Carson Cap
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| photo copyright Carol Bristol |
Yarn
Worsted weight yarn, 110 -150 yards
Sizes
Ladies small: 20 - 21 ½” head circumference.
Ladies large: 23” head circumference
Finished: 7 (7½”) tall, 18" (20”) around at
rib section
Needles
#6/4mm circular needle, 16" length and #6/4mm
DPN (4)
Gauge: 5 stitches/inch with #6 needle.
Needle marker (1), measuring tape and tapestry needle
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
SKP: Slip
one stitch as if to knit, knit the next, pass the slipped stitch over the knit
one.
YO: yarn
over
K2tog: knit two
stitches together as one.
Rib Pattern: *K1,
p1, rep from * around to starter marker
Lace Stitch Pattern, a multiple of 6
Rounds 1, 3, 5:
*SKP, k2, yo, k2, rep from * around to starter marker.
Rounds 2, 4, 6:
Knit all stitches
Rounds 7, 9, 11:
*YO, k2, k2tog, k2, rep from * around to starter marker.
Round 8, 10, 12:
Knit all stitches
Knitting Instruction, Size Large in ( ).
CO 96 (102) stitches using the long tail
cast on method.
(German Twisted Cast On may also be used,
http://newstitchaday.com/twisted-german-cast-on-knitting/
Place starter marker on the right hand needle. Join by working rib stitch pattern, take care to not twist the stitches.
(German Twisted Cast On may also be used,
http://newstitchaday.com/twisted-german-cast-on-knitting/
Place starter marker on the right hand needle. Join by working rib stitch pattern, take care to not twist the stitches.
Work the rib pattern for 1" (1½”).
Repeat the lace stitch pattern rounds 1-12 until
the hat measures 5" (5½”), from the cast on edge, or has reached the crown of your head
and end after working one of the knit rounds of the lace stitch pattern.
SHAPING
THE CROWN
Begin the decrease rounds, transfer stitches to 3
DPNs, when they no longer fit on the circular needle.
1. Small/Medium:
*K6, k2tog, rep from * around to starter marker (84 stitches)
1. Large: *K3,
k2tog, k4, k2tog, rep from * to last 3 stitches, k3. (84 stitches)
Both Sizes:
(Decreasing 7 stitches with every round).
2. *K10,
k2tog, rep from * around to starter marker (77 stitches)
3. *K9,
k2tog, rep from * around to starter marker (70 stitches)
4. *K8,
k2tog, rep from * around to starter marker (63 stitches)
Continue decreasing in this fashion for 6 more
rounds, 5 -10. (i.e. *k7, ktog*; *k6, k2tog*;
*k5, k2tog*; etc.)
11.
*K1, k2tog, rep from * around (14 stitches).
12. *K2tog,
rep from * around to starter marker (7 stitches)
13. Cut
working yarn allowing a 6" yarn tail. Thread a tapestry needle with the
yarn tail and pull through the remaining 7 stitches to cinch them tightly at
the top of the hat. Secure on the wrong side.
Design
and Photography © 2011-2018 Carol Bristol Please
respect copyright law, this pattern is for personal, noncommercial use only. Do
not reproduce or distribute in any form. All rights reserved by the
author.
For questions, comments email: cbristoldesigns@msn.com
For questions, comments email: cbristoldesigns@msn.com
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Ravelry project page: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/carson-cap
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