Beretta
1. Introduction and Basics 2. Requirements 3. Instructions
1. Introduction and Basics
Hi there! I love making hats with SMC Boston Sun and wanted to share a quick simple pattern with you. It's a hat knit in the round from the bottom up in one-piece; first on 5.0mm/US 8 and then 9.0mm/US 13 needles, using only 2x2 rib stitch.
Size: adult
Height: 26cm/10 inch Circumference: 55cm/21 inch Gauge: -5.0mm: 13 stitches and 20 rows - 10cm/4 inch - 9.0 mm: 10 stitches and 12 rows - 10cm/4 inch Yardage: 100m/109 yards
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2. Requirements
You need: yarn - 100m/109 yards Shown here is SMC Boston Sun Classic 00130. I highly recommend any of the Boston Sun yarns, since their colors are amazing, they have a wide variety (Boston Sun, Boston Sun Pastell and now Boston Sun Classic), have the required gauge and come in 100g skeins, so one skein is all you need. But be careful, you will need all of it, at the end I had 4 grams or 4 meters left. Boston Sun is 50% cotton and 50% acrylic, listed as 'bulky' by the manufacturer, recommended for 7-8mm/US 10.5-11 needles and lists a gauge of 12 stitches and18 rows per 10cm/4 inch
You need: needles
- one set of 5.0mm/US 8 double-pointed needles or what kind of needles you prefer for small-circumference knitting in the round - one set of 9.0mm/US 13 double-pointed needles or what kind you prefer for smallcircumference knitting in the round - sewing needle You need: techniques - knitting in the round - knit - k - purl - p - decreasing by knitting 2 stitches together - k2tog - decreasing by purling 2 stitches together - p2tog
3. Instructions
Take your 5.0mm/US 8 needles and cast on 60 stitches. Join in the round, be careful not to twist. Now work 2x2 ribbing (k2p2) for 15 rounds. Switch to the bigger needles.
Continue in the established ribbing pattern until the hat measures 16 cm/6 inch from the beginning of the section with the bigger needles, not from the bottom of the hat altogether. Decreasing: You will now begin to decrease, always in group of 6, so you may want to adjust the distribution of stitches on your needles to that. 1) /k2 p2 k2tog p2 k2 p2tog/ until the end of the round → 50 stitches left 2) /k2 p1 k2tog p2 k1 p2tog/ until the end of the round → 40 stitches left 3) /k2 p2tog p2 k2tog/ until the end of the round → 30 stitches left 4) /k1 p2tog p1/ until the end of the round → 20 stitches left 5) /k2tog p2tog/ until the end of the round → 10 stitches left Now break the yarn leaving a medium tail, thread the yarn on a sewing needle and go through the 10 live stitches. Pull tight. Now weave in your ends, and you're done.
Thanks to nilpferdus and shirlee0109 for doing test knitting, you guys are awesome. Check out their pages as well.
