Knitted
Version:
Yarn: Cascade Pima Fine. Pick whatever shades you like! Two skeins
will knit two hats.
Needles: Size 5 circular long enough for magic loop.
Sizes: made for sizes 0-3 mo, 3-6,
6-12. Just keep adding stitches if you
want bigger versions of the hat.
Gauge: .
Cast on 71 (81, 91) I used a long
tail cast on method. In order to get a
smooth join in the round slip your last cast on stitch onto your working
needle, pm, knit two together. You
should now have 70 (80,90) stitches.
Rows 1-10: Knit (about 2 inches)
Row 11: Purl one round.
Rows 12-22: Knit
Row 23: fold your work along the
purl row. Knit around but each stitch
should go through the current row and a stitch from along the cast on edge
(this gives you a tidy two layers of knitting.
Row 24-26: knit around
Rows 27-31: change colors to make your
first stripe. There are lots of
techniques to make these jogless you can check out on the web. I used the slip one technique.
Rows 32-36: Using the main color again
knit.
Rows 37-40: Using contrasting color
knit
Rows 40-54: Using the main color knit.
Row 55: knit 9, k2tog repeat
around.
Row 56: knit 8, k2to repeat around.
Continue
decreasing in this manner until you have approx. 4 stitches on your
needle. Cut your yarn and using a
darning needle thread the end through your live stitches and secure them. Hide your ends. You can add embroidery, crochet or buttons
for embellishment.
Crochet
version:
Yarn: Two skeins Cascade Pima Fine
in any two colors you like. You should
get two hats with opposite stripe colors.
To Begin: Chain 2. In second chain
from hook sc 10. Join these into the round.
Round 2: Place a marker to track
each round. SC two in each stitch below (20 total).
Round 3-until hat diameter
is large enough to fit your desired head. Sc
around with increases. There are many
formulas for making the crown of a hat.
I have found that none of these work well for me. Instead I crochet in a free form manner with
mostly 1 sc in each space but adding two sc to spaces periodically so that the
growing circle remains flat. I check
frequently by laying my work down and making sure it does not ruffle or cups up
at the edges.
Crown to first stripe: sc in each stitch until your work hits the
top of the wearers ears. During this
time I create a slight flair by gradually adding 6 extra sc into the work (two
sc into one space three times over two rows.
Stripe Rows 1-4: Change to contrasting color
and crochet four rounds. Add 2 increases
during these rows.
Stripe Rows 5-9: Change back to the main
color. Also include two increases.
Stripe Rows 10-14: Change to contrasting color
crochet. Increase two stitches over the
four rows.
Start Brim: SC one rows in main color.
Sc around. Include 6 increases spaced
out evenly in this round.
Finish Brim: sc until brim measures
1inch.
Turning round: sc in the back loop
Brim Hem: sc for one inch.
Fold
hem along line made by the crochet in the back loop. Turn your work. Hooking
each stitch through the had at the row formed by the lowest stripe and the hem
edge sc. Repeat around until a folded
hem if formed. Embellish if desired.
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