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True Beauty Zip-Up Hoodie Knit Pattern

Thursday, November 4, 2021

 Hello Modesty readers!


It's been quite some time since I last wrote a post for this blog! I am back and I am here to introduce the True Beauty Zip-Up Hoodie knitting pattern. Inspired by the Korean drama, True Beauty, I have designed a hoodie that includes a zipper, hood, pockets, and accent stripes.

If you have watched the Korean drama, then you would know that this hoodie resembles the male (Suho) lead's treasured hoodie. 

This design was a challenging one for me merely because I had never designed anything with inset pockets, zippers, or working contrast colors in the round. Nevertheless, it was a fun time creating this piece.



True Beauty Zip-Up Hoodie Knit Pattern

To all the K-drama fans out there, the True Beauty Zip-Up Hoodies is a must make. Inspired by Suho's cherished zip-up from True Beauty, this hoodie has it all. The zipper, hood, pockets, and stripes on the sleeve are all there, just like Suho's. The hoodie is perfect for those chillier days. So grab a pair of jeggings and match them with this true beauty.


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To purchase the inexpensive PDF pattern, please visit Etsy or Ravelry.




To pin this pattern for later, visit Pinterest.


The Pattern

The True Beauty Zip-Up Hoodie is an intermediate knit pattern that includes some hand sewing involved. The pattern is worked up in Lion Brand's Superwash Merino.

The hoodie includes a hood, pockets, and a zipper. The body panels are worked flat and seamed together later. The pockets are knitted right onto the back panel and then seamed onto the front panels before seaming the sides of the body. The sleeves are worked in the round and set into the armhole. The hood is knitted from the stitches of the body panels that were held on stitch holders. Once the hood is completed, and i-Cord edging is knitted before attaching the zipper.

The pattern is offered in 8 bust sizes: 32, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 58

The hoodie has a positive ease of approximately 5 inches around the bust and 2 inches in the sleeves. The sleeves are designed long and will go beyond wrist length.


Design Story

Have you seen the K-drama True Beauty? If you haven't, you are missing out! It's a drama that I consider to be one of the best that came out this year.. for me, at least. It kept me laughing the entire way through. There are some sad parts to this story but overall, it was an enjoyable watch with lots of hilarious scenes.

I loved it so much that I actually took up reading the webtoon in the book format. I'm not great at reading books via electronics so I purchased what books were available (and a very hefty cost since they were shipped from Korea).

After watching this K-drama multiple times, I was inspired to design Suho's cherished zip-up hoodie. There is an extra touch to the ribbings for this hoodie but everything else remains very similar to Suho's hoodie. 





Testers

Here are some pictures submitted by a few of my testers. To see more from these makers, simply click their pictures.














End Remarks

Find me on Facebook and Instagram. Tag me with your finished True Beauty Zip-Up Hoodie by using the hashtag #modestybylaura.

Happy knitting!

XO,

Laura










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Cheese in the Trap Cardi Knit Pattern

Monday, October 5, 2020

 

Designer of Modesty by Laura wearing the Cheese in the Trap Cardi knit pattern with her shit tzu dog.

Cheese in the Trap Cardi Knit Pattern

What comes to mind when you think of cheese? Maybe swiss cheese? Inspired by the Korean drama, movie, and webtoon, I present to you the Cheese in the Trap Cardi. This cheesy, cozy, fitted knit cardigan is the perfect garment in cool fall weather.

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To purchase an inexpensive PDF file of the Cheese in the Trap Cardi, please visit Etsy or Ravelry.


Modesty by Laura Cheese in the Trap Cardi Knit Pattern

To pin this for later, visit Pinterest.

The Pattern

The Cheese in the Trap Cardi is a fitted cardigan worked bottom-up with set-in sleeves with 2 strands held together. The yarn used was Yarn Bee 44th Street in Mustard. Roughly 2,000 yards of yarn are needed to complete the only size offered at the moment. The yarn is considered a category 3 (DK) but is a thinner DK weight yarn and can be found at Hobby Lobby.


The Cheese in the Trap Cardi is only offered in size XS/S. Unfortunately, I was unable to figure out the math for this particular design specifically because of the front panels. I am hoping to figure out the grading for this irresistible cardigan next spring. Stay tuned!

Design Story

I was inspired to design this cardigan after watching both the Korean drama and movie of the webtoon, Cheese in the Trap. I had originally thought of making this cardigan a plain yellow garment but another big-time blogger came out with something similar. To not become a "copy-cat", I decided to design my cardigan more fitting to the name I decided to give it. 

When I think of cheese, Swiss cheese always comes to mind which happens to be one of my favorite cheeses. (Brie cheese comes in first place in my heart though.) To represent that holey Swiss cheese, I used the beautiful diamond lace stitch to complete the look.

A lot of time was spent calculating out this detailed garment and I am truly pleased with the way it came out. 


Designer of Modesty by Laura wearing a knit Cheese in the Trap Cardi

The Cheese in the Trap Cardi was a fun design to create and also my favorite out of all the garments that I have designed thus far. Because of this, it makes me sad that I am not able to have this pattern size inclusive. (One day, it will. I promise.)

Korean American Designer wearing knit Cheese in the Trap Cardi. Designer for Modesty by Laura.

Purchase your pattern today. Sit down in front of the TV with your knitting needles in hand with the Kdrama streaming. By the end of the drama series, you should have your very own Cheese in the Trap Cardi!

Designer of Modesty by Laura wearing knit Cheese in the Trap Cardigan.

Designer of Modesty by Laura wearing a knit Cheese in the Trap Cardi

Designer of Modesty by Laura wearing a knit Cheese in the Trap Cardi. The backside of the cardigan is shown.


Designer of Modesty by Laura wearing a knit Cheese in the Trap Cardi.
























Ending Remarks


Stay connected with me! Find me on Instagram and Facebook! Tag me with your makes using the hashtag #modestybylaura.

Until next time, happy knitting!


XO, 

Laura

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Due to the lack of interest and traffic to my blog, I have discontinued a lot of free garment patterns. Patterns that were once listed for free have become premium patterns and the blog itself will be a reference for most of my patterns. Smaller accessory items will continue to come out as free patterns. XO, Laura

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