Sweatshirt Jacket, PDF pattern

About the Design

As first seen in Knitter’s Fall ’96.

I was thinking of my husband, when I designed this sweatshirt, as he is an engine rebuilder/mechanic and often wears cotton thermal sweatshirts. These sweatshirts are not warm enough and also shrink, with all the washing and machine drying they require.

This sweatshirt jacket/hoodie is a unisex piece. I’d wear it on our end-of-season yard sale forays, gardening, or for running errands.

The fit is comfortable. If you’re not someone who wears hoods, simply work a ribbing at the neck, before working the single crochet edging on the front edges and insert a slightly longer zipper, to extend up into the ribbing.

Size: 42 (47, 50)” (zipped)

Finished Measurements

Chest: 42 / 47 / 50” (zipped)

Length: 25 / 26 / 27”

Sleeve Length: 18 / 19 / 20”

Armhole Depth: 10 / 10.5 / 11”

Materials

Chunky-Bulky weight wool, Approx: 2000 (2100, 2400) yds color of your choice. (The original was knit in Tahki’s Lana at 36.8 yds/oz., held double.) Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky, held double, is a good substitute.

16” and 29” US size 11 (8 mm) circular ndls

29” US size 10.5 (6.5 mm) circular ndls

US size 10.5 (6.5 mm) double-pointed ndls

US size I (5.5 mm) and K (7 mm) crochet hooks

Stitch markers

Stitch holders

Safety pin

22 / 22 / 24” separating jacket zipper in Navy s Matching thread and sewing ndl

Gauge

10 sts and 14 rows = 4″ (10cm) in St st with size 11 ndls (or size to give gauge) and 2 strands yarn held together.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Happy Knitting!

Dawn