If you have long wanted to knit something for yourself or your child, a knitted sweater hoodie is ideal. After watching the video instruction, you can not resist grabbing the knitting needles
Imagine the usual situation of helping your little one get ready for a walk on a cool September day. It's already cold in the T-shirt, you need to wear something warmer. Of course, you have different sweaters, jumpers, sweatshirts at home, and, of course, hoodies. They put on any, and went to the site.
Why else knit, you ask?
First, it is good for your health. Helps develop concentration and relaxation during a busy day. And secondly, your child will wear a jacket that you personally knitted for him - with your own hands. Not only food cooked with love is pleasant to eat, but also the thing in which the love and care of a loved one is invested is pleasant to wear, and it warms the body much more. And there will also be something to brag about to mummies on the playground when they ask: "Where did you buy such a cool hoodie?"
And now the usual situation, when you dress your child before a walk, becomes not even usual at all. Because you are not just pulling on him a jacket from the MasMarket, but a unique, one-of-a-kind clothing, knitted by your mother's warm hands.
And having knitted a hoodie for a child, you, most likely, will not stop there, and you will want to knit such a stylish jacket for yourself, and, possibly, for your husband. And now the author's femeli bow is provided for you.
Take measurements before knitting a hoodie / YouTube
Well, have you "whetted your appetite" to create a hand-made hoodie? Let's go directly to the master class.
What is needed to knit a hoodie
First, prepare materials and tools:
- knitting needles on a fishing line measuring 4.5; 4; 3.5 mm;
- stocking needles 3 mm;
- needle;
- markers;
- pins;
- additional thread;
- hook 4 mm;
- yarn Gazzal baby cotton XL, color 3431xl, 50g, 105m, semi-cotton (50% cotton, 50% acrylic).
Now you need to measure the density of the knit. To do this, you need to knit a 10x10cm square with front / back stitches. We count the number of loops and rows. We translate into 1X1 cm and find our knitting density. The video shows it, you can watch it for clarity.
Before that, you have already taken measurements and transferred them to the pattern. Now you need to multiply the density by the length of the required section and get the number of loops that you need to knit. And so with each site.
In the master class you can see how to knit each buttonhole / YouTube
We start knitting from the hood. All hoodies are knitted in one piece. Only a kangaroo pocket is knitted over the front of the fabric.
When you have made measurements and calculations, proceed to the set of loops and open the video. There, in detail - loop after loop, row by row, it tells how to knit a hoodie from beginning to end.
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