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roject info
Name
Hooded Coat Extension Panel (for Babywearing)
Pattern
Skoodlet by Lee Meredith
Craft
Knitting
Made for
me and Arlo
Needle and yarn
Needle
US 10 6.0 mm
Yarn
Malabrigo Yarn Chunky
Stash
552.2 yards in stash
How much?
2.44 skeins = 253.8 yards (232.0 meters), 244 grams
Colorway
Verde Esperanza
Dye lot
3071
Color family
Blue-green
Purchased at
Happy Knits in Portland, Oregon
Notes
This is a modified version of leethals skoodlet, to use when Im carrying my baby in our Sleepywrap sling. It has a hood for him, and instead of the scarflet sections, it has a long back panel that buttons onto my coat on either side. This way, Im able to button my coat around him, and we both stay warm! I also added a pocket so Id be able to keep my hands cozy.
Im really happy with how it turned out. The only thing I dont like is that the hood ended up a little too big. I re-knit it a couple of times, worrying that it would be too small (I wanted it big enough to fit over a hat), and I think I went a little overboard. But better too big than too small.
I followed the skoodlet pattern to make the hood, with a few changes to the pattern:
I used value a = 7.4x (24 st) instead of 8x (my gauge was 3.25 st/in, so this translated into 24 st)
I stopped knitting the section that goes over the top of the head when it was 12 inches long
I stopped knitting the joined hood section when it was 8.5 inches flattened
For value c, I used 2.5x
I stopped following the pattern when it got to the scarflet sections
After the hood portion was done, I worked in stockinette stitch (with 7-stitch-wide garter stitch edging) until the panel was 13 long, adding three 3-stitch buttonholes to match up with my coat buttons. Because Arlo is wider at the bottom than at the top, I increased the width of the panel slightly as I worked--it is approx. 15 wide at the top buttonhole and approx. 17 wide at the bottom buttonhole. To do this, I added 2 st (one on each side, right next to the garter edging) every sixth row, more or less.
For the kangaroo pocket, I cast on 24 st, knit in garter stitch for 1, knit in stockinette stitch for 9, and then knit another 1 of garter stitch. When it was done, I sewed it onto the front of the panel. Its a little crooked, but it gets the job done :)
