knitting kitchen http://jennifermeyers.com/kitchen fiber is fun food Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 en Top-down Infant Hat http://jennifermeyers.com/kitchen/top-down-newborn-hat-for-alex/ http://jennifermeyers.com/kitchen/top-down-newborn-hat-for-alex/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:12:21 +0000 jennifer Knitting http://jennifermeyers.com/kitchen/top-down-newborn-hat-for-alex/ I started making hats for Alex. I found that a top-down pattern was easier for me to work with because I could use odd-size balls of yarn. For cast-on, I use a figure 8 cast on where I knit the first row after the cast-on and then divide between three needles. 

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Ability: Beginner/Intermediate
Sizing: newborn 12”/ 36cm
DK Weight yarn (I used Dreambaby by Plymouth Yarns – 50gm ball makes 3 hats)
Gauge:  20 sts = 4 in / 10 cm
Yardage: 61 yards /16 grams per hat
Needles: 3.5 mm (size 4 U.S.) –double pointed needles
OR size to obtain gauge 
stitch marker
darning needle

Special Instructions:

m1: pick up the stitch below the last stitch knitted and knit this stitch through the back loop, twisting the stitch.
CO 8 sts dividing them between 3-dpn. Place marker at the beginning of the row.
Rnd 1 and all odd rounds: knit
Rnd 2: *k1, m1* - repeat  ** around - 16 sts
Rnd 4: *k1, m1,k1* – repeat  ** around - 24 sts
Rnd 6: *k1, m1,k2* – repeat ** around - 32 sts
Rnd 8: *k1, m1,k3* – repeat ** around - 40 sts
Rnd 10: *k1, m1,k4* – repeat ** around - 48 st
Rnd 12: *k1, m1,k5* – repeat ** around - 56 sts
Rnd 14: *k1, m1,k6* – repeat ** around - 64 sts
Continue to knit in the round until hat measures 6” from crown to bottom edge. Bind off loosely (this will create the rolled brim). 

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