Choose Your Own Adventure – Hat KAL: Week 4
Let’s turn this tube into a hat! It’s time for some crown decreases
If you’re working magic loop or on two circular needles you can continue along but if you’ve been working with one 16″ needle you’ll want to transition to double pointed needles at this point.
1 – Option 1: Spiral Decreases
Place a stitch marker after every 10th sts, use a contrasting color marker to identify the beginning of the round. Work in rounds as follows:
Rnd 1: *K to 2 sts before marker, k2tog: rep from * around. (9 (10, 11, 12) sts decreased.)
Rnd 2: Knit.
Repeat Rnds 1 and 2 until 18(20, 22, 24) sts remain.
Rnd 3: *K2tog; rep from * around. (9 (10, 11, 12) sts)
Cut yarn, leaving an 8” tail. Thread yarn through all remaining stitches and pull snugly. Sew in all ends and block to settle stitches.
Here’s a quick refresher on k2tog.
2 – Option 2: 4 corners
For 18” and 22” sizes only: on the last round, increase by 2 sts at evenly spaced intervals around the hat. (92, 112 sts)
Divide your stitches evenly among 4 double pointed needles.
Work in rounds as follows:
Rnd 1: *Ssk, knit to last 2 sts on the needle, k2tog; repeat from *. 8 sts decreased.
Rnd 2: Knit.
Repeat Rnds 1 and 2 until 20(20, 16, 16) sts remain.
Rnd 3: *K2tog; rep from * around. (10(10, 8, 8)sts remain)
Cut yarn, leaving an 8” tail. Thread yarn through all remaining stitches and pull snugly. Sew in all ends and block to settle stitches.
A quick reminder of how to make an ssk
3 – Cable pattern decreases
18 and 22” sizes only, an 18st repeat
Rnd 1: *P1, c1L, c1R, p1, k1, ssk, k2tog, k1, p1, c1R, c1L, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 2: *P1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k4, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 3: *P1, c1L, c1R, p1, ssk, k2tog, p1, c1R, c1L, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 4: *P1, k4, p1, k2, p1, k4, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 5: *P1, c1L, c1R, (p2tog)twice, c1R, c1L, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 6: *P1, k4, p2, k4, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 7: *P1, ssk, k2, p2, k2, k2tog, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 8: *P1, k3, p2, k3, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 9: *P1, ssk, k1, p2, k1, k2tog, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 10: *P1, k2, p2, k2, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 11: *P1, ssk, p2, k2tog, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 12: *P1, k1, p2, k1, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 13: *P1, (p2tog)twice, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 14: P all sts
Rnd 15: *P2tog; rep from * around
Repeat Rnds 15 and 16 once more.
Cut yarn, leaving an 8” tail. Thread yarn through all remaining stitches and pull snugly. Sew in all ends and block to settle stitches.
20 and 24” sizes only, a 20 st repeat
Rnd 1: *P1, k1tbl, p1, c1L, c1R, p1, k1, ssk, k2tog, k1, p1, c1R, c1L, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 2: *P1, k1tbl, p1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k4, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 3: *P1, k1tbl, p1, c1L, c1R, p1, ssk, k2tog, p1, c1R, c1L, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 4: *P1, k1tbl, p1, k4, p1, k2, p1, k4, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 5: *P1, k1tbl, p1, c1L, c1R, (p2tog)twice, c1R, c1L, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 6: *P1, k1tbl, p1, k4, p2, k4, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 7: *P1, k1tbl, p1, ssk, k2, p2, k2, k2tog, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 8: *P1, k1tbl, p1, k3, p2, k3, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 9: *P1, k1tbl, p1, ssk, k1, p2, k1, k2tog, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 10: *P1, k1tbl, p1, k2, p2, k2, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 11: *P1, k1tbl, p1, ssk, p2, k2tog, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 12: *P1, k1tbl, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 13: *P1, k1tbl, p1, (p2tog)twice, p1; rep from * around
Rnd 14: *P1, k1tbl, p4; rep from * around
Rnd 15: *P1, k1tbl, (p2tog)twice; rep from * around
Rnd 16: *P1, k1tbl, p2; rep from * around
Rnd 17: *P2tog; rep from * around
Rnd 18: P all sts
Repeat Rnd 17 once more.
Cut yarn, leaving an 8” tail. Thread yarn through all remaining stitches and pull snugly. Sew in all ends and block to settle stitches.
If you’ve never done a p2tog before, here’s how!
5 – Alternate Crown: No shaping!
Continue working your hat in pattern with NO decreases until the hat is 1 inch longer than your desired depth from the cast-on edge. Fold the hat flat and use the 3 needle bind off or kitchener stitch to close the top of the hat with a flat seam.
Here’s your chance to try a 3-needle bind off
And, it never hurts to have a visual reminder of kitchener stitch!
Next week we’ll do a little finishing work, and show you our fully finished hats as well as which options were used for each. How’s your hat looking?
Be sure to post your pics to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and tag it with #chooseyourownadventure #WEBSKAL #Myhatadventure #websyarn
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Tags: Choose Your Own Adventure Hat, CYOA, Hat KAL, My Hat Adventure, Valley Yarns
July 26th, 2016 at 8:21 pm
My post on my hat today and my friend’s who is also doing the KAL too. http://lovelyyarnescapes.blogspot.com/2016/07/tuesdays-eclectic-thoughts_26.html
July 28th, 2016 at 12:47 pm
Both my friend and I are enjoying your KAL and are in the process of bind off. Thanks for the pattern, ideas, inspiration and techniques! I’ll be trying the other patterns like seed stitch and cable hat out soon!
http://lovelyyarnescapes.blogspot.com/2016/07/technique-thursday-binding-off.html