Hooded Knitted Sweater in Lion Brand Homespun - 60129AD

Hooded Knitted Sweater in Lion Brand Homespun – Free Knitting Pattern 60129AD

This free knitting pattern from Lion Brand Yarn (Pattern Number 60129AD) guides knitters through creating a cozy, casual hooded knitted sweater worked in the beloved Lion Brand Homespun® yarn. Designed to suit a wide range of wearers, the pattern covers children's sizes from 24 months through Child 11–12 as well as adult sizes Small through 3X, making it a genuinely versatile project for the whole family. The finished chest measurements range from 26 inches for the smallest child's size up to 57 inches for the largest adult size, ensuring a comfortable, relaxed fit across the full size spectrum.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a pullover sweater featuring an attached hood. The garment is constructed in separate pieces — a back, a front, sleeves, and the hood — which are then seamed together. The design is intentionally beginner-friendly, rated at a Skill Level: Beginner, making it an excellent choice for newer knitters who are ready to move beyond scarves and simple accessories and tackle their first sweater construction. The pattern also references an optional pocket and optional ties for the hood, allowing knitters to add functional or decorative details as they wish.

Materials Used

• Yarn: Lion Brand Homespun® Yarn in colorway Shaker (790-301). The number of balls required varies by size, ranging from 2 balls for the smallest child's sizes up to 6 balls for the largest adult size (3X). Lion Brand Homespun® is a chunky-weight yarn known for its soft, textured, woven appearance and its warmth, making it particularly well-suited to cozy outerwear like hooded sweaters.
• Needles: Two sizes of Lion Brand Knitting Needles are required — Size 8 [5 mm] for ribbing or edging sections and Size 10 [6 mm] for the main body fabric. Lion Brand Double-Pointed Needles (DPNs) in Size 8 are also called for, though the pattern notes that circular needles may be substituted for the double-pointed needles if preferred.
• Notions: A large-eyed blunt needle for seaming and weaving in ends, plus Lion Brand Stitch Holders to hold live stitches while other sections are worked.

Gauge

The pattern is worked to a gauge of 12 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in Stockinette Stitch using the larger Size 10 [6 mm] needles. Checking gauge before beginning is strongly recommended, as matching gauge ensures the sweater reaches the intended finished measurements and that the specified yarn quantities are sufficient.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• Stockinette Stitch (St st): The primary fabric stitch of the sweater, worked by knitting on right-side rows and purling on wrong-side rows. Stockinette creates a smooth, classic knit fabric that drapes well and showcases the texture of Lion Brand Homespun® beautifully.
• Cast On: A standard cast-on method is used to begin each piece. Stitch counts at cast-on vary by size, for example 40 to 52 stitches for children's sizes and 58 to 86 stitches for adult sizes on the back piece.
• 3-Needle Bind Off: A key technique used in this pattern, the 3-needle bind off joins two sets of live stitches simultaneously while binding them off, creating a neat, strong seam — commonly used for shoulder joins. The pattern provides a clear step-by-step explanation: stitches from two needles are held with right sides together, and a third needle is used to knit one stitch from each needle together before passing the first stitch over the second to bind off.
• Two-Needle Size Progression: Knitters switch between the smaller Size 8