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Today’s guest post and pattern are written by Mary Keenan of Hugs For Your Head. Make sure to stop by Mary’s blog for more inspiring free patterns.
Spin Cycle Hat
By Mary Keenan
It is so much faster to fall in love with yarn and buy it than to make something with it – have you noticed? But knitting this easy Spin Cycle Hat is almost as fast as the shopping.
That’s in part because Noro’s luxurious, bulky Odori yarn comes in a gorgeous variety of evolving-stripe colourways that resist any snap decisions – for example, in favour of just one skein, ahem.
Any of these would make gorgeous hats for so many people on my gift knitting list, and I bet they would for yours, too.
Materials:
- 1 skein of Noro’s Odori (40% Silk, 25% Wool, 25% Angora, 10% Mohair, 109yds/100g)
- 6 mm/US 10 – 1 set double pointed needles, or size to obtain gauge
- Stitch Marker
- Darning needle
Gauge:
13 sts, 16 rows = 4” in stocking stitch.
Finished Size:
(C = circumference, H = height)
S (17.75” C, 7.75” H), M (20” C, 8” H), L (22.25” C, 8.25” H).
Sample shown in M, stretched comfortably over a 22” head.
Abbreviations and Stitches Used:
K: knit
K2tog: K two sts together (decrease)
Kfb: K into front and back of next st (increase)
P: purl
st(s): stitch(es)
yo: yarn over (bring yarn to front to work next st.)
Notes:
To make a yo at the beginning of a double pointed needle, draw the working yarn under, then over the right needle before the next stitch.
Instructions:
Instructions are for size S (M, L). Cast on 48 (54, 60) sts, dividing over four needles in multiples of 2; place a marker for the start of the round with at least one set of 2 on either side, to secure it.
Band
Rounds 1-7: *K1, P1; repeat from * to end of round.
Round 8: *K3 (4, 4), Kfb, K3 (3, 4), Kfb; repeat from * to end of round – 60 (66, 72) sts
Body
Round 1: Knit.
Round 2: *yo, K2tog; repeat from * to end of round.
Repeat Rounds 1 and 2 nine times more.
Crown
Round 1: *K8 (9, 10), K2tog: repeat from * to end of rnd – 54 (60, 66) sts
Round 2: [yo, K2tog] 4 (5, 5) times, K1, [yo, K2tog] 0 (4, 0) times, K0 (1, 0);
repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 3: *K7 (8, 9), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – 48 (54, 60) sts
Round 4: *[yo, K2tog] 4 (4, 5) times, K0 (2, 0), [yo, K2tog] 0 (4, 0) times; repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 5: *K6 (7, 8), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – 42 (48, 54) sts.
Round 6: *[yo, K2tog] 3 (4, 4) times, K1, [yo, K2tog] 0 (3, 0) times, K0 (1, 0);
repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 7: *K5 (6, 7), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – 36 (42, 48) sts.
Round 8: *[yo, K2tog] 3 (3, 4) times, K0 (2, 0), [yo, K2tog] 0 (3, 0) times; repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 9: *K4 (5, 6), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – 30 (36, 42) sts.
Round 10: *[yo, K2tog] 2 (3, 3) times, K1, [yo, K2tog] 0 (2, 0) times, K0 (1, 0);
repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 11: *K3 (4, 5), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – 24 (30, 36) sts.
Round 12: *[yo, K2tog] 2 (2, 3) times, K0 (2, 0), [yo, K2tog] 0 (2, 0) times; repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 13: *K2 (3, 4), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – 18 (24, 30) sts- S ends here.
Round 14: *[yo, K2tog] – (2, 2) times, K– (1, 1), [yo, K2tog] – (1, 0) time, K– (1, 0);
repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 15: *K– (2, 3), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – – (18, 24) sts – M ends here.
Round 16: *[yo, K2tog] – (–, 2) times; repeat from * to end of rnd.
Round 17: * K– (–, 2), K2tog; repeat from * to end of rnd – – (–, 18) sts – L ends here.
Finishing
Cut an 8-10” tail, thread it through a darning needle; run it through last 18 sts. Pull tight, tack inside, and run in ends.
Hope you enjoy this pattern, or any of the others on my Free Patterns page at Hugs For Your Head. Happy knitting!
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