Quickie ("5-hour") Baby Sweater with Hood

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Adding a Hood to the Sweater Pattern

This pattern was posted to the KnitList by Gwen S. in April of 1997. To add the hood to the basic sweater, knit the following then, as instructed, continue with the Sweater Pattern.

Cast on 48 st on whatever size needles you are using for your sweater.

Keeping a 3 st. garter st. border on each end of knitting, knit in stockinette st. for 6".

Next row, k3;*k1, k2 together, repeat from* till 3 st. from end; k3.

Then: keeping k3 edging on each end; knit k1, p1 ribbing for about 1", ending with a 'wrong side' row.

Next row: k across.

Next row: p across.

Next row: k3, *inc1 (k in front and back of st) in next st, k1, repeat from* across to 3 st from end, k3.

Next row: begin row 7 of 5HBS, using the st. on needle instead of cast-on.

Finishing: Fold hood in half, wrong sides together, and sew cast-on edges together from back to front.

Note: These directions eliminate the beading row, where a crochet chain would be threaded.
Instead, put 3 buttons down the front. The knit is loose enough to make worked buttonholes not really necessary.