For the hood I decided to continue with the cable from the back. But after some time I realised that the cable will end in exactly that corner of the hood, that is not shown, if the hood lies on my shoulder. So I decided to modificate the hood a little, stop some time earlier for the stockinette region and continue just with the cable and in every new row I knitted together the last stitch from the cable with one stitch of the hood. (I sounds complicated in english ... I hope you understand what I mean).
It was quite hard to finish - especially the cross with the front-band cable was quite difficult. That is why it looks a little crumpled, but I think it's ok. (My first idea was to twist the "back cable" with the "front cable" But I had no clue, how to do this.)
After that I continued with the buttonband. I did it the same way Shameka described here. So I took 3 stitches for 4 rows and after all I had 316 stitches on my needle. It's surprising how long it can take to knit just one row, if this row has this many stitches. The buttonband is nearly 3 inch wide. The buttonholes are over 4 rows, which is perfect for my nice green buttons.Last but not least I will give you an impression of my hoodie, although the sleeves are still missing:
1 comment:
Hi Meneme
It was very nice to see your photos. I liked your idea of making the hood cable go all the way to the top to meet the edge cable. I might try to do that myself. I am just starting the hood and I still have to knit the sleeves. I included little pouch pockets in the front of mine and I am going to knit the arm cuffs extra long and put thumb holes in them so that they can act as wrist warmers or half mittens.
Cathy in San Jose California
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