Friday, October 25, 2013

Rainbow Hat Knitting Pattern

I made this rainbow hat the other week just in time for fall! I  uploaded this pattern to Ravelry as a free PDF download if you are interested, and I've pasted it below also.

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Using size 6.0mm circular needles, and Noro yarn.

Cast on 60 sts and k2p2 for two inches for ribbing. Then:

Row 1: k all
Row 2: (k9 k1 k1tbl) repeat till end
Row 3: k all stitches
Row 4: Change color (cut yarn, leave tail) and K all with new color
Row 5-8: Purl rows
Row 9: Change color (cut yarn, leave tail) and purl with new color
Row 10-13: Knit all
Row 14: Change color, knit this row with new color
Row 15-17: Purl all
Row 18: Change color, purl this row with new color
Row 19: Knit
Row 20: (K9, K2tog) repeat until row end
Row 21: Knit
Row 22: (K8, K2tog) repeat until row end
Row 23: New color. Knit all
Row 24: Purl all (I switched to dbpoint here)
Row 25: (P7, P2tog) repeat until end of row
Row 26: Purl all
Row 27: New color. (P6, P2 together) repeat to end
Row 28: Knit all
Row 29: (K5, K2tog) repeat until row end
Row 30: Knit all
Row 31: (K4, K2tog) repeat until row end
Row 32: Knit all
Row 33: (K3, K2tog) repeat until row end
Row 34: Knit all
Row 35: (K2, K2tog) repeat until row end
Row 36: Knit all

Cut yarn leaving 10 inch tail. Run tail through remaining stitches. Tie off and weave in all ends!

If you want more information, download the free PDF here!

 

1 comment:

Rachel G said...

And here's where I realize that I think knitting is a more challenging foreign language than Mandarin. :P I actually can crochet a little, but never got the hang of knitting. That's okay...I'll stick to my other crafts!