LiPSTicK Pizza Preemie caP
This pattern is named after the colorway "Lipstick Lava" by Dream in Color and the "Pizza Toe Cast-On" by Cat Bordhi. I started working on this just after taking a week-long workshop with Cat Bordhi on her Personal Footprints approach to socks (using the very leftovers from my Discovery Socks), so this is very Cat inspired. The result is a very small hat. It fits on an average-sized apple. It could double as a fruitprotector if your produce needs some cushioning in your lunch bag.
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Dream in Color Smooshy or other leftover sock yarn. US 2 - 2.75 mm Needles (two 12" or 16" circulars or one 40" circular)
PATTERN NOTES
This little cap is knit from the top down much like a toe-up sock. It uses Cat's Pizza-Toe cast on which increases at a rate of 6 stitches on each increase round. Once the increases are all worked, there are alternating columns of simple cables that spin in the same direction as the pizza slice curves. Cable-Needleless Cross 2 Left (C4F): Insert right needle into back loops of 3rd and 4th stitches from the right of the left needle, leting Ist and 2nd stitches on left needle fall off and passing 3rd and 4th stitches to right needle. Use left needle to pick up the two loose stitches. Replace the passed 3rd and 4th stitches from the right needle to the left needle. Knit 4 stitches. Cable complete. You can do this with a cable needle if you'd prefer.
DiRECTiONS
CAST ON AND ROUND 1: With 2 circular needles, cast on Cat Bordhi's Pizza-Toe per page 18 of her Personal Footprints bookl or video tutorial2, ending with a K 1 round. (12 stitches) ROUND 2/INCREASE ROUND: (K1, KIfb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 12 to 18 stitches in the round). ROUND 3/PLAIN ROUND: K18. ROUND 4/INCREASE ROUND: (K2, K1fb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 18 to 24 stitches in the round). ROUND 5/PLAIN ROUND: K24. ROUND 6/INCREASE ROUND: (K3, KIfb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 24 to 30 stitches in the round). ROUND 7/PLAIN ROUND: K30. ROUND 8/INCREASE ROUND: (K4, K1fb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 30 to 36 stitches in the round). ROUND 9/PLAIN ROUND: K36. ROUND 10/INCREASE ROUND: (K5, KIfb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 36 to 42 stitches in the round). ROUND 11/PLAIN ROUND: K42. ROUND 12/INCREASE ROUND: (K6, K1fb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 42 to 48 stitches in the round). ROUND 13/PLAIN ROUND: K48. ROUND 14/INCREASE ROUND: (K7, K1fb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 48 to 54 stitches in the round). ROUND 15/PLAIN ROUND: K54. ROUND 16/INCREASE ROUND: (K8, K1fb). Repeat 6 times (increasing from 54 to 60 stitches in the round). ROUND 17/PLAIN ROUND: K60. ROUND 18: \*(C4F (see note above), P1, K4, P1)\*. Repeat total of 6 times. ROUNDS 19-21: \*(K4, P1)\*. Repeat total of 12 times. ROUND 22: \*(K4, P1, C4F, P1)\*. Repeat total of 6 times ROUNDS 23-26: \*(K4, P1)\*. Repeat total of 12 times. ROUND 27: Same as Round 18. ROUNDS 28-30: \*(K4, P1)\*. Repeat total of 12 times. ROUND 3l: Same as Round 22. ROUNDS 32-39: \*(K4, P1)\*. Repeat total of 12 times. BIND OFF: Use Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off3. Check out Cat's video4 if you've never seen it before. 3htp://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfalI09/FEATjssbo.php 4 http://youtu.be/abBhe-JYmgl
