Hoodies for All the Family by Elizabeth Lovick

Hoodies for All the Family

Knitting
March 2011
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
500 - 2260 yards (457 - 2067 m)
10 sizes to fit 4 years to 52 ins chest
English
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Unisex hoodies in sizes for mum, dad and all the kids. The strandec band and intarsia star are smaller on the smaller sizes, and the raglan sleeves make for a comfy fit. If you don’t like colour-work, leave it out! It will look as good plain. Or striped…

Things you need to know to make the hoodies

Materials
Jamieson and Smith’s chunky 100% Shetland wool in the amounts and colours shown in the table
pair 5 and 5.5 mm (US 8 and 9) needles
thin needle for picking up stitches
row counter
stitch holders or lengths of yarn

Tension
16 sts and 18 rows to 4” over pattern on 5.5 mm needles after washing and dressing/blocking.

Sizes
to fit: 4 (6, 8, 10 yrs, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52” chest)
actual chest 30 (33, 36, 39, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60) ins
length 15 (18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29) ins
sleeve 11 (12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19, 20) ins
(length and sleeve are easily adjustable)

shade/no 100 g balls:
MC 4 (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15)
CC 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2)