Lucky 7 Hat
Want full ear coverage? Go for the brim! Shown here in Dream in Color Classy, In Vino Veritas, ${\sim}56$ grams. For additional pics, please visit knittywhipped.blogspot.com. I was in a fickle-type mood when I finally kicked my own arse and boop! Out came this hat! It's pretty simple and straightforward really, just some cables separated by knits and purls. But I did cross them on the 7th row - and with absolutely no planning or foresight - end up with 7 cables around and 7 cables up. Hence the Lucky 7 Hat! Oh, and I also worked the decreases so the cables would stay the same width all the way to the final cross. Gauge: 5 stitches/7 rows per inch in stockinette Yarn: 55-60 grams of worsted weight ( $\,\,{\sim}125$ yards) Needles: Size 7 or whatever floats your gauge boat (The type of needles and use of stitch markers are totally up to you! They aren't noted here to give you the flexibility to use magic loop, two circs, dpns, whatever you like without having to adjust for my method. ) Size: Ribbing is forgiving! Should fit heads in the $21-23^{\prime\prime}$ range, maybe more, maybe less.
Tips:
· Click here for an excellent tutorial by wendyknits on how to cable without a cable needle. · I'm assuming you know how to ssK and K2tog. If not, check out the great vids on knittinghelp.com. · C6F - same as Left Twist in the tutorial above. Using a cable needle? Slip 3 stitches onto a cable needle and hold in front, knit the next 3 stitches, then knit the 3 stitches on the cable needle.
Pattern
Cast on 84 stitches and join to knit in the round. Rows 1-10 (23 for fold-up brim): $\ast\mathsf{K}2$ , P2, repeat from \* to end. Row 11 (24 for fold-up brim): $*_{\mathsf{C6F}}$ , P2, K2, P2, repeat from \* to end. Noggin Rows 1-6: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P2, K2, P2, repeat from \* to end. Row 7: \*C6F, P2, K2, P2, repeat from \* to end.
Works great with variegateds, too! Shown here in Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted, Daffodil, $\mathord{\sim}55$ grams. Repeat these 7 rows three more times (28 rows total).
Crown
Row 1: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P2, K2tog, P2, repeat from \* to end. (77 stitches) Rows 2, 3: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P2, K1, P2, repeat from \* to end. Row 4: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P2tog, K1, P2tog, repeat from \* to end. (63 stitches) Rows 5, 6: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P1, K1, P1, repeat from \* to end. Row 7: $*_{\mathsf{C6F}}$ , P2tog, P1, repeat from \* to end. (56 stitches) Rows 8, 9: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P2, repeat from \* to end. Row 10: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P2tog, repeat from \* to end. (49 stitches) Rows 11, 12: $\ast\mathsf{K}6$ , P1, repeat from \* to end. Row 13: $*|K5$ , K2tog, repeat from $^*$ to end. (42 stitches) Row 14: C6F all the way around. Row 15: Knit. Row 16: \*sSK, K2, K2tog, repeat from \* to end. (28 stitches) Row 17: Knit.
