Tender Hoodie

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The Tender Hoodie is a super-cozy hoodie, with some simple seamless pockets. This is the perfect sweater to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book. The hood has some beautifully comfortable shaping that fits nicely around your head. Like the other sweaters in this chapter of No-Sew Knits, the textured leaf pattern can be interchanged with any of the others, making this sweater uniquely your own. Or, if you re more on the busty side, the Stockinette stitch body lends perfectly to adding some bust dart shaping.

Finished Size
About 29¾ (33½, 37¼, 41, 44¾, 48¾, 52½)" (75.5 85, 94.5, 104, 113.5, 124, 133.5 cm) bust circumference, buttoned with 1½" (3.8 cm) overlapped button band.
Hoodie shown measures 33½" (85 cm)

Yarn
Worsted weight (#4 Medium).
Shown here: Quince & Co., Lark (100% American wool, 134 yd 123 m/50 g): gingerbread, 11 (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16) skeins.

Needles
Body—Size U.S. 8 (5 mm): 40” (100 cm) circular (cir) needle and set of 4 or 5 double-pointed (dpn).
Pocket Lining—Size U.S. 7 (4.5 mm) or one size smaller than needle used for the body: set of four or five double-pointed (dpn). Adjust needle sizes if necessary to obtain gauge.

Notions
Markers (m); holders or waste yarn; waste yarn for pocket placement; seven 1" (2.5 cm) buttons; tapestry needle.

Gauge
19 sts and 29 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st with larger needles.