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Starcap
By Stephanie Voyer
http://alamaille.blogspot.com
Yarn Used: Malabrigo merino worsted color Olive (100% merino, 100gr / 216yd )Quantity: 1 skeinGauge: 21sts for 4” with 5mm needlesYou will need plastic or cardboard to make the brim. I used a waxed cardboard from anorange juice container (with plastic wrap to keep it waterproof). Whichever material youchoose, be sure to select a colour that will not be visible through your yarn, even if the brim is knit at a tighter gauge. Needles: 4mm straight / 4.5mm straight / 5mm circular and dpns.Instructions are given for 2 sizes, S/M and M/L. M/L instructions are in brackets.
Abreviations:
RS: right sideWS: wrong sideSl: slipK2tog: knit 2st together K3tog: knit 3st together BO: Bind off CO: Cast on.This hat is knit in 4 parts.1
st
Headband2
nd
Hat
 
3
rd
Brim4
th
Fake tab
Headband:
With 4.5mm, CO 7sts.RS: Sl1, K6WS P7Continue those 2 rows until you have 145 (165) rows (or enough to comfortably fit your head when joining beginning and end of band)BO all stitches and make a seam to join beginning and end of headband.
Hat:
Pick up 145 (165) sts along edge of headband (not the edge with the slipped stitches) andstart knitting with 5mm circular needles. Place a stitch marker to mark the beginning of your row.Row 1: K 28 (32), SL 1. Repeat till end of rowRow 2: K all stitchesRepeat those 2 row till piece measures 3 ½ inches from edge of headband (ending withrow 1)Then start decreases as follows:Decrease row: Ssk, K 24 (28), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Knit row 1, row 2, row 1 of hat body pattern.Decrease row: Ssk, K 22 (26), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Knit row 1, row 2, row 1 of hat body pattern.Decrease row: Ssk, K 20 (24), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Knit row 1, row 2, row 1 of hat body pattern (row 1 only for M/Lsize)Decrease row: Ssk, K18 (22), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Knit row 1 of hat body pattern.Decrease row: Ssk, K16 (20), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Knit row 1 of hat body pattern.Decrease row:Ssk, K14 (18), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Knit row 1 of hat body pattern.Decrease row:Ssk, K12 (16), K2tog, k1. Repeat til end of row.Knit row 1 of hat body pattern.Decrease row: Ssk, K10 (14), K2tog, k1. Repeat.Decrease row:Ssk, K8 (12), K2tog, sl1. Repeat.Decrease row:Ssk, K6 (10), K2tog, k1. Repeat.For S/M only:Decrease row:Ssk, K2tog, k3tog, K2tog, sl1. Repeat.Decrease row:Ssk, K3tog Repeat.You now have 10st left.
 
For M/L only:Decrease row:Ssk, K8, K2tog, sl1. Repeat.Decrease row:Ssk, K6, K2tog, k1. Repeat.Decrease row:Ssk, K2tog, k3tog, K2tog, sl1. Repeat.Decrease row: Ssk, K3tog. Repeat.You now have 10st left.For all sizes:Thread a tapestry needle through remaining stitches and pull through. Weave in ends.
Brim:
Pick up 30st starting 1 ¼” left from headband seam and ending 4 1/2” right fromheadband seam with 4mm needles. It will be tight, but it’s normal, that will make the brim shapeThe brim is knit in stockinette stitch and follows the decreases and increases detailed below.Increases are done withknitting on cast on method. Work 5 rows of stockinette.RS: BO2, K allWS: BO2, P allRepeat those 2 rows one more time.Work 2 rows of stockinetteRS: BO4, K allWS: BO4, P allRS: P all (this is the turning edge of cap)WS: CO4, P allRS: CO 4, K allWork 2 rows of stockinette
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