DARK WOODS BY CAITLIN FFRENCH
THIS HOOD IS FOR FOREST ADVENTURES, COLD WINTER NIGHTS, AND TOKEEP WARM WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING. YARN: BRIGGS AND L1ITTLE COUNTRY ROVING. 2 BALLS. IN WHITE. (OR 225 METERS OF SUPER BULKY YARN) NEEDLES: 15-2OMM- 24 INCH OR LONGER CIRCULAR NEEDLES (USE THE SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE) THE GAUGE IS IN STOCKINETTE STITCH, AND IS 6 STITCHES AND 8 ROWS IN A 4X4 INCH SQUARE. CAST ON 9I STITCHES, AND JOIN FOR WORKING IN THE ROUND. WORK IN SEED STITCH FOR 33 ROUNDS. BIND OFF LOOSELY. WEAVE IN YOUR ENDS, AND SEW THE EDGE OF THE WORK TO CREATE THE HOOD. SEE DIAGRAM!! (SEEDSTITCHPATTERNISASFOLLOWS: FOR THIS PATTERN- WORKING IN THE ROUND WITH AN ODD NUMBER OF STITCHES- \*KI, P1. REPEAT FROM \* UNTIL THE WORK MEASURES AS LARGE AS THE PATTERN SAYS. YOU ARE PLACING KNIT STICHES ON PURL STITCHES, ANDPURLSTITCHESONKNITSTITCHES.)
SEW THE EDGE TOGETHER, JUST ON ONE SIDE. START AT POINT A, AND CONTINUE SEWING UNTIL POINTS B AND C. ON MY HOOD, IT IS 13 INCHES BETWEEN A AND POINTS B. AND C. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE A POM POM IF YOU WISH! ITHINK THAT THEY ARE ADORABLE, SO I PUT ONE ON MY HOOD! YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD ONE.. BUT IT WILL BE CUTER IF YOU DO! JUST SEW IT TO THE POINT AT THE BACK OF THE HOOD. ISHOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS PATTERN CAN BE DONE WITH ANY WEIGHT OF YARN. AS LONG AS YOUHAVE A PIECE THAT MEASURES 11" TALL, AND IS 60" AROUND. JUST FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS TO SEAM IT!
ONCE YOU'RE DONE KNITTING, SEAMING, AND POM-POMING.. PUT THE HOOD ON, AND TAKE THE LONG COWL THAT IS HANGING IN FRONT OF YOU, AND PULL IT OVER YOUR HEAD SO THAT IT IS SNUG AROUND YOUR NECK!
AND YOU'RE DONE! GO ADVENTURE ANDBEWARM!
LOVE, LOVE, LOvE!
