Hood Styles

Here are a few hood styles that you can create for your project.

	1 Quick 'n Easy Simple Rectangle Easy to knit rectangular hood that is picked up and knit from a cardigan neckline or knit separately and stitched by hand to a pullover neckline. Suitable for round (crew) neckline. A seam is in the center front of the hood at the top of the head. Cardigan Open the garment flat Pick up all of the neck stitches Knit straight up to the desired hood depth Scrap off and graft (Kitchener Stitch ) the open stitches The edge of the knitting is along the face Pullover: Cast on the number of neckline stitches and knit a rectangle. Manually stitch the hood to the neckline stitches (loosely) and Kitchener the top seam.
	2 Quick 'N Easy Easy to knit rectangular hood that is started from the edge around the face. The hood is knit and attached to the neckline by hand. Work ribbing, hem or edge finish of your choice, then complete the hood. A seam is at the center back. Cast on the front edge Knit the hood from front to back Scrap off and graft (Kitchener Stitch ) the open stitches Join the hood to the neck edge
	3 Sideways Rectangle Knit sideways, this style can be used when there aren't enough needles available to pick up the neckline stitches. It can also be used to continue a stitch pattern from the garment from "up and over" the top of the head. This style has a seam in the center back. Pick up 1/2 of the neck opening Knit 2x the desired depth of the hood Join the bind off edge to the 2nd side of the neck opening Seam the hood at the back The cast on and bind off edges are attached to the neck opening One edge of the knitting is at the face The other edge is seamed
	4 T-Shape The T-Shape gives improved fit and has no point at the top of the head PIck up or cast on for the neck edge knit the "body" of the hood Bind off right and left and knit the small rectangle for the top of the head Seam to form the hood shape