BOSTON STRONG HAT by Deborah Tomasello
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The recent bombing horror at the Boston Marathon has prompted many small businesses to donate portions of their sales to The One Fund Boston, which was set up to benefit victims of the bombing. Dirty Water Dye Works www.DirtyWaterDyeWorks.com has created two, exclusive colorways (Boston and Strong) representing the Boston Marathon colors. The yarn is Lillian, a gorgeous 100% Superwash Merino. In this same American spirit, I created the Boston Strong hat pattern and will donate all proceeds from sales of it to The One Fund Boston. Thank you for taking part! Size: Adult or Teen 21"- 23"" Materials: One skein each Dirty Water Dyeworks Lillian colorways - Boston and Strong 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 Boston. Join to work in round, placing stitch marker and being careful not to twist stitches. Knit six rounds corrugated rib (see CHART A) using Strong for knit sts and Boston for purl Ssts. Increase round: (Round 1 of CHART B) Using Boston, inc evenly to 168 sts (knit 4 sts, knit 4 make 1 around until last 4 sts, knit last 4 sts.) Round 2: Using Strong, k 71 sts, then strand first round of “Boston" per chart. K 71 sts to end. Repeat this through round7. Knit 2 more rounds, per chart, in Strong. (In other words, you only want “Boston”? once on the hat, not repeated 7 times around.) Follow CHART B (7 repeats per round) from round 10 through round 64, 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 repeat, and ssk for second each time at end of chart panel repeat.) After round 64, 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. 'inishing: Tie and weave in or trim all color change ends. Wash and block to fit.
CHART A
Use Strong for knit sts and Boston for purl sts. Dash in st means purl. CHART B
