{"id":505,"date":"2005-03-14T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-15T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2005-03-14T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-15T00:38:00","slug":"vaeldriils-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"Vaeldriil’s hat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vaeldriil<\/a>‘s baby’s hat and booties have arrived, and so now I may share picture.<\/p>\n

Here they be.<\/a> The yarn is 70% angora, 30% lambswool, so it’s pretty darned soft and fuzzy.<\/p>\n

And here be the pattern for the hat, by yours truly, if anybody wants to give it a go. It is thoughtfully placed behind a cut since most of you either saw it in the knitting community or don’t give a rat’s ass about knitting.<\/p>\n

Copyright me, blah blah, don’t use it for profit without askin’ me first, please – especially because I may offer these for sale on my site at http:\/\/www.wearwithstyle.com if Vaeldriil doesn’t mind having her baby be a trendsetter.<\/p>\n

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Again, here’s a picture of the hat.<\/a> As a side note, I have found that many space-dyed “kid” yarns, such as Angel and Noro Lily Multi, will pool very nicely when knitted in a hat with 64 stitches cast on #7’s or 72 stitches cast on #6’s. Here’s a hat which took less than one skein of Noro Lily on #7’s as an example.<\/a> So by all means, go for something less expensive than the Angel if that floats yer boat!<\/p>\n

Materials:
\n1 and 1\/3 skein Lorna’s Laces Angel (70% angora, 30% lambswool)
\none #6 16″ circular needle
\none set #6 double pointed needles<\/p>\n

CO 72 stitches on circular needle. I use a cable cast-on<\/a> for a slightly more elastic edge than the long-tail, but do whatever you’re comfortable with.<\/p>\n

Place marker and begin knitting in the round for five inches from cast-on edge.
\nThen work the following decrease rows, switching to double-pointed needles when the work is too tight to keep it on the circular:
\nRow 1: *knit 7, k2tog* over entire row.
\nRow 2: *knit 6, k2tog* over entire row.
\nRow 3: *knit 5, k2tog* over entire row.
\nKeep decreasing every row in this manner until you have 16 stitches left. Then you’ll switch, because you want to get down to a number divisible by three so we can make the three little points. (Keep it at 16 stitches and make four points if it floats your boat, I just didn’t have enough yarn left to make four points.)<\/p>\n

Once you’re at 16 stitches, *knit 2, k2tog* over entire row. You should have 12 stitches remaining.<\/p>\n

Arrange 12 stitches over 3 double-pointed needles – in other words, put four stitches on each needle.<\/p>\n

Work i-cord (instructions)<\/a> on first set of four stitches for about one inch. Break yarn. Repeat with other two sets of four stitches.<\/p>\n

You probably have a big gaping hole in the top of your hat between the sets of i-cord. Thread some leftover yarn on a yarn needle and, from the inside of the hat, stitch up the opening and pull it together. It doesn’t have to be pretty; it won’t show.<\/p>\n

Thread the loose ends of yarn at the ends of the i-cord back down through the i-cord to hide them. Weave in all ends.<\/p>\n

Voila! Hat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vaeldriil‘s baby’s hat and booties have arrived, and so now I may share picture. Here they be. The yarn is 70% angora, 30% lambswool, so it’s pretty darned soft and fuzzy. And here be the pattern for the hat, by yours truly, if anybody wants to give it a go. It is thoughtfully placed behind […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[37,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}