I have made this for 6-12 months size. My baby is exactly 6 months old in this picture. But there is still a lot of room for when she grows to be 12 months old. So the hood needs to be bigger/ longer as she barely has any neck yet :D
So, below numbers are for this size but you could go exactly as I did. I took my baby's Oshkosh Gosh fleece hoodie and kept making according to it. Also, look for the inside room of this garment. Because the yarn is so thick it will be a lot smaller on the inside than it looks from outside.
Also, the yarn needs some getting used to. Make some chains, HDC to get a hang of it first. The stitches are super difficult to see but can be felt easily. Use stitch markers where ever possible!
I was a little slow but by the time I reached round 4, my speed had picked up a lot.
If you wish to buy an inexpensive printable PDF for this pattern you can buy it from my Etsy shop here. Below is the free pattern.
Materials:
Yarn: Go for Faux by Lion brand yarn. 3 skeins which is a category 6 yarn.
Hook: 10.0 mm
Stitch markers: at least 4.
A sample hoodie to go by :)
Abbreviations:
Ch: chain
SC: Single Crochet
HDC: Half Double Crochet
HDC2T: Half Double Crochet 2 Together
For size 6-12m
Chain 40, join to the first chain with a slip stitch.
For other sizes, make a long chain and join. Measure against the bottom of the sample hoodie. Remember to measure the inside of the chain with the hoodie.
Round1: ch2, HDC in the first stitch and all the way across. Join in the round with a sl st. (40)
Round2-8: ch2, turn, HDC across. Sl st to the first stitch. (40)
Place stitch markers in the 1st, 20th, 21st and the 40th stitches. This step is very important while working with this yarn, as stitches are hard to see and you have to feel them. Stitches 1 to 20 will form the front and 21st to 40 the back side.
We will be working the back and the front from here in rows.
Front:
Round9: CH2 turn, HDC2T, HDC 16, HDC2T. (18)
Round10: ch2 turn. HDC2T, HDC 14, HDC2T. (16)
Place stitch markers in the 8th and 9th stitches to mark the ends of front left and front right. These are the middle 2 stitches of the front side, we mark them to form a V-neck.
Round11: ch2 turn, HDC6, HDC2T. (7)
Round12: ch2 turn, HDC2T, HDC5 to the end of the row. (6)
Round13: ch2 turn, HDC5, HDC2T. (5)
Round14: ch2 turn, HDC across. (5)
Leave a long tail for sewing.
Front right:
Round11: attach yarn in the 9th stitch of round 10. Ch2, HDC2T, HDC6. (7)
Round12: ch2 turn, HDC 5, HDC2T. (6)
Round13:ch2 turn, HDC2T, HDC 4. (5)
Round14: ch2 turn, HDC across. (5)
Back:
Repeat round 7 and 8 from front side. (16)
Round11-14: ch2 turn, HDC across. (16)
Sewing:
Sew the tops shoulders together marking five stitches on both left and right sides of the back panel. Sew using sl st. Turn the piece inside out. Pull out some of the fur that has settled in between the stitches and fluff them a bit.
Hood:
With right side facing up, attach yarn to 3 stitches down from shoulder seem on left front.
Row1: Ch2, HDC in same stitch and next stitch, HD2T next stitch and the first stitch on the back of the neck line. Work 1 HDC in each of the stitches from the back of neckline. HDC2T the last stitch of neckline and first stitch of right front. HDC in next 2 stitches. (10)
Row2: ch2 turn, 2HDC in first stitch, HDC across and 2 HDC in last stitch. (12)
Repeat Row2 as many times as needed, I repeated 8 more times. (28)
Next row: Ch2, turn, HDC across. (28)
Next row: Ch2, turn, HDC across. (28)
Do not fasten off. Fold the top of the hood in half and slip stitch the last row together to form a hood. As shown by the blue dotted line below.
Fasten off.
Attach the yarn in one stitch before the hood on the left front. ch2, work HDC evenly across the front of the hood, work 2 HDC2T stitches around the sewing on top of the hood, Continue to work HDC to the end of the hood. sl st to right front and fasten off.
