratulations! And thank you so much for including all the notes – I’m planning on making this sweater at some point and I know your notes will be really helpful! Thanks again!!

  47. AWESOME!!!!

  48. Beautiful sweater! Great color and great buttons.

  49. Oh man, well done! It’s gorgeous, absolutely perfect. Huzzah, to the power of the swatch.

  50. congrats cara! it turned out just perfect!

  51. I really enjoy reading about your projects from start to finish. This one is a beauty!

  52. Everything about this is fantastic! I’ve been following the saga of the CPH and keeping my fingers crossed for you. It turned out SO WELL! The color, the fit (YAY you for swatching so thoroughly!), the modifications…. fantastic! Your hard work really paid off. You look great in it. And thanks to Georgie for hanging in there through the photo shoot!

  53. You are STYLIN’ in that hoodie! I love the myriad of poses against the brick wall; it just made me think, “What a cutie pie” and “Wow, maybe I should finish my CPH…it seems to have made Cara so happy!”
    Congrats! Now, what’s next?!

  54. This sweater is next up in my queue, and now I cannot wait! I need to do some adjustment for row gauge, too, so now I feel confident that I can do it. I hates me the knitty math.

  55. I’m almost done the back of my CPH — I love yours! I’m going to try the seaming techniques you used … Great job!

  56. Gorgeous sweater! Georgous you! And the yarn is yummy. I MUST make this sweater. I have the pattern already. 🙂

  57. It is BEAUTIOUS!
    And you look so cool wearing it.
    Love, love, love it.

  58. Fabulous, Cara! The style flattering and the choice is wonderful. A perfect grab-and-go sweater!

  59. That would be, the *color choice* is wonderful. Love those cables, too!

  60. Fabulous! All of the changes you made to the pattern worked out perfectly. Don’t you feel really smart 🙂 The fit is just wonderful. Congratulations!

  61. A great sweater, and you used a fabulous yarn, so it will last and last, and you’ll love it for many years to come. Bravo!

  62. Fine. I’ll order the beaverslide. (That’s a very convincing sweater.)

  63. Great CPH! I adore the wind shot, very much like a SI cover.

  64. Fabulous! I’m intrigued by that modified 3 needle bind off.

  65. Oh wow. Wow, wow, WOW. !!! It looks fabulous. Simply loverly. It’s gorgeous! Love the yarn, love the buttons, love the pictures, love it all. You rock.
    [p.s. thanks for sharing the great campaign slogans – too funny!]

  66. I love it. Love it! Now I want one.

  67. I love it!

  68. BRAVO!

  69. Absolutely gorgeous AND you look great in it! I’m glad it turned out like it was supposed to. I guess swatches are a neccessary evil, huh?

  70. It’s adorable…perfect for the warmer weather that is about to come!

  71. It looks so beautiful, Cara! Worth all that hard work and cable flipping agony. And I bet it is warm and cozy – the CPH is such a great pattern, I can never take mine off! I love those wood buttons, too. And those funny funny photos. A wonderful post for a Tuesday that’s really a Monday! 🙂 ~gabriella

  72. DUDE! That is one fabulous sweater, one fabulous photo layout and one fabulous ode to a fabulous sweater! 🙂

  73. I absolutely can’t believe the awesomeness of your sweater. It’s completely and utterly perfect. Wow!

  74. That looks FANTASTIC!!! I just finished my first sweater also (for my daughter). You’ve inspired me to make a CPH for myself! It is AWESOME!!!!

  75. It looks lovely. A very nice victory for you. I think some of my favorite sweaters are the ones that look great and came with a little learning experience!

  76. Looks great! I love all the photos.

  77. GORGEOUS!!!!
    FABULOUS!!!
    you TELL that yarn how to work! 🙂

  78. It’s really sharp. I think a denim-y yarn is so practical and goes with many things. I see many years of use.

  79. That sweater looks perfect on you. Really, really nice job.

  80. The sweater came out *great*! It’s fabulous. Good job. 🙂

  81. I love it–the color, the buttons, the fit, everything! My CPH is stalled because I don’t love my yarn. Must get me some of that Beaverslide, stat!

  82. Great knitting Cara! And Georgie didn’t a great job with the photo shoot!

  83. The sweater is AWESOME!!! Well done. Lots learned with this project, huh? That’s what makes this fun! I can’t wait to see what you knit up next.
    Oh, and by the way, I totally joined the Rockin’ Sock Club even though I’ve never even knit with STR. You have me convinced. 🙂

  84. I love the color of that yarn! The sweater looks great, just another project to add to the list of things I want to knit in this lifetime.

  85. Lovely! It looks so good on you, and looks very comforatable!

  86. great job! way to pull it out of the fire with the emergency fix of the cable!

  87. Love it!!!

  88. Hey, that looks great on you!!
    My (one and only) sweater had a gauge thing, too…I knew from washing the swatch that it was going to get wider and shorter. It drove me nuts while knitting it because I couldn’t just sort of hold it up to myself as I knit it to see how things were going. But when it came out perfect at the end, it was a grand thing 🙂
    Congrats!

  89. Hoo-Boy! That sweater looks great and definitely the right buttons for the CPH too. Great job on all of it.

  90. You are definitely the boss of your knitting. Looks great!

  91. Your sweater is beautiful! I love all the complexities of the color. And you did great with the buttons. I have a small collection of “the wrong buttons” which I buy before I’m done with a sweater & find I can’t use once I’m done.

  92. Hot, hot, hot, and more hot! Damn, girl!
    And thanks for finishing it, eh? Now it’s finally warming up in this town.

  93. Awesome job! The sweater looks awesome, and G got some very nice pictures 🙂
    I love how you altered the pattern to fit your yarn and size too, that’s my favorite part of the knitting…doing the pattern and swatch math. It’s sick, I know.

  94. Super job, the sweater looks fantastic! I love your expression in the “windy” photo… 🙂

  95. OMG, Cara, the hoodie is GORGEOUS!! Absolutely gorgeous.

  96. Awesome job!

  97. LOVE the sweater! It turned out terrific! I’ve never knitted a sweater, and am really starting to want to. I’ll keep this one in mind. Great job, Cara!

  98. Oh, Cara, it’s PERFECT! The color, the fit, everything! You totally are rockin’ this sweater. Hooray for the swatch and your fabulous knitting.

  99. Adore the sweater! Could you let me know what sizes are in the pattern? Just so I know what I’m in for? If I have to do alot of futzing with the numbers, I may wait to knit this until later! Thanks, and congrats! Positively delectable!

  100. Wow, your sweater is awesome! Great job! It gives me hope that I can someday make a sweater that fits!

  101. Your CPH looks absolutely smashing! I’m especially motivated to finish mine — just 1/2 a sleeve, a hood, and a buttonband to go!

  102. I don’t think I could have dealt with re-calculating all those numbers for row gauge, but it was definitely worth it. It looks awesome! Great seaming job. I especially love the wind-blown picture. You are looking hot there!

  103. Personally, I thought that your “ass” set off the cables very nicely! 🙂
    (Dang you get a lot of comments…)
    (Yes, THAT Cindy-)

  104. Love the sweater, love the pictures! Fantastic!

  105. Luscious!

  106. cara, this looks beautiful! such a beautiful job and it looks great on you. love the yarn, the color, the perfect buttons, the cute pics… congratulations!!

  107. Before I give into this sweater and order a back issue – can you tell me what sizes the pattern is written for?

  108. Wow! Next time you start to get bummed because you feel like you aren’t the world’s greatest knitter, look back at this post and all the advanced techniques you incorporated – you are world class, lady! Good work!

  109. As we say in the Coast Guard: “Bravo Zulu!”. Spectacular job!!! I wish I had a figure like that to make sweaters for. Any time I attempt a sweater it looks like a saggy sack of taters.
    Perhaps this pattern should be a requirement for Spin-Out 2007! Ya can’t get in unless you’re wearing your CPH!
    You rock.

  110. Looks great and great on you!

  111. I love the way this sweater came out for you!

  112. That sweater looks amazing! Great job.

  113. Your hoodie looks GREAT! Seaming too! I also like the kitchner for hoods. And MOST of my pics (of me that is) look you with the wind up, or worse!

  114. CARA! WOW! just WOW! I love the sweater. I love it on you. I love you. I love honey’s pictures of you. I love the wind blowing through your hair like you are such a supermodel! I love the yarn! I LOVE THE YARN! (had to say that one again!!!)
    Love. It’s all about the love, baby!
    xoxox
    Did I say love enough??
    Lovelovelovelovelove
    u.

  115. Oh, god, I went a bit overboard on the ….you know….and about made myself sick!
    haha!
    xo

  116. I am working on “Cardigan for Arwen” from IK Winter 2006. LOVE IT!!! It’s also a hoodie though so it might be too similar to CPH.

  117. That’s a beautiful sweater. And you look lovely in the photos. I’m knitting Ariann because I loved your’s, and now this one might have to go on the list too!

  118. Excellent job on the sweater. Knit Scene should consider replacing their model with yours. That blah green & hood seam didn’t interest me at all. Your sweater, though, I want to knit! Great color & finishing.

  119. That looks lovely and very, very comfy (which, after all, is the true test for any piece of clothing). I need to pass this on to Betty and get her knitting hers. She is languishing on the front, but I guess too many papers being due is the culprit. How about something from Lace Style, like say, the Katherine Hepburn cardi . . . then I can just live through your posts!

  120. Cara…it’s fabulous!

  121. Your CPH is fantastic Cara! Such pretty yarn!!

  122. FANTASTIC Cara! I’m so poud of you! It looks amazing, and that color is gorgeuos on you! I’m glad for your review of the yarn, I need some!

  123. Cara – your sweater looks fantastic 🙂 I love the cables! Well done!!

  124. it’s just beautiful!!

  125. Great job. So Pretty! Working on the LF of mine. Kinda wish I had knit all in one like you. Wanna sew mine up? He he. Couldn’t figure out the short row shoulders tho I tried. Tried the knitty tut which was good but wasn’t sure about leaving the live stitches for the neck and switching yarn and all that stuff. Didn’t trust myself. Maybe next time. Hope mine comes out as nice. Thanks for sharing all the f’ups and fix ups.

  126. The way you boss your knitting around is truly inspiring for those of us who are still being bossed around by ours.
    The sweater is superb. You look like you were born to wear it. 🙂

  127. So cute!
    PS: I can’t believe how many comments you get!

  128. Gorgeous! You did a great job! Makes me want to start mine!

  129. I love it, Cara! It turned out so well. I wish you’d been here when you were out on the left coast, but if I had to pick someone to share you with, I couldn’t do better than Nona.
    xox, J

  130. That looks bought, just fabulous! So nicely done
    <:)

  131. Sweeeeet! I love how proud you are of that beautiful sweater. Great buttons! And what a nice photographer you have. I’m amazed and humbled by your gauge knowledge. I know now that it can be done…

  132. It’s fabulous – love the photos G took (you look mahhhvelouzs dahlink) and the sweater, oh my. . . it is most beautiful.

  133. Wonderful pictures! Nice combination for showing off such a lovely sweater.

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  135. Dude.
    That sweater is amazing. I’d pay around 80-100 bucks for one like that and there’s no way it’d fit me like yours fits you (You know that sweater fits you like it was made for you!)
    Love the colors.
    The pattern.
    The way it fits you.
    And your man for not bitchin’ too much about being cold! Nice photo shoot. 🙂

  136. Oh, I’m so bummed that you dislike the sweater so much. 😉
    Seriously, it looks great! It becomes you. Congratulations on making it to the finish line!

  137. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!

  138. Love the sweater!!
    It looks great! and I think you made a good pick for the yarn.
    I have been looking for a hooded cardigan that I could convert to a hooded vest, and I think this might be the patterns.

  139. *applause* That’s a gorgeous piece of work right there.

  140. Your CPH turned out perfect, perfect I say! I particuarly like the photo when the wind kicked up — you almost look like Marilyn Monroe!? You have me thinking of a CPH using Cascade 220 Heathers.

  141. LOVE IT! Looks fabulous.

  142. Beautiful sweater and great pictures!

  143. Love the CPH as I loved the Ariann and BY GOLLY – loved that trip down memory lane to that fabulous handspun/handknit shawl – best picture – that floaty/airy one that makes it look like it’s made of gossamer – yeah, yeah, yeah – I just had to address that “You are no better then the rest of us knitters out here” – hahaha – this is by far the best, most inspirational knitting blog out there – the witty reparte (sp?), the PHOTOS, the TEACHING!!! You know, I buried a husband in 98 – by golly it was a difficult year and I loved him and it was hard – NUFF SAID – hell – look at all the people who are willing to write a dayum HAIKU for you!!

  144. You look adorable!! It fits perfectly and looks so cozy!

  145. Like reading a great story! I’m knitting this too and your modifications have inspired me to shake my finger at my own knitting! NICE WORK!

  146. I think that I am going to hae to knit this hoodie. Yours looks GREAT!!!! Good job 🙂

  147. Fabulous! I love all the poses and the photos of your FO’s. Really shows off the FO!

  148. Perfect, perfect, perfect! I love that Beaverslide color!

  149. Thanks for the CPH inspiration. I was thinking about yours the entire time I bought some Black Water Abbey worsted in pink heathers at Stitches this weekend and knew that’s what it had to become.

  150. damn cara. you are one hot cookie.

  151. wow. that was a really long post! and a really long list of compliments to scroll down to add my 2 cents 😉
    nevertheless, lovely hoodie! i appreciate your thoroughness and pictures.
    i’d like to knit it again, but can’t, until i resolve the button issue on my 1st hoodie … if only we had great button shops like your’s, down south!

  152. Your blog is hillarious. I love this hoodie and you inspired me to teach myself cables. I have started a sweater with cables, and I finished the sleeves with no problem. But I want to knit the body as one like you did, any tips? Im a fast learner and the pattern looks easy enough. Help? how do I get started?

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