MAGNUSICENT!
Materials
· Roughly 150-200 yards of sport-weight yarn in MC, CC1, CC2, CC3 - or more or less colors as you prefer depending on customization ·Size US 5 & US 7 circulars or DPNs · Stitch marker(s), tapestry needle One size to fit average teen-small adult. Size can be adjusted up or down most easily by using heavier-weight yarn and bigger needles or lighterweight yarn and smaller needles.
Directions
Using MC and size US 5 needles CO 80 sts and work one inch in K1/P1 or K2/P2 ribbing K15, Kfb around (85 sts)
Change to size Us 7 needles and knit one round. Add CC1 and work \*Runes/Celtic Cross chart Knit two rounds in MC Add cc2 and work Sword chart Knit one round in MC Next round K15, K2tog (80 sts) Add CC3 and work Snow chart (includes the SsK decrease at the beginning of each repeat shown as a slanting line across two sts); always decrease using CC3 (lighter CC) as dominant color until using all CC. Cut yarn leaving tail to pull through sts and tighten. Weave in end securely. Weave in rest of ends, put on head and fel Magnusicent! Ihave two sets of the same charts. Ifind it difficult to work with a chart that shows a dark color as C when I am using a light coloras CC. However. allthe black eats up ink!So, I have included both sets of charts..my original charts and the inverted color charts. You can choose which you would like to work with and print only those pages. \*The nephew I created this hat for is named Daniel Lynn. To make the chart,I found pictures on the Internet of the Runic Alphabet and made my own chart. 1 also found other Celtic symbols and went with the Celtic Cross as the separator. Unless you know someone who is proficient in reading Runes, you can use this chart to obtain "the look." However, if you want to customize it, you will need to make your own chart. As worked, my chart is exactly 85 sts, which works well with the Sword chart which is 17 sts per repeat, repeated 5 times around for a total of 85 sts as well.
