It’s wet and miserable and I’ve got a cold and I’m having a bad hair day. Obviously what I need is to knit a hat.
The Blues is simple comfort knitting, made with one skein of Manos del Uruguay’s “Wool Clasica”. It has a simple knit/purl texture and just a little bit of slouch. (The larger size might go just over a skein if you like it extra-slouchy, so you might like to buy two and make a pair of matching mittens with the rest.)
Pattern
Materials:
- 1 skein Manos del Uruguay Wool Clasica (if knitting larger size, you may need a little bit of a second skein.)
- 16″ circular needles in 5.5mm (US 9) and 6mm (US 10) sizes, or as needed to get gauge
- Double pointed needles in larger size
Gauge: 13st/10cm (4″) on larger needles.
Two sizes: Small adult, (Large adult). Pattern is easily adapted to fit other sized heads by casting on any number of stitches in a multiple of three.
On smaller needles, cast on 60 (66) stitches.
Rows 1 to 12: k2 p1
Switch to larger needles.
Row 13: k1 m1 k1 p1
Row 14 (and all even-numbered rows): knit
Row 15 (and all odd-numbered rows): k3 p1
Continue til the hat is about 17cm/7″ (20cm/8″) long. At this point you can try it on by pulling the circular needle tight, to see if it suits you. If you want it slouchier, just knit a little longer.
k2tog continuously until only 4 st remain, switching to DPNs when needed. Thread end of yarn through remaining stitches, and sew in ends.
License
The Blues by Kirrily Robert is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
This means you may use it, adapt it, share it, reprint it, publish it, and do whatever you like with it, even for commercial (i.e. money-making purposes), as long as you:
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- License any adaptation or compilation based on it, under the same license.
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