It's so much fun to do double knit and watch both layers grow as you go! It is a standard watch-cap style ski hat. My husband, Pat, wanted a cuff that the original pattern didn't have, so I added two inches before doing the stripes. That means his hat is 7 inches to the first stripe instead of 5 inches.My son wants even more length because he wants to roll the cuff twice. I anticipate 9-12 inches before the first stripe on the next hat I make him. (Pretty soon I'll just make him a hooded sweater and be done with it. :) )
Many of the hats I have mader are made with two colors of Lion Brand Wool-Ease. I used needles that let me knit to gauge, but it still came out too large. The pattern says to cast on 164 stitches. I cast on 154 stitches. (That means the decreases begin at 5 not 7 later on.) It is still loose on Pat, so I plan to make the grandsons' hats 144 stitches in circumference. The hat in the photo was made of Red Heart acrylic using size 6 needles. I cast on 72/144 stitches for this hat. This number of stitches means you have six decreases evenly spaced 12 stitches apart (for the first decrease.) Easy math!
I've made the pattern twice now. My son, Joe, who is going to college at Emporia State University requested one last winter because his ears got so cold when the wind came whistling down between the buildings on winter days. He's a well-fed young man with a luxurious shock of hair. I made it to gauge, but still had to take out those ten stitches from the circumference the pattern. I made his hat from Red Heart acrylic yarn I had in my stash. I wanted something he could mistreat and keep on going. It's stood up well, but he is hinting he wants one like Pat's that has a longer body. It still doesn't cover his ears as far as he'd like. Personally, I think he really wants a double knit ski mask. Hm... wonder if anyone has a pattern for one of those?
Many of the hats I have mader are made with two colors of Lion Brand Wool-Ease. I used needles that let me knit to gauge, but it still came out too large. The pattern says to cast on 164 stitches. I cast on 154 stitches. (That means the decreases begin at 5 not 7 later on.) It is still loose on Pat, so I plan to make the grandsons' hats 144 stitches in circumference. The hat in the photo was made of Red Heart acrylic using size 6 needles. I cast on 72/144 stitches for this hat. This number of stitches means you have six decreases evenly spaced 12 stitches apart (for the first decrease.) Easy math!
I've made the pattern twice now. My son, Joe, who is going to college at Emporia State University requested one last winter because his ears got so cold when the wind came whistling down between the buildings on winter days. He's a well-fed young man with a luxurious shock of hair. I made it to gauge, but still had to take out those ten stitches from the circumference the pattern. I made his hat from Red Heart acrylic yarn I had in my stash. I wanted something he could mistreat and keep on going. It's stood up well, but he is hinting he wants one like Pat's that has a longer body. It still doesn't cover his ears as far as he'd like. Personally, I think he really wants a double knit ski mask. Hm... wonder if anyone has a pattern for one of those?
