Easy Hoodie

So comfy and warm...

Happy Times Ahead

Try this out, it whips up pretty fast and feels good on. Any color.

Cast on 56 at hem, increase to 60 near hip area, at armhole decrease one at each side two times. Stockinette knit 8 inches in front and 9 inches in back before casting off for collar, 10 stitches in front and 20 stitches when doing back. Keep binding off one per row until 12 stitches remain for shoulder.
Cast on 84 stitches for neck ribbing. Work for two inches and sew to neck putting the seam in center back.

 Here, I've added a ladderback stitch shawl, with a tiny crochet snowman appliqué. I use the shawl over everything when it's cold also It's about 60 inches long.

Love To Watch the World Climate

Location	Current Conditions	Today	Tomorrow	Friday
Benton, KY * Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	54° / 34°	53° / 34°	58° / 44°
Key Largo, FL * Fair	Fair	83° / 69°	83° / 69°	79° / 71°
Campeche, Mexico * Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	88° / 72°	86° / 71°	85° / 69°
Sao Paulo, Brazil * Mostly Cloudy	Mostly Cloudy	63° / 57°	69° / 57°	73° / 58°
Barrow, AK * Cloudy	Cloudy	5° / 2°	6° / -1°	3° / 1°
Tokyo, Japan * Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	57° / 50°	61° / 52°	64° / 53°
Adelaide, Australia * Fair	Fair	79° / 59°	87° / 71°	96° / 70°
Chester, United Kingdom * Haze	Haze	47° / 45°	53° / 49°	56° / 47°
Torshavn, Faroe Islands * Cloudy	Cloudy	48° / 45°	48° / 46°	50° / 47°
St. Petersburg, Russia * Cloudy	Cloudy	42° / 41°	43° / 36°	37° / 32°
Lulea, Sweden * Fair	Fair	45° / 37°	37° / 31°	34° / 29°
Odesa, Ukraine * Fair	Fair	40° / 25°	38° / 24°	44° / 25° This was November 16th, 2011--by clicking the links you can see each location currently.

Chocolate Cream Sweater Top

Slightly cropped and slightly boat neck giving it a boxy look. Shoulder pads are placed toward the outer edge of the shoulder, just small ones. Deep cuffs are 6 inches in one by one rib while the lower edge is 2 3/4 inches deep. The trim around the neckline is single crochet to match the coordinating stripe below it.

Cast on 26 for sleeves on size 10 14 inch  needles. Sleeves are 19 inches before cap.

Cast on 55 stitches for both front and back. Make 15 to 16 inches from bottom hem, make armholes 7-8 inches deep with a slight set in shape of decrease 3 stitches at each armhole, and 3 stitches at sleeve cap, extend cap 5 inches after this.

Sew together shoulders, sleeve caps to shoulders, inside of sleeve-underarms-side of sweater. Crochet around neck edge to match stripes.

Back neck ends on brown stripe, front neck binds off on cream stripe, stripes are brown 5 inches and cream 3 inches on sleeve and body except at cuff where the cuff and lower edge are brown and the brown stripe is 3 inches immediately following.

This is size 6 to 8 boxy relaxed, or 10 to 12 fitted.