Autumn Cape 2017 A long Term Project Hood Extension Part 1

Autumn Cape 2017 A long Term Project Hood Extension Part 1

Firstly I have to admit that I have been putting this bit off. Frankly I have absolutely no idea what to do. This pattern has always been organic but currently I am in the fertiliser. So when in doubt – procrastinate!

Wool Left For Hood.

After several weeks of doing other projects and then embellishing the Night Time Side Panel I have been forced to face the fact I need to crack on otherwise it will be another year gone before I know it.

Therefore I got the Cape out and looked at it, then looked at it again. Then I turned it around and looked at it that way. I put it on and looked at it. I took it off and looked at it. I held it up, I laid it out on the floor, I pinned the Hood to the Day and Night Pieces. Nothing sprung to mind. Oh inspiration why hast thou forsaken me?

In pure desperation I thought let’s start at the very beginning it is a very good place to start. I admit to have been drinking (not even taking the fact I was chock full of sugar from all my left over Birthday treats). So I got all the wool to see what I had.

Previous Pictorial Chart of Hood

So after this master-stroke it only took a few more days to decide to dig out the old Hood Pictorial Chart. I counted the stitches inwards and found the Mid-point which I marked.

Roughly there was 47 stitches one side and 48 the other. The idea I have is to pick up the stitches from the middle and work down one side

Rough Hood Drawing 

In the rough drawing of the Hood you can see an arc both sides of the mid-point. Then there is a sort of rectangle. This is where I had cast off before continuing on with knitting the Hood.

This strange piece was made in the early stages to do something I can’t quite remember as I then changed my mind. However these extra stitches at the side will be picked up and hopefully will elongate the neck part of the Hood.

Upside Down Chart

Ha! First go hasn’t gone as planned. I ended up with lots of stitches one side and hardly any the other. I had worked out the mid-point correctly but I started picking up the wrong side of the orange part.

Therefore I had to start again. The stitches on the edge were very tight so I used a smaller needle to pick them up and then transfer to the 5 mm needle.

Hood Double Needle

I now have 60 stitches on each needle. This is now my starting point. I will begin working on one side to see if it works. I also will need to sort out charts for it.