Add a Hood to any Sweater

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Why search for a pattern with a hood?
Use your favorite pattern and add your own!

Hood Workbook

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Adding a hood adds a practical designer touch to any sweater.

You don't need to search for a machine knitting pattern with a hood ... create your own!

8 hood styles
Perfect for kids and adults
Workbook style fill-in-the blanks format
36 pages

This is a workbook, not a pattern book. It is designed to help you create your own hood with any knitting pattern

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Hood Tool

Hoods

Create a simple hood shape for any pattern. Enter the dimensions of your finished neck opening and the desired hood depth. The tool will generate a hood pattern based on your stitch and row gauge.

Knit a Practice Cardigan

Designed for an 18" doll, this is a perfect practice pattern to hone your skills. Try different stitch patterns, hems, neckline, collar and hood techniques. Minimal shaping, fast knitting created to focus on finishing, design, color and knitting techniques.

Elsa18 Practice Cardigan

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With the purchase of this pattern you will be able to generate this pattern 3 times in your own specified yarn gauges.

This pattern is FREE with a yearly subscription to Knit It Now

Kangaroo + Hood = Hoodie

Hand-in-hand with hoods are kangaroo pockets to create the classic Hoodie.
The kangaroo (AKA muff pocket and hoodie pocket) is a type of pocket, usually featured on hoodies and sweatshirts, that is large enough to fit both hands

The pocket is open on either side and its sits on the lower front section of the sweater,

Machine knitters can insert the pocket as we knit the sweater front with minimal hand finishing.

Kangaroo Pattern + Hood Tool = YOUR Hoodie

Pocket Pattern

Use any knitting pattern.

Determine the size you want for your pocket.
Enter your dimensions
Enter your gauge
Create your custom kangaroo pocket instructions

Kangaroo Pocket

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With the purchase of this pattern you will be able to generate this pattern 3 times in your own specified yarn gauges.

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Dak: Kangaroo Pocket

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Create a kangaroo pocket piece to your dimensions with DesignaKnit.
With just a few steps, you'll be ready to knit either a curved or straight pocket to add to your hoodie

Knit your Pocket | Start-to-Finish

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A kangaroo pocket adds a fun, casual, and practical touch to sweaters.

Here's a technique for adding the pocket with very little hand finishing. Joining the top and bottom edges as you knit the sweater front creates a seamless, professional touch.

Mix 'n Match Gauges

Our Kangaroo Pocket pattern has inspired many knitters to get creative.

During our LIVE Knit Club, Terry asked:

What if I want to knit the pocket in tuck and the sweater in plain knitting? Do I knit 2 swatches?

YES you need 2 swatches! … AND ….. consider this:

Our basic instructions for machine knitting a kangaroo pocket (and attaching it as you knit) assume that you are knitting both pieces at the same gauge (How boring is that? )

Using our join-as-you-knit technique in the video, it’s the ROW Gauge the will be important to calculate

Let's consider 2 different gauges

Stockinette Gauge: 4 sts / 5 rows = 1"

Tuck Gauge:
3.5 sts / 9 rows = 1"

Width of Pocket (A) = 9
Knit in tuck, the pocket will be 32 stitches.
You’ll center the 32 stitches on the machine and re-hang the garment over these stitches. No difference from the video.

Depth of Pocket (B + C) = 7"
Knit in tuck, the pocket will be 7" x 9 (rows per inch) = 63 rows

The body of the sweater in stockinette should be 7" x 5 (rows per inch= 35 rows to match the depth of the pocket.

Steps to knit a tuck pocket and a plain sweater front with the sample stitch and row gauges:

Knit the pocket in tuck for a total of 63 rows
Remove the pocket from the machine
Knit the hem/ribbing of the sweater front and remove it from the machine
Rehang the pocket
Continue knitting the sweater front for 35 rows
Rehang the top of the pocket
Continue knitting the sweater front as instructed in your pattern.

When knitting the body of the sweater, calculate the number of rows to knit to match the MEASUREMENT of the pocket.

Pinterest Inspiration

LIVE: Add a Hood to ANY Knitting Pattern

Weekly LIVE shows and replays are available for Subscribers only.

Check out options for hoods at Knit it Now: www.knititnow.com/hoods

Color Changer and Hoods! Are you inspired to try them?

00:01:56 - My new Toy: A single Bed Color Changer
00:09:29 - Use 2 Carriages when working stripes
Here's a celebrity knitter who uses 2 colors for gorgeous color work on the machine.
00:10:08 - KIN Class
00:11:14 - Add a hood to ANY knitting pattern
00:12:10 - Video Overview
00:12:40 - Practice pattern
00:13:48 - Workbook
00:15:10 - Knit it Now Hood tool - NO MATH!
00:21:07 - Permission to use any knitting pattern and add a hood yourself
00:22:20 - V-Neck consideration
00:23:26 - Cowboy Hoodie | Check out the pattern
00:24:25 - Free Child's pattern for practice | Check out the pattern
00:27:30 - Dynamic Pattern Update

00:29:52 - Short Row hood suggestion (like a sock heel) - Thank you, Nancy!

Keri asked about yarn requirements for a summer top. Great question!
Check out some suggestions here:
How Much Yarn do I Need?

LIVE: Kangaroo Pockets

Weekly LIVE shows and replays are available for Subscribers only.

During the Knit Club, Terry asked:
"What if I want to knit the pocket in tuck and the sweater in plain knitting? Do I knit 2 swatches?"

The answer is YES! and ....

Check out the blog post discussing using different gauges for the pocket and the sweater front.

Add a Hood to any Pattern

About Hoods

Learn to Chart your Own

Knit it Now Tool

Practice Makes Perfect

Knit a Hoodie

Hoodie Inspiration

LIVE Knit-Club

Add a Hood to any Sweater

Hood Workbook