For a long time now I have been wanting to make my boys some Hooded Pull-Over Sweaters. They look so cute and serve a purpose for Mr 2 Year Old - he can't pull them off as easy as he can zip front's. Problem I have come across is that I haven't been able to find a pattern for them. You would think they would be a pattern 'staple', but no - its been near impossible.
So I took the leap and attempted to create my own pattern. Which was brave of me considering my extremely limited experience with patterns and sewing. I had a few sweater patterns (minus hoodie) in larger sizes and a much loved hoodie to copy from.
It went OK, but I majorly failed on the hood. It was smaller than the neckline, so doesn't reach together at the front as it should. It does look a bit funny, as you can probably tell in the photo above. Jack wouldn't let me take a decent photo of him wearing it, unfortunately the above is the best of a bad bunch! Apart from that, the rest of the sweater is OK. Jack of course loves it, as I have appliqued it with Lightening McQueen, and even went to sleep in it the first night I finished it. That alone is worth the fustration of stuffing up the hood!
I have now finally managed to source a 'vintage' pattern off Trade Me in sizes 4 - 7 which I am waiting for to turn up in the post. Hopefully the next sweater creation I post will have a hood that fits, and, as my kindly, patient husband called it "doesn't look weird or abnormal". Watch this space...
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