Subtle f**k off hoodie

This hoodie started out inspired by a pair of earrings I saw, with the symbol of Inanna, Queen of Heaven (goddess of sex, love, war, justice, and political power) but when it was finished another feature was unexpectedly striking: the bottom section of my yoke pattern looked like a “f--k off”.

It’s quite subtle but once you see it you can’t unsee it. So I decided to rename the hoodie and I feel it ended up a pretty nice combination of sex, love, war, justice, political power and a simple “f--k off”.

This hoodie is worked top-down in the round, like a classic yoked sweater. Hood is added at the end. In the pattern there is a description for color fading using 7 different colors but there is room for a lot of artistic freedom to use more or fewer colors.

Look at the yardage table as advice. This is a great project for using up leftovers if they are the same weight. I even had one tester using sock/fingering weight and working double-stranded, simply replacing one color at a time as needed.

Testers rated pattern difficulty 4/10.

Suggested yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Rios

Yarn weight: Worsted (9 wpi)

Gauge: 18 stitches and 22 rows = 10 cm in Stockinette

Needle sizes:

US 6 - 4.0 mm

US 2½ - 3.0 mm

Yardage: 1115 - 1531 yards (1020 - 1400 m)

Sizes available: Small, Medium, XL, XXL, 3XL, 4XL

Languages: English