Skill Level:
Experienced
| Materials: | |
| Needles: | 16" #9 circular needle (optional) |
| #9 double pointed needles | |
| #9 straight needles | |
| Yarn: | 1 skein Lion Brand Vanna's Choice, kelly green |
| Other Materials: | 1 place marker |
| 1 cable needle | |
Gauge:
4 stitches per inch
6 rows per inch
Stitch Explanation:
K—knit
P—purl
st(s)—stitch(es)
St st—stockinette stitch
arnd—around
rnd—round
K2tog—knit two together
Pattern:
Cast on 14 sts. Place marker to indicate end of round.
Begin chart.
This is the chart:
This is the legend to the chart.
Work chart till piece is just under circumference of head—roughly 14 repeats. (Remember, hats should have a small amount of negative ease.) Upon completion of the chart, cast off.
Turn the piece sideways and, using circular needles, pick up and knit 1 st per row—112 sts if you had 14 repeats; otherwise you should have a multiple of 8 sts on the needles. K6, K2tog arnd—98 sts.
Work in St st till piece measures 5 inches. Begin decreases.
Decreases:
Rnd 1: (K5, K2tog) around—84 sts.
Rnd 2 and all even rnds: K.
Rnd 3: (K4, K2tog) around—70 sts.
Rnd 5: (K3, K2tog) around—56 sts.
Rnd 7: (K2, K2tog) around—42 sts.
Rnd 9: (K1, K2tog) around—28 sts.
Rnd 11: (K2tog) around—14 sts.
Rnd 15: (K2tog) around—7 sts.
Cut off long end of yarn and thread it through remaining 7 sts and pull tight. Block; weave in all ends.