Quick Baby Hat & Socks
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Quick Baby Hat
Materials
25 - 30 g worsted weight yarn
DPN’s size US 7
16” Circular US 7
Gauge: 5 sts/inch
Instructions
Using circular needle, cast on 64 stitches. Join to knit in the round.
Work k2 p2 ribbing for 1-½ inches
Increase 6 stitches spaced evenly on last ribbing round. (70 sts)
How to do this:
*k1, kfb, p2, [k2 p2] twice* repeat from * to * around, ending with k1,
kfb, p2.
Knit stockinette (knit every round) until 4 ½” from cast on.
Decrease as follows, changing to DPN’s when necessary:
Row 1: *k8, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 2, 4, 6 and 8: knit
Row 3: *k7, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 5: *k6, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 7: *k5, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 9: *k4, k2tog* repeat * around note: at this point, you’ll no longer
knit rounds between decrease rounds.
Row 10: *k3, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 11: *k2, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 12: *k1, k2tog* repeat * around
Row 13: *k2tog* repeat * around, continuing to k2tog until you have 3 stitches left.
Knit 3-stitch I-cord for 1 ½ “. End as follows: sl1, k2tog, psso.
Weave in ends, tie I-cord (see definitions) into a knot.
Quick Baby Socks
Materials
20 - 30 g worsted weight yarn
DPN’s size US 7
Gauge: 5 sts/inch
Instructions
Cuff
Cast on 24 stitches, divide evenly on 3 needles. Join without twisting. Work k1p1 ribbing for 2”.
Divide for heel as follows: needle #1: 12 stitches, needles #2 & 3: 6 stitches each.
Heel flap
Working back & forth just on needle #1:
Row 1: with ws facing, sl 1, purl across, turn
Row 2: *sl 1, k1* across
Repeat these two rows until heel flap measures 1 ½”, ending with a knit row.
Turn heel
Row 1: (ws) s1, p6, p2tog, p1, turn
Row 2: s1, k3, k2tog, k1, turn
Row 3: s1, p4, p2tog, p1, turn
Row 4: s1, k5, k2tog, k1, turn
Row 5: s1, p5, p2tog, turn
Row 6: s1, k4, k2tog, do not turn. You should have 6 stitches left.
Gusset
Still using needle #1, pick up 8 stitches along side of heel.
Using empty needle, knit across needles #2 & 3 (instep) – these will now be on one needle. This is now needle #2.
Using empty needle, pick up 8 stitches along other side of heel. Also knit the next three stitches onto this needle (3 of the heel stitches). (You may have to use an empty needle to do this, and then slip the 3 knitted stitches onto the needle with the gusset stitches you just picked up.) This is now needle #3.
Stitches should be distributed as follows:
Needle 1: 11 stitches
Needle 2: 12 stitches (this is the top of the foot)
Needle 3: 11 stitches
Shape foot
Round 1:
Needle 1: knit to 3 stitches from end of needle, k2tog, k1
Needle 2: knit across
Needle 3: k1, ssk, knit to end
Round 2: Knit
Repeat these two rounds until you are down to 24 remain. Continue knitting every round until foot measures just 2 inches from picked up stitches.
Toe
Round 1:
Needle 1: knit to 3 stitches from end of needle, k2tog, k1
Needle 2: k1, ssk, knit to 3 stitches from end, k2tog, k1
Needle 3: k1, ssk, knit to end
Round 2: Knit
Repeat these two rounds until there are 12 stitches remain. Slip the stitches on the bottom of the foot onto one needle, and graft them together using the kitchener stitch.
Definitions
I-Cord: For the hat: continuing on just 2 DPN’s, with all 3 stitches on one DPN, knit the stitches. Then, put the right hand needle (the one with the stitches) in your left hand without turning it. Now slide the stitches to the other end of the needle, and continue knitting them, drawing the yarn tightly across the back of your work. This will form a little tube of knitted fabric.
Kfb: Knit in the front and the back of the stitch (increase)
K2tog: knit two stitches together as one (decrease)
P2tog: Purl two stitches together as one (decrease)
psso: Pass slipped stitch over
sl: Slip stitch from left needle to right needle as if to purl
SSK: slip, slip, knit (decrease)
WS: Wrong side
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