Miss Aine

A final picture of my little hats before I packed them up yesterday. They went off to the post office this morning. Only 41 made this year. I made loads at the start but kept finding other projects to do over the last month or so. Adieu little hats!

Another little hat pattern for The Big Knit Cast on 28 sts in pale yellow. Row 1: p1, (k2, p1) to end Row 2: k1, (p2, k1) to end Row 3: p1, (k1, m1, k1, p1, k2, p1) 4 times, k1, m1, k1, p1 - 33 sts Row 4: k1, (p3, k1, p2, k1) 4 times, p3, k1 Row 5: p1, (k3, p1, p2, k1) 4 times, k3, p1 Row 6: as for row 4 Row 7: p1, (k3, p1, k1, m1, k1, p1) 4 times, k3, p1 - 37 sts. Row 8: k1, (p3, k1) to end Row 9: p1, (k3, p1) to end Row 10: (k1, p1) in pale yellow, p4 in white, (p2, k1) in pale yellow, p4 white, p3 light yellow, p4 white, (k1, p2) in pale yellow, p4 white, (p1, k1, p1) in pale yellow, p4 white, (p2, k1) pale yellow. Take care on this row to make sure you bring all the strands across the wrong side of the knitting. Row 11: (p1, k1) light yellow, (k2, m1, k1, m1, k1, m1, k2) white, p1 light yellow, (k2, m1, k1, m1,k1, m1, k2) white, k1 pale yellow 3 times, (k2, m1, k1, m1, k1, m1, k2) white, p1 pale yellow - 52 sts. Break off pale yellow and continue in white only. Rows 12-14: stockin...

19 hats so far. Not too bad as I have a few knitting projects on the go at the moment. If I do a few each week I should quite a few by September. I've knit quite a few of these little earflap hats so I though I'd share the pattern in case anyone else wanted to add some variety to their hat statsh. Ear-flap Hat I used dk yarn and 4mm needles as for the patterns on the Innocent Smoothie leaflets. Earflaps (make 2): Cast on 3 sts. Row 1: (Inc1) twice, k1 - 5 sts. Row 2: k Row 3: Inc1, k2, Inc1, k1 - 7 sts. Rows 4-7: k Break off yarn and leave earflap on a spare needle. Main Hat: Row 1:Cast on 3 sts, k across sts from 1 earflap, cast on 7 sts, k across sts from 2nd earflap, cast on 4 sts - 28 sts. Row 2-7: k Rows 8-16: st-st, beg k Row 17: (k2tog) to end - 14 sts. Row 18: (p2tog) to end - 7 sts. Row 19: (k1, m1) to last st, k1 - 13 sts. Rows 20-22: st-st, beg p. Row 23: (k2tog) to last st, k1 - 7 sts. Break off a long length of yarn, thread through remaining sts, pull up tightly ...