Chill Chasing Hood by Kathryn Doubrley-The Answer Lady

Chill Chasing Hood

Machine Knitting
August 2018
both are used in this pattern
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
4 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette
400 - 600 yards (366 - 549 m)
3 sizes: babies, little kids, youth-adult
English

The hood covers the neck area as well as the head, making it extra warm.

YARN, GAUGE, SIZE AND MACHINE
Use a light worsted weight yarn on a bulky machine at stitch size 4 to get 4.5 stitches/6 rows/inch in the main yarn. Recommended main yarns include Mary Lue’s Liberty Plus which was used on the sample and Tamm Nordic which gets the same gauge. Other similar yarns are fine, too. For the fur, use Lion Fun Fur. A 1 lb. cone of main yarn will make 4 hats. Each hat requires most of a skein of Fun Fur.

3 sizes are given. The smallest fits babies, the next one children and the largest one youths and small adults. Samples shown are the smallest and largest sizes.

Ideally, a bulky machine should be used. However, those without bulkies may succeed using every other needle on the standard gauge machine. Use weights and knit slowly. Gauge will come very close to that given for bulkies. Bond knitters, consider keyplate 4 to be your closest match where stitch size 10 is asked for and 2-3 for stitch size 4.

This is part of a books called “Special Scoodies”. Here is the entire
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The specialness of these scoodies lies in the fact that they all involve a little bit more than the basic stockinette. It may be lace, double bed work, tuck stitch or fur yarn. The descriptions in the table of contents reveal what it is for each particular design. Most patterns have one “adult” size which will fit girls from about age 10 to all women. Chill Chasing, Masculine & Sneaky Snake include more sizes.
Turban Style Scoodie two beds, standard gauge
Subtle Stripes Scoodie two beds, standard gauge
Lined Lace Scoodie for standard gauge with lace carriage. One bed
Chill Chasing Hood for bulky machines. Uses fur plus regular yarn & short rows, one bed 3 sizes from small children-adult
Speedy Double Bed Scoodie 2 beds knitting fisherman’s rib, standard gauge
Best Friend Scoodie tubular knitting. Standard gauge. Single bed option.
Sneaky Snake Scoodie tubular knitting, 3 gauges for standard, mid-gauge or bulky, single bed option included. 2 sizes: child and adult.
Ribbed Keyhole Scoodie ribber required, standard & bulky versions
Fisherman’s rib instructions to help with FR and MASC scoodies
Fisherman’s Rib Scoodie 5 gauges, any double bed machine, adult sizes
Tuck Stitch Scoodie mid-gauge or bulky machine. Patterning ability is nice but hand selection will work. 1 size
Masculine Scoodie child & adult in 4 gauges, 2 beds required
Scowls that Bring Smiles…one ladies size, multiple gauges, 2 beds
Windy City Cowl one ladies size, multiple gauges, 2 beds, patterning ability