I squeaked in just the right amount of Kid’s Clothes Week making this week and man, oh man was it a success. I’m talking, of course, about these awesome Knight Hoodies. The pattern is from Charming Doodle and it is bang on! These two boys hate wearing sweatshirts and jackets or basically anything that will keep them warm or save them from a cold and desperate death from pneumonia. Not that this makes me anxious or anything. Ahem. Without diving too deep into my neuroses, let’s just say I am always searching for ways to make staying warm an inviting and irresistible proposition.
These Knight Hoodies are the perfect tom foolery because they look like an awesome costume. And, it worked! Look at these two playing knights!
So fierce, right?
The sweatshirts came together easily. The pattern is really fantastic and fun with great little details that somehow manage to avoid being persnickety or overly time-consuming. There is some hand-stitching of buttons but only because these buttons can’t be sewn on a machine. I actually did the hand sewing on a long car-ride to visit the grandparents, which I thought was very time-savvy of me.
The fit was really good for both boys. I’m hoping that the amount of fun they had wearing the hoodies for these pictures is proportional to the amount of wear they get in the future but that remains to be seen. At least I have one fun option up my sleeve to combat their resistance. It’s better than nothing!
I had to include this final boy band-style picture. Ha! These two are just so cute! It’s too much.
This pattern just invited tom foolery. I love it. 🙂
Ha! It’s so true, isn’t it. Look at my screwballs!
These hoodies are brilliant!
Aw, thanks!
They’re awesome! Costumes that serve a purpose, and aren’t too costume-y to wear year round. Brilliant.
these are AWESOME! i love boys, they’re so fun. hey do you think it would be easy to leave off all the knight stuff and just make a basic hoodie with this pattern? there is a glaring lack of basic unlined hoodie patterns on the indie pattern scene right now…
Thanks friend! Hmmm, yes I think you could transform this into a regular hoodie by leaving off the knight stuff. I will say you might additionally want to adjust the shape of the hood portion because it comes up really high and that could look odd without the ‘costume’ parts of the hoodie.
awesome awesome awesome! I will not let my kids see these pictures, not because i don’t want them to want the knight hoodies too, but because…i am sooo tired of sewing kids clothes at the moment 😉 but they would totally love them! 😉
Oh man, I dream of kids that REQUEST I make things for them. My boys are so over the mama-mades! But, I keep working on them!