Stroll in the Park Hat
#strollintheparkhat
Hat for baby with textured pattern. Size premature - 4 years. Piece is knitted in DROPS BabyMerino or DROPS Alpaca.
DROPS Baby 33-25
DROPS design: Pattern no bm-104-by
Yarn group A
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Size: (<0) 0/1 - 1/3 - 6/9 - 12/18 months (2 - 3/4) years
Size equals approx. kid’s height in cm:
(40/44) 48/52 - 56/62 - 68/74 - 80/86 (92 - 98/104)
Head circumference: 28/32 - 34/38 - 40/42 – 42/44 - 44/46 - 48/50 – 50/52 cm
Materials:
DROPS BABY MERINO from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
(50) 50-50-50-50 (50-50) g colour 11, ice blue
Or use:
DROPS ALPCA from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group A)
(50) 50-50-50-50 (50-50) g colour 9026, blush
KNITTING TENSION:
24 stitches in width and 32 rows vertically in stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.
NEEDLES:
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 3 mm
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 2,5 mm
Needle size is only a suggestion! If you have too many stitches on 10 cm switch to larger needles. If you have too few stitches on 10 cm switch to smaller needles.
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INFORMATION FOR PATTERN:
PATTERN:
See diagram A.1.
GARTER STITCH (worked in the round):
1 ridge = 2 rounds. Knit 1 round and purl 1 round.
DECREASE TIP (evenly):
To calculate how to decrease evenly, use the total number of stitches on row (e.g. 72 stitches) and divide stitches by number of decreases to be done (e.g. 8) = 9.
In this example decrease by knitting every 8th and 9th stitch together.
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HAT:
Work piece in the round on double pointed needles bottom up.
Cast on somewhat loosely (60) 72-84-90-96 (108-108) stitches on double pointed needles size 2.5 mm with Baby Merino or Alpaca. Knit 1 round. Then work rib in the round (= knit 1/purl 2) for 2 cm. Switch to double pointed needles size 3 mm and work A.1 in the round (= (10) 12-14-15-16 (18-18) repetitions of 6 stitches). When A.1 has been worked vertically, work 1 ridge in GARTER STITCH– see explanation above. Piece now measures approx. 9 cm. Then work in stocking stitch in the round. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
When piece measures (10) 10-11-12-13 (13-14) cm, decrease (6) 8-7-8-8 (9-9) stitches evenly- read DECREASE TIP. Decrease like this every other round (6) 6-6-6-6 (7-7) times in total (for every round work decrease 1 stitch less between every time 2 stitches are worked together) = (24) 24-42-42-48 (45-45) stitches. * Knit 1 round, on next round knit all stitches together 2 by 2 *, work from *-* (1) 1-2-2-2 (2-2) times in total = (12) 12-11-11-12 (12-12) stitches. Cut the yarn.
Pull a double yarn through the remaining stitches and fasten tightly.
Diagram explanations
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= | knit |
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= | purl |
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= | insert needle in between 4th and 5th stitch on left needle, pull yarn through (= 1 new stitch), knit 1, purl 2, knit 1 |
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= | knit the new stitch from previous row and next stitch (= 2 stitches) together (= 1 stitch decreased) |
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