Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Another Lion Band Homespun hat

I started this hat on the plane while going to K&M's wedding, and I finished it while in the car driving to Mt. Rainier last weekend. It is essentially the same pattern as the one I did for Mei, but with a twist (literally).



Bah. You really can't see the texture pattern from the picture. ;_;

The boy had meant to bring a ball cap along to Rainier. When he realized he hadn't, he was all sad, because his hair was a mess and he'd planned to hide it under the hat. So I finished knitting this in the car and he wore it all over the park. It looks surprisingly manly when on, though more like something a Jamaican reggae player would wear than a computer programmer. Oh well, I think this particular version of the hat was a success.

Pattern for large (small-to-medium head):

Note, pattern is recreated as best I can. I really wasn't taking good notes. Bad Quakester, bad!


  • Yarn: Lion Brand Homespun

  • Needles: size 8 and 10 circular and/or DPNs

  • Steps:


    • Cast on 56 (49) st on US size 8 circular.

    • PM

    • *K4 P3, repeat from * for about 1 1/2 inch or to taste

    • Switch to US size 10 circular and do rounds until entire hat, with brim rolled, is 6 (5 1/2) inches tall. The idea is to do P1 K6, but throw in an extra K stitch every round so that the lines of P stitches swirl around the head and up to the crown. Pattern for rounds:


      • *P1 K6, rep from *

      • K1, *P1 K6, rep from *, P1 K5

      • K2, *P1 K6, rep from *, P1 K4

      • K3, *P1 K6, rep from *, P1 K3

      • K4, *P1 K6, rep from *, P1 K2

      • K5, *P1 K6, rep from *, P1 K1

      • You get the point. Keep doing it, knitting for all stitches except one after the purl stitches on the row below in which case you purl.


    • Start decreasing in groups of 7,6,5,4,3(,2). Do this by P2tog. The two stitches to purl together are the purl stitch and the stitch after it.




Technically I think I should have cast on 48 stitches. This version has to do one repeat in 8st and the others in 7st. 48 stitches would have fixed that for the pattern. Though not for the ribbing. Oh well, will possibly try it in another hat soon.

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