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Double Knit Reversible Hat
Double Knit ReversibleĀ Hat
Free Pattern: Double Knit Beanie
Double Knit Classic Blue and Khaki
This pattern is for a double-knit reversible hat knit in the round with 2 contrasting-color skeins of yarn.
The brim is knit with both strands of yarn together. Then, for the crown, one color is knit facing the knitter and the other purled facing the inside of the work. Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¦
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About a year and a half ago, I started designing a double knit cowl. I found a design I liked on a cereal bag, of all things.
I used the cereal bag as inspiration for the following design to be knit into a cowl:
I thought the leaf on the design was a bit big and the 3 lines coming from the leaf seemed too far away from it, so I tweaked the design a tad to create this:
I asked for some feedback from friends and made some changes. I made the S-type shape thicker. I decided to try to show the whole bottom leaf.
Oh. I also changed the yarn. The worsted weight yarn I used for the orange and tan, and green and grey samples was too thick, so Iām going with Caron Simply soft and itās much more the texture and stiffness I like (it has a tad more give, more drape than stiffness).
After I had this third draft of the design done (as shown above), I got rid of half the bottom leaf (I liked it better before), I added back a line under the S-design (so it looks a little less like an S), and I rounded out the upper leaf and 3 lines coming out of it.
Since the width of the design sample was close to 13 inches, Iām simply doubled it to create a cowl with the circumference of 26 inches.
Finally, I knit the full cowl in the round.
Hereās the first draft of the full cowl in the round:
I have to admit, knitting the first full draft of the cowl was a lot more difficult than I thought itād be. My biggest frustration was that the reverse side of the cowl (the tan background with blue leaves and designs) became bunchy.
I learned from a Ravelry forum on double knitting that when double knitting in the round, purling is often looser than knitting. Since the āreverseā side is done in purls (so that the knit side shows out), the project can be very bunchy.
One suggestion was that knitters use an English purl, which seems to twist the purl stitch and tighten it. I tried that and the purls did become much tighter. For me, itās also more difficult to purl that way.
Another suggestion to deal with loose stitches was to knit with smaller needles. During the project, I switched from size 9 needles to size 8s, to 7ās and the last few rows, I knit in 6ās. This seemed to help tighten the loose stitches as well, just not as well as the English purls.
Itās been a bumpy ride, but I am learning so much. Iām going to look at some free knit-in-the-round, double knit cowl patterns on Ravelry to determine if the creators give other tips or even mention the issue of the loose purls, and then Iāll make a plan for draft 2 of the full cowl.
Eventually, I need to write up the pattern, have it tested, and then offer it on Ravelry. Itās going to take a while though.
Until then, happy knitting!
~Bunny
Designing a Cowl About a year and a half ago, I started designing a double knit cowl. I found a design I liked on a cereal bag, of all things.
I am so excited to be part of the Harmony Blanket Square design group. If this is the first youāve heard of the Harmony Blanket Knit-along, find out more from Marie at The Underground Crafter.
Without further ado, hereās the pattern:
Finished Size: 6 x 6 inches (approx. 15 x 15 cm) Yarn Type: Square pictured uses Lion Brand Vannaās Choice in Aquamarine, approximately 40 yd (36 m) Needle Size: 8 (5 mm)
Cast on 26 Stitches (I use long tail for stability, but any cast on will work.)
Ā Border Rows
1: Knit across to last stitch, P1 2: S1, Knit to last stitch, P1 3 & 4: repeat border row 2 twice
Harmony Blanket Square
Pattern Rows 5: S1, K3, (P2, K2*) *repeat to last 6, P2, K3, P1 6 (and all even rows): S1, K3, Purl to last 4, K3, P1 7: repeat row 5 9: S1, K4, (P2, K2*) *repeat to last 5, K4, P1 11: repeat row 9 13: S1, K3, (K2, P2*) *repeat to last 4, K3, P1 15: repeat row 13 17: S1, K3, P1, (K2, P2*) *repeat (to last 4), K4, P1 19: repeat row 17 20: repeat row 6
Repeat rows 5-20 until the piece measures 5 Ā½ inches (14 cm). (Finish with a right side, odd numbered, row before starting border.)
Border Rows Repeat border row 2, 4 times Bind off and sew in ends.
How To Join the Harmony Blanket Knit-A-LongĀ ā¢ Sign up forĀ theĀ Knit-A-Long weekly newsletterĀ to get an email when a new pattern is released. ā¢ You can join in by knitting the patterns as you have time. ā¢ Share your progress and post pictures of your finished projects. Tag your projects and posts #KALCorner on all social media. ā¢ If youād like to chat with other knitters, join theĀ KAL Corner Facebook groupĀ or visitĀ this threadĀ in the Underground Crafter Ravelry group. ā¢ By the end of the KAL, youāll have up to 48 beautiful squares. Learn new stitches while making a blanket and having fun with us!
As patterns are released, the Harmony Blanket KAL schedule will be updated with links to each pattern. You can find theĀ schedule hereĀ on Underground Crafter.
Ā Happy knitting!
~Julie
Ā Ā Ā Simple Diagonal: Harmony Blanket SquareĀ #35 I am so excited to be part of the Harmony Blanket Square design group. If this is the first you've heard of the Harmony Blanket Knit-along, find out moreā¦
A Hat in July?!
A Hat in July?! Check out this cute purple and lavender Irish Hiking Hat.
Itās going to be 88 degrees (Fahrenheit) in central Illinois today, so Iāll not be donning this hat. I did finish the pompom, though, so the hat is complete.
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This Week's Washcloths
Working on some washcloths...
I am a washcloth knitting queen. But Iāve been knitting so many hats that I got away from it for a while. This week, though, Iām back at it. I just bound off one washcloth in a variegated green and am working on the second one. A friend who was tired of working with cotton gave me the yarn, so sheāll be the recipient of at least some of the work I do with her yarn. Iām not sure if itāll be theseā¦
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Knit up this super-sweet and simple washcloth!
Uses size 7 needles (4.5 mm)
100% cotton yarn
Finished size: 8 x 8 (25 x 25 cm)
Cast on 32
Rows 1-4 Knit
5. K3, (P2, K2*) *repeat 8 times, K5
6. K5, (K2, P2) repeat 8 times, K3
7. K5, (P2, K2*) repeat 8 times, K3
8. K3, (P2, K2*) repeat 8 times, K5
Ā Repeat rows 5-8 until piece is 7 1/2Ā inches (19 cm) long.
Last 4 rows: Knit
Bind off
Ā Designed by Julie Fraser-Lindsey
Bunny Totem Knits and Gifts
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Feel free to sell your finished products and give this pattern to friends, but please do not sell this pattern as your own.
Small Checker Board WashclothĀ Pattern Knit up this super-sweet and simple washcloth! Uses size 7 needles (4.5 mm) 100% cotton yarnā¦
Marchās crocheted poncho is Kelly green with a light green and white trim. My mom usually goes for colors that typically symbolize each month, and this month is no exception. I think itās very cute.
Iāve been working on a purple and lavender striped hat using, you guessed it! The Irish Hiking hat pattern.
Iām planning on putting a purple and lavender pom-pom on the top.
While visiting my parents, I finished a yellow washcloth using one of my free patterns on Ravelryāthe Small Checkerboard Washcloth pattern. Iām wanting to publish the easy pattern here on the blog as well. I just want to get some good pics and double check the written pattern, and then Iāll publish it.
Before then, though, feel free to download the pattern here.
Happy Knitting!
~Bunny
Ā Ā Check out March poncho-of-the-Month! March's crocheted poncho is Kelly green with a light green and white trim. My mom usually goes for colors that typically symbolize each month, and this month is no exception.
Happy 2 Year Blogiversary!
Happy Blogiversary to Me!
When I first started this blog, Bunny Totem Knits, in February of 2016, I wasnāt sure what I wanted my focus to be. I knew I wanted to write about knitting, but I also wanted to write about other topics connected with finances,Ā teaching, and other life issues. I played around with the theme of āKnitting a lifeā or āKnitting a spiritual, creative, etc. lifeā so I could tie every topic I wanted toā¦
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One project Iām working on this week is a towel topper. (The second project I am working on is a secret. Iāll share next week though!)
I canāt say itās too exciting to knit towel toppers IMHO, but a friend of mine uses them all the time. She doesnāt knit and sheās so generous to me and my family so I like to keep her stocked up in towels that attach to her refrigerator door.
Some towel topper patterns suggest you cut the towel in half, but the first pattern I used to knit the towel topper for my friend used a whole towel, and thatās how she likes them, so thatās what she gets.
To make sure that I cast on at the center line of the towel, I pinned the halves together, hence the safety pins.
I love the true blue and bright red colors. I hope to stay motivated to finish the towel by next week because when I am not excited about knitting something, I typically slack on it.
How about you? Do you make things that arenāt exciting to make? What are those projectsĀ and why do you choose to make them?Ā
Share in the comments below!
~Bunny
How far will you go to make something a friend loves? One project I'm working on this week is a towel topper. (The second project I am working on is a secret.
For the last few weeks, Iāve posted about knitting an Irish Hiking Hat for my husbandĀ and my step-daughter.Ā I finished my step-sonās orange hat last week.
And I couldnāt stop knitting Irish Hiking Hats.
I started a purple one, that will have lavender stripes. I took the yarn out of my stash.
And then I started a black one for a friend.
As you can see, I havenāt gotten too far on either. Itās nice to have them started though.
I wish I had some more time to knit this morning, but alasā¦off to work, which Iām also excited about today, so I am very lucky.
~Bunny
Fellow knitters and crocheters, do you get āstuckā on a pattern and have to make 2, 3, 4+ of the same project before moving onto a new one? Do you prefer to use a pattern once and then move on? Letās chat in the comments!
Canāt. Stop. Knitting.Ā Hats. For the last few weeks, I've posted about knitting an Irish Hiking Hat for my husbandā¦
Here Comes February!
Check out February's poncho-of-the-month!
Here is my bear wearing Februaryās poncho from the poncho-of-the-month club of which I am the sole member. I also love the color red and the white picot trim is so cute. I finished my step-daughterās hat today. Itās the Irish hiking hat pattern again, knit with the yarn from the scarf I frogged a few weeks ago. I added the sweet pompom. Iām going to start on my step-sonās hat today. His favoriteā¦
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I started what I named my dripping paint scarf a few years ago. I used double-knitting to create a pattern that I thought looked like paint dripping down a wall. It was turning out pretty well. This pic shows an aqua āpaintā dripping on a grey surface.
āIf it was going so well, what was the problem?ā you might ask. Well it was taking forever and it was only about half done. I put it down maybe 2 years ago and never picked it up again. Below is the entirety of what I knit.
Ā Ā Since it was double-knit, one side had grey āpaintā drips and the other aqua. You may also ask why Iām talking about the scarf in the past tenseā¦
Well, I frogged it.
I wanted to use the yarn for a second hat using theĀ Irish Hiking Hat patternĀ Iām enjoying so much. I finished my husbandās grey hat.
And Iām working on an aqua one, which may be going to my step-daughter. I havenāt decided yet, because Iām not sure if sheāll love the color.
Ā Ā I guess Iāll think about it as I finish knitting it.
Thanks for reading!
~Bunny
Ā Ā Ā Sometimes you've just gotta frog it! I started what I named my dripping paint scarf a few years ago. I used double-knitting to create a pattern that I thought looked like paint dripping down a wall.
One of my dogs chewed my husbandās winter hat last year, so I thought Iād knit him a new one.
Iām using the Irish Hiking Hat patternĀ I downloaded from Ravelry, and I really like it. It uses a simple cable pattern that I love. I havenāt knit a cable pattern for so long that I really needed something easy for me.
Iām using size 8 circular needles and Iāll switch to double-pointeds for the crown. Iām also using a double-pointed needle when knitting the cable. I know I have cable needles somewhere, but the double-pointeds were in reach.
The yarn is Vannaās Choice Charcoal Grey, which is easy to work with.
Hereās where I was with the project last week:
Ā Ā And hereās where I am now:
Ā Ā Ā Thatās me and my messy hair popping out the top. I have a smaller head than my hubby, but the hat is pretty stretchy, so I think itāll work. Iām probably about 2/3 of the way done, maybe a little less.
Itās been a lot of fun though. Iāll post an update next week!
Ā Ā Working on a new project. Check it out. One of my dogs chewed my husband's winter hat last year, so I thought I'd knit him a new one.
Poncho-of-the-Month
A few Christmases ago, I received the bear in the picture with a crocheted poncho from my mom. Little did I know that it would be a gift that kept giving. That January, I received the creamy-white poncho trimmed with gold and white shown above. In February, I received a red crocheted poncho for my bear, and in March a green. After receiving a few ponchos, my mom asked, āDo you see what isā¦
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After the Frog
What comes . . . . after the frog?
Last week I frogged a few rows from my latest cowl (using Caron Simply Soft berry blue and bone) because I had gone onto the solid bone-colored section and saw I wanted the stripe where I use one strand of berry blue and one strand of bone to be thicker. (The thinner stripe looked out of place to me). This week, I finished up the transition rows (one strand of berry blue and one strand of bone)ā¦
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When do you Frog?
When do you frog?
This past week, I made lots of I-cords so I could finish my set of 12 travel napkin/silverware holder-thingies.Ā Now that Iām done with the I-cords, I need to sew them on and then they will be done!Ā Iāll post some pics soon. Ā Ā Ā Then I started a cowl with some left over Caron Simply Soft I used for a baby blanket. Iām surprised by how much I love the colors together, but I do. Iām using myā¦
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