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Dare to Make It! Crochet-Along: Week 5

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Add the buttons and the edging, and you'll have a very sweet hoodie indeed.

Linda Permann

Begin by single crocheting along the right side edge of the right front.

Linda Permann

After you make the first buttonhole, pass one of the buttons you intend to use through the hole to make sure it will be a good fit.

Linda Permann

Add the buttons and the edging, and you'll have a very sweet hoodie indeed.

Photo: Linda Permann

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Step 2: Sew the seams.

To sew the shoulder seams, with the right sides of the front and back facing, whipstitch through both loops of both edges.

You'll just be sewing the short top edge of each shoulder for now. Leave the piece inside out for the rest of the seaming process. Next, sew up the back of the hood. Fold the hood in half, with the right sides facing, and sew from the fold until you reach the end of the back seam shaping (the last 6 rows of stair stepping).

Next, you'll need to attach the hood to the neckline. It looks a bit crazy all pinned up, but I think the photo below will sufficiently explain how to pin each side of the hood.

With all pieces wrong side out, align the hood and neckline. Pin them in place and sew them together with a whipstitch.

Again, it might not be as easy to know what stitches to thread your needle through since you won't have as clean of an edge, but you will get the hang of it. After you sew the hood, it's time to finish the rest of the seams.

With all pieces wrong side out, sew the arm and side seams. Start by sewing the shoulder to the arm (where the hook points in this photo), using the stitch markers as a guide to where each edge of the sleeve is placed.

Once you've sewn the shoulder to the arm, sew the side seam of the jacket. Finally, sew the sleeve seam, remembering to turn the sleeve inside out about 2 inches before you reach the edge. Continue sewing the seam on the outside of the sleeve.

Repeat the seaming for the other sleeve and side. You might want to weave in all of your ends at the end, instead of as you go, just in case you accidentally turn something right side out and sew it together. (Ahem, I speak from experience.) It's much harder to pull out a seam when you can't find the end to start ripping it out.

Step 3: Add the border and sew the buttons in place.
After all of the seams are sewn, turn the hoodie right side out. Edge the hoodie as it says in the pattern or as desired. On my hoodie, with the wrong side facing, I did 1 round of single crochet and in the next round (half double crochet, slipstitch) in each single crochet. That gave me the slightly subtler ruffle edge you see below. I also omitted the second round of edging for the majority of the button band (the one under the buttonhole band) since it won't be seen when buttoned and would just add bulk--but if you think yours will be worn unbuttoned, go ahead and add the edging.

Finally, sew the buttons to the button band so that they are placed directly in line with the buttonholes. Make several securing stitches, since small buttons can be a choking hazard for babies.

Add the buttons and the edging, and you'll have a very sweet hoodie indeed.

Step 4: Congratulations!
Now it's all ready for wrapping and giving, and we're still a good six weeks away from the holidays. Pat yourself on the back (and post your finished sweaters in the gallery!)—you deserve it.

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Comments (4)

caligranny writes: I see here it's been awhile since anyone posted about this project. I just found it and am trying to make it. Will let you know how it turns out.Working on the button band. Wish me luck.
Posted: 5:21 pm on August 31st

AZwanKenobi writes: I finally finished mine! Its only 4 months later. lol! I posted photos, but don't see them here. I'll figure out how to do that....
Posted: 4:19 pm on January 19th

LindaPermann writes: GeleneBL- Thanks so much for the compliment, I am excited that you were able to make the sweater twice. I found the hardest part was just putting it all together but once I zapped the button band on the corners it was great. Thanks for following along, and I'd love to see your finished sweaters- post them in the gallery if you have a chance!

Posted: 7:03 pm on November 12th

GeleneBL writes: Thank you sooooooo much! Your illustrations were beautiful!
I'd made this sweater twice and was going to give up. I kept crocheting the button band all the way up. No wonder it kept having dimples!

Now I can go home and make one right. You're so right about waiting to weaving in the ends until your finished. Um, I speak from experience also.

Thank you again!

Posted: 5:12 pm on November 12th

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