Santa Hat
5mm circular knitting needles, 32cm long
set of 5mm DPN's
darning needle
acrylic yarn and eyelash yarn. I'm not sure of the quantities, I probably had 60g of red and not much of the white!
With the 5mm circular needle and one strand white held with one strand of white eyelash, CO 90 stitches. Join in the round, taking care not to twist the stitches. Add a stitch marker to mark end of row.
K1 round
P1 round
Repeat these two rounds until you have 8 completed rounds.
Change to red yarn.
K every round until piece measures 4" from the start. Start decreases
K8, K2 tog, repeat until end
Knit 3 rounds
K7, K2 tog, repeat until end
Knit 3 rounds
K6, K2 tog, repeat until end
Knit 3 rounds
K5, K2 tog, repeat until end
Knit 4 rounds
K4, K2 tog, repeat until end
Knit 5 rounds
K3, K2 tog, repeat until end
K5 rounds
K2, K2 tog, repeat until end
K5 rounds
K1, K2 tog, repeat until end
K5 rounds
K2 tog, repeat until end
K5 rounds
Continue knitting 2 together until you get 1 stitch. Break thread and run through last stitch. Tie off.
Make a pom-pom with the white yarn and white eyelash. Fasten to end of hat.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!! |
what a great christmas hat, hope you had a merry christmas!
ReplyDeleteThank you! We had a great Christmas, I hope you did as well. Happy 2011!!
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