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Crystal Palace Yarns
free knit Hat pattern
Lofty Bird Hat
Knit in Lofty Wool
Designed and Knit by
Laura Andersson, CPY “Sock Guru” and Sirius Knitting Publications For Crystal
Palace Yarns
Inspiration:
This soft new yarn
is perfect for stranded designs yet is also a quick knit! Being partly of
Swedish descent, I thought it would be fun to use a Swedish bird motif for the
hat.
Worked with 2 colors of Lofty Wool
Lofty Wool is a new CPY yarn for Fall 2009 - see all the 27 colors here.
Materials:
2-50 gram balls of Crystal
Palace Lofty Wool, 1 ball each #2104 Fudge brownie (MC) & #1015 Natural
(CC)
Crystal Palace Bamboo Circular Needle
size 9; and double-pointed size 9 needles for hat crown (or needle size required
for gauge).
Large eyed tapestry needle or crochet hook
Gauge: 4.75 sts/inch (19 st/10 cm) over St st.
Size: woman’s/man’s Small-Medium (~19.5-20 inch circumference)
Abbreviations:
beg- beginning; CO- cast on; dpn- double pointed needles;
EOR – end of round marker;
K- Knit; K2tog - knit 2 sts together; ndl- needle; P- Purl; PM- place
maker; rep - repeat; sl1- slip one; St st - stockinette stitch; YO - yarn over;
PSSO - pass slip st over; rnd(s) - round(s); st(s)- stitch(es); tog - together.
Inc 1 by Kf/Kb of same st.
Pattern - Knitting Notes
Note 1:
If you pay attention as you cast on, you can have all the MC sts on one side of
the needle, and all of the CC sts on the other.
Note 2: Carry the non-working yarn UP each rnd by twisting it with
the working yarn at the
EOR Marker
Note 3: To make a larger hat, put one or two blank sts between each Bird
motif repeat.
To make a smaller hat, remove one of the bird motifs (a 13-st reduction), but
now add in 1 extra st between the rem 6 bird motifs so the dec is only ~1 inch.
Instructions:
With both MC & CC, cast on 90 sts, alternating each yarn carefully. Join, being
careful not to twist. PM to mark end/beginning of rnd.
1. Knit one rnd, alternating MC & CC.
2. Bring both yarns to front and P 1 rnd, again alternating the two yarns, being
careful to start so that the new st is the opposite color from the K round (if
the st on the needle is MC (fudge brownie) now P with CC (natural). You can
work this rnd as “twined purl” by carefully dropping each purl st and bringing
the new yarn over so that the sts appear to form a braid.
3. Return both yarns to back and K1 rnd, again alternating K1MC, K1CC.
4. Now, K1 rnd MC; K1 rnd CC, K1 rnd MC ; work one rnd alternating K1MC & K1CC.
5. Again bring both yarns to the front and work the “braid’ formed by twined
purl: that is, alternate P1CC, P1MC, careful bringing the new yarn up and across
the dropped yarn from previous st.
6. Return both yarns to back and K1MC, K1CC.
7. K 3 rnds MC, increasing 1 st (to 91 sts) in the last rnd.
8. Begin Chart, where background is MC , and birds are CC.
At the end of the chart, K3 rnds MC, and decrease 3 st to yield 88 sts.
9. Work 6 rnds alternating K1MC, K1CC.
10. P1 rnd alternating MC and CC.
11. Cut MC. Work crown using only CC, and P all sts. Prepare to change to DPN
as needed.
Decrease pattern:
Dec rnd1: *(P9, P2tog) around. P1 rnd.
Dec rnd 2: *(P8, P2tog) around. P1 rnd.
Dec rnd 3: *(P7, P2tog) around. P1 rnd.
Dec rnd 4: *(P6, P2tog) around. P1 rnd.
Dec rnd 5: *(P5, P2tog) around.
Dec rnd 6: *(P4, P2tog) around.
Dec rnd 7: *(P3, P2tog) around.
Dec Rnd 8: *(P2, P2tog) around.
Dec rnd 9: *(P1, P2tog) around.
Dec rnd 10: *(P2tog) around. Repeat until only ~4 sts remain. Cut yarn, leaving
an ~8 inch end.
Finishing:
With crochet hook, pull yarn through each of rem sts, and drop off
needle one at a time. Pull tautly and bring end into inside.
Try a crochet hook for this - no need to thread needle & is very fast.
Chart:
Lofty Wool Bird Hat
Designed and Knit by Laura Andersson, Ph.D
Laura is the editor (and author-designer) of the “Friendl Socks” Books. The
newest, “50 Socks – 50 states” is scheduled for a September ’09 release. Information
about these books can be found at
http://siriusknitting.blogspot.com
or
www.siriusknitting.com .
Laura is the owner of Sirius Knitting Publications and can be reached at
drlaura -at- siriusknitting.com (change the -at- to @ to send email, we do this
to help drlaura avoid spam).
Crystal Palace Yarns 160 23rd St, Richmond, CA 94804
phone: 510-237-9988, fax: 510-237-9809 email: cpyinfo at straw.comcopyright 2009 Crystal Palace Yarns/Straw Into Gold, Inc. - We are happy to share this free knitting pattern with knitters. The pattern may be used for non-commercial personal or knitting guild use. It is not to be used in any publication in print nor should it be reproduced in electronic/digital format without permission. Knitting shops carrying CP Yarns Lofty Wool are welcome to print and share this pattern with customers of our yarns.