Hey Yarnies,
Another eddition of Tuesday in My Queue. This time we’re looking at The Central Park Hoodie, done by Heather Lodinsky. This is a pattern I love. It’s got lovely downward cables, which are slenderizing and add interest to the knit. It’s got a great deep hood, which I love.
What people have done with it: As you see from some of the pictures here, a lot of people have added buttons, even though the model for the original pattern doesn’t have any. You could also add a zipper, which would work just as well. Shaping isn’t that hard to add… and would remove some of the excess fabric around those of you who have waists.
If I were to knit this, I would probably also made the hood deeper (I like deep hoods) and adjust where the ribbing falls at the bottom of the pattern. I have a short torso, and I wouldn’t like the ribbing hitting around my bottom. I also would probably kitchener stitch the top of the hood together, just becau
se I don’t like how there’s a seam at the top of the hood. And also because I am convinced that I always know better than the designer, even when I don’t.
I also would choose a yarn for this that is solid or semi-solid. This is really a pattern where the patterns and the cables add the interest, instead of the yarn.
HEADS UP! There’s errata available for the pattern, so make sure you got it going in.
By the way, the brown version, to the left, is done by Dry Active Beast, who in addition to being a great knitter, has really good taste in music, and food.
The specs:
Published September 2006
