finished on Matt’s birthday. I am delighted with this and can’t wait until he visits to give it to him!

My son has agreed to let me knit him a sweater - woot! He lives in southern California, so making a sport-weight hoodie. He liked the sweater I made for his father here but wanted a hood.

Using stitch counts from Coastal Hoodie in combination with the Raglan-Sleeve Henley basic shape (placket, folded hem), topped off by the Flyaway Hoodie hood construction.

Many thanks to Pat for destashing the Cloak I needed to compete this.

Notes:

• increases are m1r, k1, sm, k1, m1l
• increased 8 stitches first RS row, then 10 after that 5 times, then increased for the front in 2 steps on following RS rows - 4 stitches then 14 stitches.
• 8 stitch placket with ridge pattern (starting at WS purl 3 rows, knit 3 rows). Join at 5 inches.
• knit until sleeves have 74 and front/back have 102 stitches.
• cast on 6 stitches at underarm when splitting for sleeves - 216 body stitches.
• split after 16 inches then knit stockinette for 10 rows then 1 x 1 rib on same needles for 12 rows. BO on RS.

Sleeves - 74 stitches and pick up 6 at underarm and 2 gap stitches.

• decrease gap stitches round 1
• work 13 rows then decrease 2 stitches (ssk k1 sm k1 k2tog) and end/beginning of round starting round 14 and every 7th round then every 6th row until 54 stitches left. End at row 145, with a decrease of 4 stitches on the last row, then 1x1 rib for 12 rows in smaller needle. (originally I had continued decreasing down to 46 stitches but that was more my style - closer-fitting, so I ripped back to the stripes. I ended up knitting the sleeves 3 times below the stripes for different cuff options and decreases).

Hood (Flyaway Hoodie instructions)
8 edge stitches, 23 front, 36 back, 23 front, 8 edge.

Increase every 4 rows around 2 center stitches 11 times, so 120 stitches including edges. Work 12 inches then do short rows, starting with row 4 of ridge pattern (first k row). End the short rows with row 3. 3 needle B/O. Note: could have made the hood not as wide and not as long.

Buttonholes: DS wanted buttons on the placket, so I did afterthought buttonholes. Not my first choice for buttonholes, as it is so much easier to make them as you go along, but these worked out ok. Tutorial here

My gauge (unblocked): 20.5 stitches and 31 rows = 4 inches. Blocked: 20 stitches and 29 rows.

Finished Measurements: 42 chest, 19 side, 21 sleeve.

Notes on yarn: 5 skeins to do body and sleeves with small bits left over. Less than 1 skein for the hood. 26 grams left over.