knitscene's central park hoodie

[binkin]

I may be too late to join in on this, but I finally got a copy of the magazine over Thanksgiving and I've got some Jameson's Shetland in Aster that I'm planning to use.  I will probably cast on later today and work on it between all my holiday knitting.  The gauge swatch (came out perfect) was turned into a catnip-filled cat toy that my cat and kitten are fighting over.  Guess I'll have to make them another one soon.

[juliesnider]

I'm still working on it too.  The long weekend (made longer by 2 snow days - woo hoo) has helped progress.  I'm almost done with the first sleeve then I'll have to do the DREADED seaming. 

[lilacbutterfly]

I didn't want to make this at first, but after seeing everyone's great versions, I decided to try it.  I haven't really done cabling before, just with Fetching, so it will be interesting.  It might take me a while, I have 3 kids, and I don't work on complicated stuff with them around.  I got gauge, so I'll be starting soon.

[lawral]

thanks for the compliments guys!

indieanajess - the thumbholes were actually really easy. i looked at a few storebought shirts with thumbholes (yay delia's!) and they put them right on the seam. basically, i just added extra length to the sleeves when i knit them and then left a hole when i seamed them up. they gained their roundish shape just from the way the ribbing pulls the sleeve. i did whipstitch around the hole for some extra durability (and as a way to carry the seaming yarn around the hole so i wouldn't have to weave in the ends). the hardest part, i thought, was making them match, but then i have that problem with everything vaguely symmetrical.

[daizyduke]

Hi. I have a question on this pattern. I just started tonite. I am starting with the sleeves. I  did the ribbing and have started the cabling. It says while doing the cabling at the same time to increase on both ends every 8th row. First question is, should I increase into the very first and very last stitches? Or should I knit one, increase, knit till one stitch is left, increase, knit 1? Next question, it says every 8th row. This would be a wrong side row. What increase should I use on a purl row? Thanks.

[aunt carrot]

Yeah, you might want to k1, then increase, since you need a nice edge for seaming. Also, you don't have to increase on a wrong side if you don't want to--just stick an extra row in there and increase on the right side.

[jlp]

Glad to see others are still working on this! I swatched this weeks ago, but just cast on last night. I only had my 6s available, so got through the ribbing on the back and both front sides. After working on a neverending k2p2 ribbed scarf, this just flew by.

I loved the green in original and need to branch out from my usual black or tan sweaters, so I'm using KnitPicks Swish Superwash in Dublin.

[ebeth]

wow everyone's sweaters look so fabulous...someday i will actually get to start working on mine...did anyone use yarn that wasnt wool? i just cant figure out what yarn to use (i cant wear wool)...if anyone has any suggestions i would be eternally grateful! (i am horrible at substitutions) 

[zzjulia]

here it is!
i also added some length to the sleeves so that i could make thumbholes on the seams.



i love it.

This is brilliant!  It looks wonderful on you.  I just picked up my pattern and yarn last week...a little late to the KAL.

[pixiepurls]

lawral, what yarn did you use?