Pink Handspun Hoodie

This hoodie is made from my pink handspun yarn. I used two different rovings for my singles. One single was from a fine wool, pink with varied colored flecks. I had only a pound of this and not enough for a sweater, so I had a friend dye a pound of merino in a pastel pink and plied the two together. The affect was striking. It is light, soft and I love this yarn!

For the body I used a Knitting Pure and Simple jacket pattern. From there I didn't use any one particular pattern just ideas from several. I took ideas from Deby Lake's Neighbor Hoodie by adding a zipper band and zipper as well as the hood. Instead of 1x1 ribbing the pattern called for I went with 3 " of 3x3 ribbing. I definitely made this hoodie to fit my tastes. It is simple to look at but I love it!

In September Deby was here and put in the zipper for my Neighbor Hoodie Vest I knit. For this sweater I had to do it myself and was suprised at how very easy it is to install. It took less than an hour to hand sew it in. I even added a little beaded stitch marker as a zipper pull to match.