Two Babies, Two Skeins, Two Hats
Designed by Beverly Army Williams As soon as I knew I was going to Albuquerque to see my good friend Dana's twins, I decided to make hats just like them: similar, but not the same. There are close to a zillion baby hats out there, but I used my own know how about hats and came up with this sweet little take on two hats for two babies. Fits 3-6 mos. olds, but easily adjustable Gauge: 5 sts/inch Supplies Needed: Sirdar Snuggly Babybamboo two skeins in contrasting colors (DK, 105 yds/skein) Needles: size 7 dpns or short circulars (I used 12" circs until the crown decreases, when I switched to dpns) or needle size needed for gauge. Stitch marker @ 2009 Beverly Army Williams (pomogolightly@gmail.com) All rights reserved.
Directions:
Cast on 80 stitches in main color and join, being careful not to twist. Mark beginning of round. Knit for three inches. Join contrast color at the start of a round and knit for one inch. At the start of the next round, drop the contrast color and return to the main color. Begin decreases as follows: Row 1:\* K2tog, knit 8\* Row 2 and every even row thereafter: Knit Row 3: \*K2tog, knit 7\* Row 5: \*K2tog, knit 6\* Row 7: \*K2tog, knit 5\* Row 9: \*K2tog, knit 4\* Row 11: \*K2tog, knit 3\* Row 13: \*K2tog, knit 2\* Row 15: \*K2tog, knit 2\* Row 17: \*K2tog, knit 1\* Row 19: \*K2tog\* Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail, which you'll thread through the live stitches. Weave in the tails. Make a second hat in the opposite colorways, and see how cute your favorite twins look..or give your singleton a contrasting hat wardrobe! Note: After knitting a few scarves and socks, I spent the first year or so of my knitting life making chemo caps. I learned the simple formula that allowed me to make these baby hats through trial and error: find the recipient's head measurement, multiply that by your sts/inch, cast on, knit for a while, and decrease. I always start my decreases at 10% of my cast on stitches.
