Dividing for hood, baby sweater

I’m working on bottom up knit baby sweater. Having trouble with part that reads “for 8 sts kf&b and at the same time place the increase stitch on a DPN then work one more round including the new sts off dpn onto circular. I have tried a few ways and just not working for me, I probably have them backwards or something
Would there be any tutorials on this? I have searched and cannot find any Thanks :blush:

What is the name of your pattern?

This sounds like an overlap, probably at the front opening of the hood. Work the increase and as you make each kfb, slip the increased stitch to a dpn. You’ll have 8sts on the right hand needle and 8sts hanging out on the dpn. Leave the sts on the dpn to hang out for the moment and continue to knit around the sts for the hood. When you come to the end of the sts on the left hand needle, knit across the held sts on the dpn. This will create an overlap of the hood edges at the front.

Thank you for the reply. It is The Baby Nico sweater and I did get the extra kfb’s on there and then wasn’t too sure how I was supposed to get them off as I was holding the two sets together at first. I unpicked a fair amount and hope I can get it get it back on track. Yes I believe it is the overlap. Now that I know the right way I will give it another try. Thanks so much😊

I had unpicked a few rows to try to get back on track and now a stitch short. Hopefully I can find it somewhere. Darn! Lol

Just out of my own curiosity and nosiness. I notice (on ravelry projects) this sweater sometimes has left over right and sometimes right over left for this crossover at the neck/hood. I’m just wondering is there a standard convention for which way it goes, or perhaps a gender based convention? And @salmonmac lovely drawing has the start of round marked, would it just be switched if one wanted the crossover to be the other way? Is this the right over left way?

I love this design, I used to have an adult sweater very similar and would love to make something like this for myself which adds to my natural curiosity.

Not sure if you asking me, ( the one working on it now) or @salmonmac. I haven’t gotten too far yet but the picture is looking like right over left. I’m at that point now and just hoping it works

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I was asking either or both. It looks confusing to me. I like learning from other people’s knitting and this is something I haven’t yet got my head around.

Hope it goes well for you if you’re at this point now.

I have gotten around with knit and put the dpn sts on my circular. Placed a marker before and after those then knit the other 8, placed marker and knit to original marker. I’m confused as to whether I turn it from here with purl side facing me. So many markers it’s confusing. The last 8 brings me to the Center of what would be the right raglan st. I could have gone too far?

I am finding this part very confusing but it is a really cute sweater! Hopefully it’s going to work out from here😊

You can knit the original 8 sts keeping the 8 increase sts on dpn held out, knit around the hood then knit the 8sts on the dpn. Once you’ve knit these last 8, turn and work back over the sts just knit now with the purl side facing. It’s looks like the 8sts on either end will be in garter stitch to keep the edge surrounding the face from curling.
As for the overlap, gender differences really aren’t considered. Even button holes no longer come in for gender differences. Lovely handmade sweaters are passed along within the family and down the generations regardless of gender after all.

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Thank you, so the extra 8 I have after that to the next marker is not included there, just working on the placket part? I’m just leaving Edmonton to fly home to Langley BC but if necessary I may try to send a pic? If I’m still stuck. Thank you so much and I like the idea that it can be passed around without the side of buttons for gender😊

Basicly you’ll be knitting back and forth from the “begin here” to the “end here” in the drawing in my post above. It looks to me like the 8sts are in garter stitch (knit every row) while the rest of the hood is in stockinette (knit one row, purl one row).
I’m not sure I understand what you mean by the placket? The 8sts at each end of the row? They are worked along with the other sts in the row, all in one piece.

Feel free to ignore this post if that works better for you, but as I think the answer to the question was given clearly I’ll venture to add my two cents now hoping I don’t just confuse things more. I would do this another way. I would turn and knit back to the end (no increases) and pick up stitches in the purl bumps on the back of the knits (instead of the increases at the beginning of the row), turn and knit into the new, picked up stitches. That would get rid of the need for holding the increased stitches and IME helps snug up any looseness associated with changing from in the round to knitting flat. This is the method used in a pattern I recently finished knitting. I tried doing as your pattern says because I’ve done so in the past and decided the pattern instructions actually worked better for me. YMMV as always in all things knitting.

The idea is to make an overlap on the ends of the row. My cabled cape, recently finished, has an overlap on the arm slits. It’s often done on things like pockets and it’s not just for knitting. Here’s a picture of a coat pocket that just happened to be handy. Maybe seeing it will help you understand the application.
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@Creations It can be reversed but I have to work things like this out when confronted with the need as I’m knitting. I think you have the idea of how it would be done.

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thanks so much for your advice, I love to learn all the different ways to do some of the techniques and will try any that make life easier! :blush:appreciate it

Sharon

thanks, I have been trying to get around it and hoping it is right. I will do a few more rows and see how it looks. Im trying the knit for the overlap now. I was looking for info before I found your help and someone called it “the placket” so I assumed if I looked that up it might be the way to find more information. It is the “crossover” part that I meant though. Thanks again

It sort of a placket but really more of a crossover or overlap in the case of this hoodie.
You oftern see it at the back neck of little girls’ dresses with a button fastening. In this dress the overlap is actually forming a placket.
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/choxdust/bethany-dress

It may help to post a photoe if you’re are in doubt. Hope it’s going well.

Thanks for the clarification on that. I had been looking for a name while searching for youtube but to no avail. There were many on hooded sweaters but didn’t find any with the crossover. I have gone around a couple of rows and think I may have to take out one at least due to the purl instead of the knit. I am hoping to be past that part soon. lol I think I just got a “mental block” on that after over-thinking it so much. I really appreciate the fact I was able to reach out to you🌞

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We’re all here to help. Please let us see this cute sweater when you finish.

thanks so much! I am thinking the crossover part may turn out differently but we shall see :sun_with_face:

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