Spud & Chloe by Blue Sky Fibers Camp Hoodie Knitting Pattern

Spud & Chloe by Blue Sky Fibers Camp Hoodie

What is Being Made

The Camp Hoodie is a knitted pullover garment designed in five sizes: XS, S, M, L, and XL. This project features a relaxed fit with finished chest measurements ranging from 30¼ inches (XS) to 45¼ inches (XL), and finished lengths from 20¾ inches to 24½ inches depending on size. The hoodie is constructed as a seamless in-the-round garment with set-in sleeves and a hooded neckline, making it an ideal layering piece for casual wear.

Techniques Used

Intarsia is the primary advanced technique featured in this pattern, allowing for the creation of colorwork designs using multiple yarn colors. The intarsia method involves using separate bobbins or lengths of yarn for different colored sections, enabling the knitter to work large, distinct color blocks without carrying yarn across the back of the fabric. This technique creates a flat, professional finish ideal for decorative motifs on garments.

Additional construction techniques include seamless in-the-round knitting, which eliminates the need for seaming and creates a continuous fabric. The garment is worked from the bottom up, beginning with the body and progressing to the armholes, sleeves, and hood. Decreases are strategically placed to shape the armholes and neckline, creating a fitted silhouette.

Stitches Used

The Camp Hoodie employs several fundamental knitting stitches:

• Stockinette Stitch (St st) forms the primary fabric of the garment, creating a smooth, flat surface with characteristic V-shaped columns on the right side. This stitch is worked in flat rows for certain sections and in continuous rounds for seamless construction.
• Ribbed Pattern is used for edging and shaping, worked over a multiple of 4 stitches using the pattern *K2, p2* (knit 2, purl 2) repeated to the end of each row or round. Ribbing provides elasticity and helps the garment maintain its shape at the cuffs, waistband, and neckline.
• Checkerboard Pattern is introduced from a chart, creating a geometric colorwork design that incorporates the intarsia technique for visual interest.

Decreasing techniques include ssk (slip, slip, knit), where two stitches are slipped knitwise one at a time and then knitted together, and k2tog (knit 2 together), a right-leaning decrease. These decreases are worked at strategic points, such as every 4th row at the neck edge and at armhole edges, to shape the garment.

Materials and Gauge

The Camp Hoodie is worked with Spud & Chloe yarn by Blue Sky Fibers in multiple colorways. The photo shown version features Toast (MC—main color), Moonlight (A), Ice Cream (B), Grass (C), and Firecracker (D), allowing for creative color combinations and the intarsia design work.

The pattern is worked on larger circular needles, with gauge established at 18 stitches and 26 rows equaling 4 inches in Stockinette stitch. Achieving proper gauge is essential for obtaining the correct finished measurements. The pattern includes specific cast-on counts for each size: 136 stitches (XS), 152 stitches (S), 168 stitches (M), 184 stitches (L), and 204 stitches (XL).

Construction Details

The body begins with a cast-on and initial rounds worked in ribbing pattern to create a finished edge. After the ribbed cuff measures 3½ inches, the knitter transitions to Stockinette stitch and works even for 8 rounds before introducing the Checkerboard Pattern from the provided chart. This colorwork section adds visual dimension to the garment.

Armhole shaping is achieved through strategic decreases: one stitch is decreased at each armhole edge every right-side row for a specified number of times, with additional decreases at the same time at the neck edge. The armhole depth measures 8¾ to 9½ inches depending on size. Neck shaping involves binding off 6 center neck stitches and working both sides simultaneously, with decreases continuing at the neck edge every 4th row for 11 to 13 times depending on size.

This downloadable PDF pattern from Spud & Chloe provides complete instructions for