Hat for a cool Dude/Girl
About the designer
Annika was taught how to knit when she was 5 years old, by her Grandmother. The "real big knitting passion" was discovered in 2000. When she was
pregnant for the first time. Annika likes knitting complex patterns that requires concentration and patience. You can find her blog at http://annikasallehanda.blogspot.com. If you have a question about the pattern, feel free to email Annika at annikas.allehansa(@)gmail.com ? 2o12 Annika's Allehanda, Annika Roos-Gäddnäs These knitted hats can not be sold, just for personal use.
Description
The hat is knitted in the round on 4mm/6US cable needles or on 5 dubblepointed needles if you prefeer. Test knit your gauge to calculate the number of stitches to cast on. Formula - number of stitches per inch x head circumference
Difficulty
Advansed beginner, Provisional crochet cast on. Se the youtube clip if you do not know how to. http://youtu.be/QyzNOjiQYFs
Yarn:
Any aran/worsted weight yarn, scrap yarn in a contrasting color (for cast on). The model is knitted in Novita 7 veljestä.
Needles:
4 mm/Us6 circular needles 4 mm/ Us6 double pointed needles (for decrease) circular needle in size smaller (for provisional pickup) F/G/6 crochet hook elastic (for brim) Gauge: Your own
Pattern notes:
k- knit p- purl SSK - Slip 2 sts (separetly) as if to knit. Insert the left hand needle through the front loops of the sts you just slipped and knit them together. k2tog - knit 2 together M - Marker SM - Slipmarker YO - YarnOver
Counting how many stitches you need.
Measure your head or the head of the person whos gona have the hat. Do a testknit, whit 50 stitches do you can count how many stictches you have on 10 cm. Counting out how many stitches you have to cast on. E.G If you on your testknit have 22 stitches on 10 cm. That makes 2,2 st/ cm. And if the circumference is 54 cm. You need 2,2 x 54 = 118, 8 \~118 stitches. Take a crochet hook using crocheted provisionally cast on (you can look it up on youtube http://youtu.be/qXkbi2MU-2). Chroche a few more that you need. And leave the last stitch open so you can use it leater. Then take your knits, or your cable and knit up so many stitches you need, be careful not to twist. Knit for 6 cm / 2,5 inches, Purl 1 row, and knit for 6 cm / 2,5 inches. (If you have a lot of pattern on this part of your hat you have to weaw in the ends before you continue.) Then you take a elastic taut, you have to make sure it fint around the head good, not too thigt thoug. You open the provisional cast on and knits bouth layers togheter, whit the ealstic in the middle (you knit that in). Continue knitting. If you have 2 colors 10 rows/ color is recomended. Knit to desiered lenght, the hat on the frontpage is knitter 40 rows. Start decrease by changeing to doubblepointed needels. Row 1 - Knit 1 row. Row 2 - SSK next row. Repeat (Row 1 and Row 2) x 3 (total 8 rows) Row 9 - Knit Cut the yarn, but leave a long tail. Pull the tail throu all the stitches an pull really tight. Weave in all ends. If you want to make a tassle do so and sew it to your hat. Now your hat is ready to use.
? 2o12 Annika's Allehanda, Annika Roos-Gäddnäs These knitted hats can not be sold, just for personal use.
Picture 1: crochet chain
Picture 2: Wrong side up
Picture 3: picking up the stitches, with wrongside of chochetcain facing you
Picture 4: Picking up the stiches from the chrochet chain one by one
Picture 5: Knitting the 2 layers togheter. ? 2o12 Annika's Allehanda, Annika Roos-Gäddnäs These knitted hats can not be sold, just for personal use.
