MOOnRISE: The Hat @ by Deborah Tomasello
www.Ravelry.com Deborah Tomasello Designs Size: Adult and Teen (Male and Female) 21"-23" Materials: 1 ball each KnitPicks Palette, Black, White, Aster, Celestial, Blush, Cosmopolitan and Conch (You will use only small amounts of most.) One 16" #3 circular needle, four #3 DPNs (or size needed to obtain gauge), stitch marker, and tapestry needle Gauge: 32 stitches and 32 rounds = 4" using #3 needles. Abbreviations: K2TOG = Knit two stitches together. SSK = Slip one stitch, then slip the next. Insert left needle into the front loops of the slipped stitches and knit them together from this position. Instructions: With circular needle, CO 136 sts using Blach. Join to work in round, placing stitch marker and being careful not to twist stitches. Knit six rounds corrugated rib (see CHART A) using Conch, Cosmopolitan, and Aster for knit sts and Black for purl sts. Increase round: (round 1 of CHART B) Using Black, inc to 168 sts (knit 4 sts, then, inc every 4th st evenly to last 4 sts. Knit last 4 sts). NOTE: For areas with long floats or one solid color, float second color across back to keep hat thickness even. Remember LEO when floating: Loose, Even, and Often. Watch my brief YouTube tutorial, Frequent Floats, for my technique when working large areas of one color: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYxX7MrpJ-Q Follow CHART B Except for the moon: only knit one moon. (7 repeats per round) for 68 rounds, decreasing as indicated and switching to DPNs when necessary. (Each dec round has 2 decreases next to each other; k2tog for first dec at beginning of chart, and ssk for second each time, at end of chart.) After round 68, with 14 sts on the needles, k2tog around. 7 sts remain. Knit last seven sts for 5 rounds; cut yarn leaving a tail several inches long. Move all sts from needles to tapestry needle, and pull tightly. Secure from the inside. Finishing: Tie and weave in or trim all color change ends. Wash and block to fit.
CHART A
Knit using Conch, Cosmopolitan, and Aster for knit sts and Black for purl sts.
CHART B 2N2221111111111
