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reversible accessors for men: the hat displags a gridlike pattern on one side and colimns of coins on the other. Designed brs wondrlanding
+GENERXL INFORMXTION:
The hat is worked from the brim towards the crown, seamlessly in the round. Skill level:
Sices: onesize.Tofitahead circumference of 55-61cm/21.7-24" Materials, notions: Yarn: Malabrigo Arroyo - 100% Merino (306m / 335 yd / 100g). Yarn needs: 170 m / 185 yd. Needles:3.5mm/Us4 and 4.0mm / US6 needles (adjust all needle sizes if necessary to get gauge!) Notions: 2 cable needles, 1 stitch marker, darning needle.
Gauge:
24 sts x 34 rows on 4.0mm / US6 needles (in stockinette stitch) =10 x 10 cm / 4x4"; measured flat, unstretched, blocked.
+ABBREVIATIONS, STITCHES:
k - knit stitch through the front loop p -purl st - stitch(es) \*...\* or (..) - repeat instructions between the asterisks or parenthesis as many times as directed after. No number of repetition means to repeat the instructions to the end of round. CN - cable needle p2tog (decrease) - purl 2 sts together through the front loop. ssk (decrease) - slip a stitch as if to knit, slip a second stitch as if to knit, then slide the left-hand needle into the front part of both stitches and knit them together. dt4 (double twist on 4 sts) slip 1 stitch onto CN1, hold at front. Slip 2 sts onto CN2 and hold at back. Knit the next stitch, purl 2 sts from CN2, then knit 1 st from CN1. dt3 - (double twist on 3 sts) slip 1 stitch onto CN1, hold at front. Slip 1 st onto CN2 and hold at back. Knit the next stitch, purl 1 st from CN2, then knit 1 st from CN1. long tail cast-on - <see video reference on loast page?
+ENSTRUCTIONS:
Brim:
Using 3.5mm / US4 needles and long tail cast-on method, CO 150 sts. Join stitches in the round, being careful not to twist them and mark the beginning of rounds with a stitch marker. Start working the following rounds: Rnd 1-12: \*k2, p1\*. Hat bodny. Switch to 4.0mm / US6 needles and start repeating the following 6 row pattern until you have worked 15cm (or to desired length) measured from cast-on and ending with rnd 3! Rnd 1, 2, 3:.. .\*k2, p4\*. Rnd 4:. .purl. Rnd 5:.. .\*p2, dt4\*. Rnd 6:. .\*p2, kl\*.
Crown:
Rnd l:. \*p2tog, p4\*. {=125 sts} Rnd 2:. \*pl, dt4\*. Rnd 3:. \*pl, kl, p2, kl\*. Rnd 4... \*kl, p4\*. Rnd 5:. \*kl, pl, p2tog, p1\*. {=100 sts} Rnd 6:.. \*kl, p3\*. Rnd 7:. .purl. Rnd 8:.. \*pl, dt3\*. Rnd 9:... \*p1, k2tog, k1\*. {=75 sts} Rnd 10, 11, 12: \*kl, p2\*. Rnd 13:.. \*p1, p2tog\*. {=50 sts} Rnd 14, 15:... \*pl, kl\*. Rnd 16:. \*kl, pl\*. Rnd 17:. \*ssk\*. {=25 sts} Rnd 18:.. .purl. Rnd 19: \*ssk\*, kl. {=13 sts} Break yarn by leaving a 20cm long tail, thread it through remaining live stitches, pull tight.
++INESHENG:
Weave in all ends in a way, that they are invisible on both sides, dampen the knitted piece, ease it into shape and let dry.
+VIDEO TUTORIALS:
YouTube. 2013. Knitting - Long-Tail Cast-on. [online] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wUPQDYtoy0 [Accessed: 17 Dec 2013].
+TERMS OF USE:
1It is prohibited processing and marketing any part of this project (design, text, graphics, photo) without the prior written consent of the Author. The pattern - for your personal use only - can be saved on a local data storage (or printed), under such conditions that the downloaded content does not get published in any form, does not get used for commercial purposes, or displayed in a public database, storage and does not get other public access. The actual finished items based on this pattern cannot be sold commercially in any way. For more information regarding the pattern and Terms of Use please contact the designer: Wondrlanding (Eszter Sarkadi Nagy), http://wondrlanding.blogspot.hu/, wondrlanding@gmail.com
