They made me do it

Here you see two Forty Eight Stitch Ken's Dulaan hats. I had to rewrite the pattern to use stash. They'll be sent to the Dulaan Project.

A little nagging goes a long way. Happy Blogiversary Norma.

48 Stitch Ken's Dulaan Hat (adapted from the Harlot's 30 stitch hat)

Yarn: White Buffalo 6 ply - Canadian wool in honor of Ken and Stephanie (discontinued)

Needles: Size 13US, 9mm straights and dpns for I-cord

Gauge: 9.5 sts per 10cm/4"

Cast on 48 stitches. This isn't quite as funny as Stephanie's 30 stitches. Sorry.

Knit 1 row.
next row: K1, P1 across
following row: knit the purls and purl the knit sts.

Right side: Knit across
Wrong side: K1, purl to last st, K1

Repeat these two rows until for 12-16 rows or until hat is approximately 5-6" long. I have two different sizes, a shorty that took 12 rows and a longer, ear-covering one that took 16. End with a wrong side (purl) row, ready to start a right side row.

Decrease Rows (repeat from * to *)

Row 1: K3, *K2tog, K3*
Row 2: K1, P1, *P2tog, P2* end K1
Row 3: K1, K2tog across, K1
Row 4: K1, purl across, K1
Row 5: K1, K2tog 7x, K1   
Row 6: K1, P2tog 4x (5 sts)
Row 7: K1, K2tog 2x (3 sts)

Switch to dpns (I used size 11s because that's all I had in large dpns and it worked fine) and work I-cord for 4-5". End off I-cord, sew up back seam, and weave in ends.

And for the record, if you're using White Buffalo yarn, I got two hats out of one 8 oz  wheel thingy.

Comments

[Jan]

Oh my. Guess I'd better knit up something for the Dulann Project now.

BTW, I love your ruminations.

[Norma]

Ohhhhh, that is sad news. Stephanie has been discontinued? And I just spoke to her yesterday. (ducking) Thank you, Honey, for giving in to my nagging. Those little things are the cutest ones YET! Did you see Cuzzin Tom's comment on Janine's blog? http://feralknitter.typepad.com/feral_knitter/

We are really messin' up that monk's head, methinks. Now you've made me want to make little vests out of my Lamb's Pride Bulky. Will you help me design it? Or better yet, will YOU design it? I've got 10 skeins I don't know what to do with, now that I've decided that Sally Melville's Einstein coat will look like hell on me....

[Norma]

P.S. A nicer blogiversary present I couldn't have conceived. Well, except if maybe you'd used MY pattern instead. But I'll take this. Happily. :-D

[Janine]

Yes! A Lamb's Pride Bulky vest! Do it! I don't think I'm ever going to knit that second My Favorite Companion bag, since we're playing tell the truth here.

[stephanie]

That explains so much. I felt sort of discontinued all day.

Nice hats. (I have quite a bit of this wool in the stash...two per wheel eh?)

[claudia]

Those little hats are darling.

[erin]

Blog peer pressure is such a weird thing. The hats are really cute.

[Betty Merling]

I am making the Ken Dulaan's hat and I got down to the 3 stitches left and it is work I-cord. I have no idea what that is or how to do it. What do I do with the 3 stitches left on needle? Thank you if you can help.
Betty

[Don]

Is the whie buffalo woll actual from a buffalo? or can i use a sheep for my wool? TY

[kathy jura]

I am in search of a men's beenie type cap made from buffalo hair/wool. Do you have any leads for me?

Kathy Jura