wreck it sockhead hat number three
Began | September 13, 2016 |
Finished | Work in progress |
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Edited | September 13, 2016 |
Pattern URL | Sockhead Slouch Hat by 124400 |
improving to be toe-up. toe is upside down, using kfb as the increases. Added a few extra stitches to the bottom of the foot to account for the slightly lighter yarn. heel will be garter short row (see http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/garter-toes)
alternate skeins after neckband start. CO for 40”. Increase with Raglan to the 44” size. Decrease 2 times total, then knit 20 rows. Increases in triplets for a fuller shape. One purl row of main color, then start intarsia block of imagination (keeping the neckband the same on both ends using each skein on either…
with charcoal dandelion ran out of yarn during last increase section, so did a few garter rows and bound off.
This was my first attempt at lace knitting and dropping stitches. I was worried about my cast on not being loose enough, so I found and used Eunny’s "lace cast on". I also used a different bind off, but I don’t recall which one right now. The pattern was very simple – knit knit knit…
My first knitting project! A simple k1p1 after trying a variety of ideas of stitches.