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by Rachel Anderson (Tomyris) Thorn Maiden Designs A pattern for the mathematics geek - pi to 50 decimal places covers the crown of this hat. This makes a warm, close-fitting beanie, or, lightly felted, a groovy fez! Yarn: Bulky Pure New Wool, giving gauge (row gauge is not critical), in 2 complementary colours for 'pop', or adjacent colours for a more subtle effect. Mine used about half a 50g skein of each colour. Gauge: Not critical if felting! The bigger the better! 24" head:12st to 10cm/4" (e.g., Wool of the Andes Bulky) 22"head:13st ... (e.g., Alafoss Lopi ) 20" head: 14st .. (e.g., Hjertegarn Natur Uld) Needles: 7mm 24cm circ or dpns, or size required to get gauge. Abbreviations MC - Main Colour CC - Contrasting Colour K2tog - knit 2 together. Ssk - slip 1 knitwise twice, insert left needle through front loops of slipped stitches and knit together. 3-to-1 centred decrease - slip 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over.
Pattern
CO 72sts loosely using Cable Cast-on method, alternating between MC and CC for each stitch. Join, being careful not to twist. Work chart 1. Work chart 2 six times around the hat, switching to dpns when necessary. Cut both yarns, leaving about 12". With a tapestry needle, thread both yarn ends through the remaining 12sts and pull tight.
Finishing
e happy with a beanie, weave in the ends, block, and wear with Pythagorean pride! Or if you are up for a bit of fun, and have like me left behind all sense of shame and fashion, not to mention any hopes of ever dating again, you can felt a fez!
How I did it:
do NOT weave in the 12” tails, but left them unsecured on the outside, pull the hat down over a 3'/-pint (2l) plastic measuring jug, ·sew the cast-on edge loosely across the top of the jug to hold the hat on, wash it with my towels in an intensive wash in my front-loading washing machine, and shape it over a suitably-sized cone of yarn and left it to dry. Trim the felted tails and finish with a lovely tassel! Sand Dance! Copyright Notice: Please do not sell copies of this pattern or make any hats for sale for profit. Rabbit Zielke kindly gave permission for the use of the chart figures for her Pi Mitts. Please respect her copyright and do not remove this notice.
| 55 56 | 3-to-1 centred decrease No stitch k2tog ssk | Contrast colour(CC) Maincolour(MC) | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1211109 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 00 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 72717069686766656463626160595857 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chart 1 - Body of hat | ||||||||||||||||||
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