Scratchy's Hat Pattern

Here goes people. This is the fist pattern I've ever "unvented", so go easy on me. I based the stitch pattern from one found in More sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. I tweaked it a little because it wasn't working out too well given the fact that the hat has no instep, therefore voiding the need for an instep stitch, go figure. It took forever to write because I'm told that not all my thoughts make sense to other people sometimes.

Thanks to my buddy Rachel (who is my new favorite person) I now have the coveted PDF.

Scratchy's Hat

Materials

Yarn: Any worsted weight should work

Needles: US 5 (3.75mm) circular needles and US7 (4.5mm)circular needles & DPNs

Gauge: ha ha hah heee hoooo ooohhh. No, really I don't know.

Sizes: Baby, Child, Adult, Big headed Adult.

I made the smallest size, I have yet to make the others. I would have them test knit but given the fact that I announced that I would post the pattern today; I can't. I have a tendency to be a "tight knitter". Some people have said that I knit "Kevlar" like fabric. So I figure that if you are loose knitter you should cast on a smaller size. This hat is pretty stretchy. So here goes.

With smaller needles

CO 72 (or 84, 96, 108 or 120 stitches). Join being careful not to twist.

(At this point in my knitting I usually knit 1 stitch and place a marker or if I can't find one I use the tail end yarn as my marker, but that's just my thing. You do as you please, I won't call the knitting police. They won't answer my calls anymore anyway)

Knit 5 rounds of K2 P2 ribbing

Switch to larger needles. The stitch pattern begins here. PAY ATTENCHUN!!!

Round 1, 2 & 4: *P1, K5*

Round 3: *P1, K2tog, YO, k1tbl, YO, ssk (K2togtbl)*

Here's a "chart".

Now, for Scratchy's hat I did 10 pattern repeats. If you make a larger hat, you may want to do more. Otherwise, it may not be a hat.

Top Shaping:

Round 1 and 2 : *P1, K5*. rep from*

Round 3: *P1, K2 tog, K1tbl, ssk*.

Switch to DPN's

Round 4: * P1, K3 *

Round 5: *P1, K3tog*

Round 6 & 7: *K1, P1*

Round 8: K2 tog until 6 stitches remain.

Close the top.

That's it yo. Hope this works. This pattern has only been knit by me. There have been no testers. But I will be updating this as I knit another hat for Lily using my own instructions.

Here we have Scratchy modeling the hat. I think she loves it.