I love designing simple, easy to knit patterns that might look complicated to the beginner but are very easy to knit. And for the experienced knitter? I like to create simple patterns as refreshers in-between complicated patterns or mindless knitting, to sit with and relax and switch off.

This is a great My First Sweater project. It is knitted in pieces and uses the simplest of stitch techniques, garter stitch (all knit) and stocking stitch (knit one row, purl one row). The sleeves are dropped shoulder and because of this they are great on all body shapes, male or female. This pattern is a revised version of a hoodie I designed in my very first self published book that was released in 2003, (for the next ten years after that I self published over 70 books mainly for North America) It used yarn that is now discontinued and so for this version I used aran weight yarn instead as there are so many lovely ones to choose from. The lower part of the main body is in stocking stitch with the top of the body and the sleeves in garter stitch. Garter stitch is always my go to stitch technique that makes me feel calm.
A knitter who popped into the Skipton Studio said it is like wearing a blanket, cosy and comforting.

For this pattern I used:

Yarn & Amounts: 9(10:11:12:13) 100g hanks of WYS Bluefaced Leicester Aran – Undyed (100% Bluefaced Leicester, 166m/181yds per 100g)

Measurements:
Actual Chest Measurement
100, (108, 120, 133, 142)cms/39¼ (42½, 47¼, 52¼, 55¾)ins

Length (from shoulder)
66, (70, 74, 78, 82)cms/26, (27½, 29¼, 30¾, 32¼)ins

Sleeve Length (all sizes)
44cms/17½ins

Blog Post: I’ve written about the inspiration behind this pattern click here to read!