Okay so things have been crazy around here and Chantal and I are really not quite sure why. Well maybe we have figured it out. Chantal and I are both taking French classes this winter in hopes of one day being bilingual - this is harder then one thinks, so many verbs and tenses and other weird rules. I am sure learning English is just as bad. My little family has been fighting yet another round of the flu, an ear infection, and we just returned from Toronto - I am sure Chantal will explain this trip for you all in another post. She will have exciting things to share.
So as a treat for your patience here is a free stash busting hat pattern for you all :) The results of a cute little one asking for a rainbow hat made by her mommy.
Slouchy Marled Hat
Yarn Used: One skein of RSBSY Superwash Sport in Spring Fling, left overs of RSBSY Comfort Sock in Fabulous and RSBSY Singleton in Shenanigans
Size: Child (Adult Small, Medium, Large); 19 (20.5, 22, 23) inches around
Gauge: 18 stitches and 22 rounds / 4 inches of stockinette stitch
Needles: US 6 / 4mm 16" circular needle, US 8 / 5mm 16" circular and double pointed needles (or as required to meet gauge)
Notions: stitch markers, darning needle
Pattern:
Using smaller needles, cast on 78 (84, 90, 96) sts. PM and join for working in the round, being carful not to twist your stitches.
Establish Ribbing: (k1, p1) around
Work in 1x1 ribbing as established for 1 (1.5, 1.5, 2) inches. Change to larger needles.
Work in plain stockinette (knit all stitches) until hat measures 7 (8, 9, 9.5) inches from the cast on edge.
Decreases:
Setup round: [k11 (12, 13, 14) k2tog, PM] around (there are now 6 equal sections divided by 6 markers)
Round 1: knit all stitches
Round 2: [knit to 2 stitches before marker, k2tog] around
Repeat rounds 1-2 two more times. There are now 54 (60, 66, 72) stitches total, which is 9 (10, 11, 13) stitches per section.
Repeat round 2 until 6 stitches remain. Cut yarn leaving a good length for weaving through the remaining live stitches. Pull tight to clog the top of the hat. Weave in all ends and block.
** Paige's hat is knit with stripes. My stripes are 3 rows and I just carried the yarn up as I went. I knit the ribbing and the first stockinette round in all one colour before starting the stripes. **
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Happy Making,
Ashley