Internet Defense League Cat Signal
Now you can show your support for a free and open internet by making a hat with the Internet Defense League Cat Signal! The Internet Defense League was launched as a grassroots association of individuals and organizations whose mission it is to act as watchdogs (or cute cats) against actions that would limit our access to the internet, attack net neutrality or in other ways interfere with our freedoms and privacy as internet users. Actions taken by members of the league defeated the passing of SOPA and PIPA in 2012 and now, with the Cat Signal code, they
can alert members of future threats to internet freedom and call them into action. Members include Mozilla, the EFF, Reddit, PHP, WordPress and many, many others, including your friends at RamWools YarnCo-op. You can join the league by visiting internetdefenseleague.org Thanks to microrevolt.org for their knitpro2.0 web app. It made creating this pattern a snap! Materials: 1 ball each MillaMia Naturally Soft Merino 125m/50g in Black and 1 ball in Putty This pattern took all of the black yarn. If you are prone to running short, purchase extra. Needles: 3.25mm (US 3) and 3.5mm (US 4) straight needles
Tension:
Hat is worked back and forth and seamed due to the colourwork being done in Intarsia. With 3.25mm (US 3) needles and Black, cast on 120 sts and work in K1, P1 rib for 6 rows. Next row, Change to stocking stitch, beginning with a right side knit row. Inc 1 st at the beginning of the row and K 37 sts. Place marker. Work following 47 sts from graph, place marker and end with K 37. 121 sts. Continue to work the sts on each side in stocking stitch and the stitches between the markers in stocking stitch and intarsia until hat measures 5.5" from the cast on edge. Decrease Crown: K10, (Place marker, SSK, K18) 5 times, SSK, K9 All wrong side rows: Purl Right side rows: K10, (slip marker, SSK, K to next marker) 5 times, SSK, K to end until 67 sts remain and there are no sts after the final SsK. Next and following right side rows: (SSK, K to next marker, slip marker) 5 times, SSK, K to end until 49 sts remain. Purl one row. Next row: SSK to end of row, 25 sts remain. Break yarn. Weave yarn end through remaining 25 sts. Sew back seam. Draw remaining sts of last row closed. Darn in ends.
Image is in the public domain. Images for the purpose of promoting the Internet Defense League are available at https://www.internetdefenseleague.org/branding Internet Defense League Cat Signal Hat by Ram Wools is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
