Gauge:

• Back and Hood: 15 sts x 22 rows = 4” in stockinette
• Fronts and Sleeves: 16 sts x 22 rows = 4” in stockinette
• 38-st cable = 7.25” wide

My gauge was larger than the pattern’s so I changed the stitch and row counts.

My measurements shifted after seaming, washing, and drying:

• The cross back width was supposed to be 15.5” but ended up 16.5”
• The length was supposed to be 20.5” (12.5” body + 7.5” armhole + 0.5” shoulder) but ended up 19.5” (12” body + 7” armhole + 0.5” shoulder)

I knit the hoodie 20.5” long instead of 24” long. I knit the body 12.5” long instead of 16” long.

For the rib I used a long tail cast on, started with a WS row, and worked 8 rows of rib instead of 7.

I worked the decreases one stitch in from the edge instead of right on the edge. I used opposite leaning decreases because I like the look (ex: k2tog for left front armhole shaping, ssk for right front armhole shaping).

For the right front I worked C4F instead of C4B for the little cables so the fronts would mirror each other.

I knit the sleeves 17.5” long instead of 18” long.

I used six 1” buttons from Amazon.

-Back: 107g (238 yds)
-Fronts: 129g (288 yds)
-Button Bands: 18g (40 yds)
-Sleeves: 140g (312 yds)
-Hood: 67g (149 yds)
-Hood Border: 14g (31 yds)

Measurements:

• Bust: 36”
• Length: 19.5”
• Body Length: 12”
• Armhole Length: 7”
• Cross Back Width: 16.5”
• Sleeve Length: 17.5”
• Upper Arm: 13.5”
• Lower Arm: 7.5”
• Hood: 20” wide x 10” tall

Total Cost: $17.13

• Yarn: $15.99
• Buttons: $1.14

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Back: CO 78 sts, rib for 8 rows, decrease to 70 sts, work even to 12.5”, decrease 2 sts every row x5 for armhole, work even to 7.5”, BO 9 sts at beginning of next 2 rows, BO 10 sts at beginning of next 2 rows, place remaining 22 sts on holder for back neck

Front: CO 39 sts, rib for 8 rows, increase to 44 sts, work 12.5” in pattern, decrease 1 st every row x5 for armhole, work to 5.5”, BO 8 sts for neck, decrease 1 st at neck edge every row x5, work even to 1 row short of 7.5”, decrease 3 sts on next row, BO 9 sts, decrease 4 sts, BO 10 sts

Button Bands: I picked up 75 sts for the button bands (3 sts for every 4 rows). I ended with K3 at the neck edge. I cast on an extra stitch at the bottom edge per this tutorial. I used YO buttonholes instead of BO buttonholes. I made six buttonholes instead of seven. Buttonholes: rib 4, k2tog, YO, rib 11, k2tog, YO…rib 5.

Sleeves: CO 34 sts, rib for 8 rows, decrease to 32 sts, increase on 5th row, every 6th row x10, every 8th row x1 (15” long), work 2.5” even - 17.5” long

Sleeve Cap: decrease 2 sts every row x5, work 1 row even, BO 4 sts x6, BO 5 sts x2, BO final 12 sts - 2.5” long

Hood: CO 20 sts, work across back neck sts and increase to 28 sts, CO 20 sts (68 sts), work even to 10”, BO 20 sts at the beginning of next 2 rows, work 5.25” even

Hood Border: I picked up 43 sts along the sides of the hood (3 sts for every 4 rows) and 22 sts from the center 26 sts for a total of 108 sts. I started and ended the rib with K3.