Two-Tone Marrowbone Hat |
Yarn: Cascade Yarns Pacific (40% Superwash Merino Wool, 60% Acrylic; 213 yards [195 meters]/100 grams); #500 Duo Tone - one skein, and #505 Caribbean blue - one skein
Needles: One 16" circular needle in size 8, one set double-pointed needles (dpns), also in size 8, cable needle (cn) or extra dpn
And... from the back! |
Notions: Stitch marker, tapestry needle
Gauge: 18 stitches = 4 inches
Cast on 96 stitches, place marker, join in round
Knit in k1, p1 ribbing for 1 inch
Now, before we begin the main pattern, which is adapted to the round from the Marrowbone Pattern from page 204 of Barbara G. Walker's A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns, let's do a little notation note:
fc (front cross): slide 3 stitches to cn and hold in front, k3, then k3 from cn
fc2 (front cross 2): slide 2 stitches to cn and hold in front, k2, then k2 from cn
fc1 (front cross 1): slide 1 stitch to cn and hold in front, k1, then k1 from cn