déjà vu…

This is not exactly a spring colour but, I love my lace carriage, and I had two full cones of this ‘charcoal’ Forsell pure new wool 4 ply and thought, I gotta do this! That Driftwood hoodie https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2020/11/under-wear.html  has been one of my favourite stay-at-home-all-day wardrobe staples – I love the shape of it, the feel of it (it’s a thickness thing!), the button front (instead of zippered) and it just makes me feel good. https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2020/11/hind-sight.html

You’d think I already have enough hoodies but in assessing things, I don’t have an all-over lace hoodie with pockets, so that’s my goal. Choosing a lace pattern was the next step and this one’s Me-Cozy from Knitwords #48. I have used it quite a few times over the years and as I wanted lots of holes, somewhat geometric, and no multiple passes, this fit the bill. I searched my books for an appropriate hem/band/trim but rather than another ribbed band, I hoped to keep it simple. Looking at my original design, I saw the edging was totally easy, just a rehang, ewrap, knit a row and then the cast-off, all ending up looking like a garter-stitch little hem. I tried it out on my swatch, and I had the feeling I did this before! https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-betweenssometime-last-week.html  I’ll go with that again!

Just for something a little different and to avoid the issue of having to hang the bottom of that original pocket, incorporating it into the hem, I went with a patch pocket that would be sewn on afterward. https://knitwords.blogspot.com/2018/02/decreasing-hack.html

When it came to doing the front bands, I figured the patch pockets would look much nicer if that centre side edge was incorporated into the front band, a little risky but what the hay? The devil may care!

Pleased to report my new Franky seaming technique of putting wrong sides together works very nicely on this one too! http://knitwords.blogspot.com/2021/03/she-likes-it.html

Oh, I just love this thing! I see another one in the near future! Who cares about spring colours? I’d be very happy for anyone to see me wearing this! ;)