Fudge Ripple Hat
By Karen J Ellsworth I was given a beautiful skein of sport weight yarn in shades of aqua as a gift and wanted to make something special with it. I combined it with a skein of DK weight from my stash in a lovely shade of chocolate brown and worked up a pattern to play the two yarns off each other. I hope you enjoy knitting it as much as I did! =)
Materials Needed:
2 contrasting skeins of either sport or DK weight yarn (hat uses roughly 150 yards total) US size 4/3.5mm 16-inch circular or set of dpns US size 6/4.0mm 16-inch circular or set of dpns and either dpns or longer circ needle to magic loop 1 stitch marker
| Stitch Key | |
| K | Knit |
| K2tog | Knit two together |
| K2togtbl | Knit two together through the back loop |
| P | Purl |
| P2tog | Purltwotogether |
| psso | Pass slipped stitch over |
| sl1 | Slip stitch knitwise |
Yarn needle
Gauge:
26 st and 32 rows to 4"
Instructions:
Using long tail cast on and main color (MC), cast on 118 stitches using smaller needles. Row 1: Join in the round, being careful not to twist. Slip last stitch from right needle to the left needle (purlwise). Place marker to mark beginning of round. P2tog, purl to end of round. (117 stitches) Row 2: Knit Row 3: Purl Repeat rows 2 and 3 four more times (ending on a purl row). Row 12: Switch to contrasting color (CC) and larger needles - \*sl 1, k1, psso, k9, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (You should have 9 pattern repeats in total.) Row 13: Knit Row 14: \*sl 1, k1, psso, k7, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round Row 15: Knit Row 16: Switch to MC - \*sl 1, k1, psso, YO, (K1, YO) 5 times, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round Row 17: Purl Repeat rows 12-17 six more times. You will now have a total of seven pattern repeats. Begin working decreases as follows, switching to dpns or a longer circular needle for magic loop when necessary. Row 54: Switch to CC - \*sl 1, kl, psso, k9, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (99 stitches) Row 55: Knit \*sl 1, kl, psso, k7, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (81 stitche Row 57: Knit Row 58: Switch to MC -\*sl 1, k1, psso, k5, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (63 stitches) Row 59: Purl Row 60: Switch to CC - \*sl 1, kl, psso, k3, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (45 stitches) Row 61: Knit Row 62: \*sl 1, kl, psso, k1, k2tog\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (27 stitches) :ow 63: \*sl 1, k1, psso, k1\*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (18 stitche Row 64: Switch to MC (or finish in CC) - \*sl 1, kl, psso \*; repeat from \* to \* to end of round (9 stitches) Cut tail and weave through remaining live stitches, pull tight. Weave in ends, soak and block. If making the hat and cowl set, you will need two 150-170 yd skeins of your main color and one 150-170 yd skein of the contrast yarn. Knit as written, the hat will comfortably fit a 22" head. The hat is easily resizable. Simply add or subtract from the cast on in 13 stitch increments Check out the Fudge Ripple Cowl pattern to make the set! =)
