{"id":411,"date":"2011-02-26T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T06:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/"},"modified":"2015-12-17T13:08:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:08:02","slug":"top-down-elongated-stitches-baby-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.thetucker.com\/knit\/2011\/02\/26\/top-down-elongated-stitches-baby-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Down Elongated Stitches Baby Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I created this baby hat to coordinate with the crocheted baby blanket Downy-Soft Zig Zags by Carole Prior published in Leisure Arts #2853, Our Best Baby Afghans. It features elongated stitches to mimic the elongated double crochets in the blanket.<\/p>\n

This is approximately a twelve month old sized hat. \u00a0The hat is 16″ around and 8″ long.<\/p>\n

Gauge:
\n<\/strong>20 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in stockinette<\/p>\n

Yarn:<\/strong>
\nRed Heart Designer Sport Yarn
\nColor A – Latte, .6 oz
\nColor B – Dutch Blue , .11 oz
\nColor C – Pistachio, .11 oz<\/p>\n

Materials:<\/strong>
\nSize 7 (4.5mm) 40″ circular or <\/em><\/strong>5 double pointed needles
\nStitch marker
\nYarn needle<\/p>\n

Abbreviations:<\/strong>
\ninc – Increase: knit and purl in same stitch
\nk – knit
\nm – make stitch: with left needle, insert needle from front to back under the yarn between the previous and next stitch; knit into the back loop
\nkw2w – knit with two wraps: insert right needle to knit, but wrap yarn twice and pull through
\nkw4w – knit with four wraps: insert right needle to knit, but wrap yarn four times and pull through
\ndws – drop with slip: slip the stitch with the extra wraps purlwise, dropping the extra wraps. There will be a single elongated stitch.
\nspw – slip purlwise
\n* – indicates the sections that should be repeated for the round
\nsts – stitches<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong>
\nCast on 4 and set up to work in the round. I recommend the Magic Cast-On for Toe-Up Socks<\/a> for the most seamless look.<\/p>\n

I continued by using a 40″ circular needle beginning with 2 stitches on each needle, but the hat can also be made by moving each stitch to a double pointed needle. This is a good tutorial<\/a> for knitting in-the-round on a long circular needle.<\/p>\n

Rnd 1: inc in each (8 sts)
\nRnd 2: k
\nRnd 3: inc in each (16 sts)
\nRnd 4: k
\nRnd 5: *k, m, k2, m, k* (24 sts)
\nRnd 6: k
\nRnd 7: *k, m, k4, m, k* (32 sts)
\nRnd 8: k
\nRnd 9: *k, m, k6, m, k* (40 sts)
\nRnd 10:k
\nRnd 11: *k, m, k8, m, k* (48 sts)
\nRnd 12: k
\nRnd 13: *k, m, k10, m, k* (56 sts)
\nRnd 14: k
\nRnd 15: *k, m, k12, m, k* (64 sts)
\nRnd 16: k
\nRnd 17: *k, m, k14, m, k* (72 sts)
\nRnd 18: k
\nRnd 19: *k, m, k16, m, k* (80 sts)
\nRnd 20: k
\nRnd 21: *k2, kw2w, k4, kw4w, k2*
\nRnd 22: color b *k2, dws, k2*
\nRnd 23: *k2, spw, k2*
\nRnd 24: *k7, spw, k2*
\nRnd 25: repeat 24
\nRnd 26: k
\nRnd 27: *k2, kw2w, k4, kw4w, k2*
\nRnd 28: color c *k2, dws, k2*
\nRnd 29: *k2, spw, k2*
\nRnd 30: *k7, spw, k2*
\nRnd 31: repeat 30
\nRnd 32: k
\nRnd 33: *k2, kw2w, k4, kw4w, k2*
\nRnd 34: color a *k2, dws, k2*
\nRnd 35: *k2, spw, k2*
\nRnd 36: *k7, spw, k2*
\nRnd 37: repeat 36
\nRnd 38: k<\/p>\n

Knit 6 additional rounds.<\/p>\n

Complete 12 rounds of k2, p2 ribbing.<\/p>\n

Cast off. \u00a0I recommend using a yarn needle with the knit-two-purl-two-ribbing cast off method<\/a> for the neatest looking finish.<\/p>\n

Edits:
\n12\/17\/15 – replaced a broken link for Magic Loop method<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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