O' Tannenbaum
a hat pattern with two variations by Anna Montgomery
Materials: 1 skein each of MadelineTosh Vintage in Jade and Badlands (team up with a friend or two. You'll only need about a third of a yard of Badlands for the trunk) for the tree with the ribbed “trunk" band. or 1 skein of Madeline Tosh Vintage in Jade for the trunk-less, rolled brim tree. For the trim, ornaments, and star topper, I dug through my extensive basket of yarn scraps. Dig through yours and see what you can find! You will need a worsted weight or Aran weight for the star topper. Size 8 needles in 16" circs and DPN's. Crochet hook or darning needle for weaving in ends.
Ribbed Trunk Version
Instructions:
With Badlands, cast on 81 stitches, pm, join to knit in the round (be careful not to twist!) \*K2, P1\* repeat to end Continue in 2 x 1 rib for 12 rows Change to Jade
Increase Row:
Knit around in stockinette stitch and M1 stitch approximately every 11.5 stitches for a total of 88 stitches. (Don't do too many mental math gyrations over this. Just increase 7 stitches as evenly as you can so you end up with 88)
Body:
Continue in stockinette stitch until hat measures 5" from cast-on edge
Decrease section:
1) \*K9, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 1 row plain 2)\*K8, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 1 row plain 3)\*K7, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 1 row plain 4)\*K6, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 2 rows plain 5)\*K5, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 2 rows plain 6)\*K4, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 3 rows plain 7)\*K3, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 3 rows plain 8)\*K2, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 4 rows plain 9)\*K1, K2tog\* repeat to end Knit 4 rows plain 10)K2tog all around Knit 1 row plain 11)K2tog all around (4 stitche Break yarn and pass tail thro
Decorate!!
Knit an i-cord and sew in a spiral to your hat for garland. (shown on rolled brim hat) Satin stitch ornaments onto your tree with leftover bits of yarn from other projects. (shown on ribbed trunk hat) Hang miniature ornaments designed for tiny artificial trees onto your hat for extra silliness! (not shown, but wouldn't that be fun?!)
Instructions for star topper:
With worsted weight scrap yarn in yellow, gold, or silver, and using the long-tail cast on method (you'll need the stretch), cast on 55 stitches. 1)K4, \*sl1, K2tog, psso, K8\* repeat until 7 stitches remain, sl1, K2tog, psso, K4 2)K3, \*sl1, K2tog, psso, K6\* repeat until 6 stitches remain, sl1, K2tog, psso, K3 3)K2, \*sl1, K2tog, psso, K4\* repeat until 5 stitches remain, sl1, K2tog, psso, K2 4)K1, \*sl1, K2tog, psso, K2\* repeat until 4 stitches remain, sl1, K2tog, psso, K1 5)\*s1, K2tog, psso\* across entire row (5 stitches remain) Break yarn leaving 8" tail. thread darning needle and pass yarn tail through live stitches. Cinch tightly and use tail remainder to sew the edges of the star shut. Use cast-on tail and bind-off tail to sew star to the top of your hat!
Rolled Brim Version Instructions: With Jade, cast on 81 stitches, pm, join to knit in the round (be careful not to twist!) Knit in stockinette stitch until hat measures 5" from rolled edge. Be sure you are measuring from the rolled brim rather than the cast on edge. If you measure from the cast on, the hat will be too short...and you'll look a little goofy!
Decrease section:
From here on, work as for the Ribbed Trunk version.
