The Celtic Hood was to fill a gap in my own knitting library. I found I only had few hood patterns, and none for adults. And when an internet search failed to turn up what I wanted, I decided to design it myself!

This hood starts with the cable panel, which is knit flat. The neck is knit in the round, then the cable section is joined to the neck with a three-needle bind off. The body of the hood is knit back and forth, picking up stitches from the edge of the cable pattern. Finally, stitches are picked up from the other side of the cable pattern to make the edge of the hood. So while it is an exercise in more unusual construction, there’s absolutely nothing scary about it, I promise!

Yarn is Cascade 200 Superwash Wool, and any worsted-weight wool or wool blend should substitute quite well, if desired. Worsted/Aran weight acrylic yarn would also substitute nicely, if desired.

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The cable panel pattern stitch is both written and charted. This pattern also has an accessible large print option that is compatible with screen-reading software. This option includes the written instruction.

The large print option is done in a sans-serif font with a minimum 24 pt font size, and all pictures included have alt-text enabled for screen-readers.

Techniques Used:
slipped stitches
decreases: k2tog, ssk, k3tog, k3togtbl
working cables with a cable needle
pick up and knit
pick up and purl
long tail cast on method
provisional cast on method with scrap yarn
three-needle bind off

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Pattern Usage:

While you may teach a knitting class using this pattern, each student in the class must purchase a copy of the pattern from my Etsy or Payhip shops.

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