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The Baby Silky Stripey Sun Hat Knitting Pattern Madmonkeybabyknits pattern no 9 TENSION: 24 STS = 10 CMS (4 INS) and 28 ROWS = 10 CMS (4 INS) in st.st on 4.00 mm needles. S M L TO FIT: HEAD 35-40 40-45 45-50 CMS CIRC 14-16 16-18 18-20 INS ACTUAL 35 41 46 CMS 14 16 18 INS MATERIALS: RYC LUXURY COTTON OR ANY DOUBLEKNIT YARN (WITH SAME TENSION) OF YOUR CHOICE 50 G BALLS: WHITE 1 1 1 SMALLAMOUNT5CONTRAST COLOURSDEBBIEBLISSPURESILK 1 PAIR 4.00 MM KNITTING NEEDLES ABBREVIATIONS: K=KNIT, P=PURL, ST=STITCH, ST.ST=STOCKING STITCH ( K 1 ROW, P 1 ROW), DEC=DECREASE(KNIT 2 STITCHES TOGETHER), INC=INCREASE(K INTO BOTH FRONT AND BACK OF STITCH),TOG=TOGETHER, BEG=BEGINNING, , PATT=PATTERN. With 4.o0 mm needles and White RYC Luxury cotton cast on 132[144,156] sts. St.st for 2 rows. Change to first contrast colour and work next 2 rows. N.B. From now on change colour every 2 rows, working alternately between white and each contrast colour in turn. WORK DECREASES Size S [M, L] work Rows5- 14 [Rows3-12, Rows1-10]. Row1-[K2tog,k11] twelve times. (144sts) Row2-P. Row3-[K2tog,k10] twelve times. (132 sts) Row4-P. Row5-[K2tog,k9] twelve times. (120sts) Row6-P. Row7-[K2tog,k8] twelve times. (108sts) Row8-P. Row9-[K2tog,k7] twelve times. (96sts) Row10-P. Row11-[K2tog,k6] twelve times. (84sts) Row12-P. Row13-[K2tog,k5] twelve times. (72sts) Row14-P. Starting with a k row st.st for 10[12,16] rows. WORK DECREASES Size S[M,L] start at Row5[3,1]. Row1-[K2tog,k6] twelve times. (84sts) Row2-P. Row3-[K2tog,k5] twelve times. (72sts) Row4-P. Row5-[K2tog,k4] twelve times. (60sts] Row6-P. Row7-[K2tog,k3] twelve times. (48sts) Row8-P. Row9-[K2tog,k2] twelve times. (36sts) Row10-P. Row11-[K2tog,k1] twelve times. (24sts) Row12-P. Row13-K2tog twelve times. (12sts) Row14-P. Cast off. TO MAKE UP: 1.Join back seam. 2.Join in all loose threads. THIS IS A MADMONKEYKNITS PATTERN AND SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT. IT MAYNOT BE COPIEDORSOLDWITHOUT PERMISSION. MADMONKEYBABYKNITS PATTERN no 9 RELEASEDMAY2010