Sporty lace hoodie with a hood decorated with contrast Garter stripes. Hoodie is worked bottom up in pieces, sleeves are worked top down from the armholes. Hood is worked once garment is finished.

Yarn:

Bourrette Filati Buratti Bourette silk (~2000m/2187yds per 100g/3.5oz worked holding 4 strands of yarn together)
The sample was knit in size 1 out of Bourrette Filati Buratti Bourette silk (~2000m/2187yds per 100g/3.5oz).

Needles:

• Main:3.5-4/US 4-6 (or size to get gauge in pattern) circulars on a ~80cm/32” cable
• Smaller:3/US 2.5 (or 0.5mm/2 US size smaller than main) circulars on ~40-60cm/16-24”

Notions: waste yarn / extra cable/ stitch holders, stitch markers, row counter (optional), tape measure, tapestry needle, scissors

GAUGE (PER 1010CM/44” AFTER WET BLOCKING)
• Lace print: 20 stitches by 35 rows – on main needles

SIZING:

7 children sizes for 1-2 (3-4, 5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-12, 13-15) yo and 13 adult sizes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) intended to be worn with 4-6cm/1.5-2” of positive ease.

TECHNIQUES
• Provisional cast-on (using crochet hook & scrap yarn)
• Working in garter stitch and stockinette flat
• Decreases:
Basic knit decreases: knit 2 together (k2tog), slip-slip-knit/purl (ssk/ssp)
• Lifted increase (RLI – right and LLI – left)
− RLI
− LLI
• Reading charted instructions (optional)
• Chain selvage edges
• Kitchener Stitch in Garter
• Sloped bind off
• Working in hollow rib (in the round) – for neckline trimming
• German short-rows