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The Garter Stitch Diaries © Leigh McDonna

Fleetwood A worsted weight hat, knit in

the round, made from stockingette and twisted rib

stitches.

March 2011

About Fleetwood This is a wool cap knit in the round that combines plain stockingette

stitches with twisted rib stitches. I got the idea for the toque, and its name, from the Fleetwood Mac song “Second Hand News,” specifically the line in the song that says: “lay me down in the tall grass, and let me do my stuff.”

The Lettuce colourway combined with the twisted rib stitches made me think of grass, and the stockingette stitches make it look as if someone and compressed the grass by laying on it.

No matter what colour of yarn you choose to make it in, I hope you enjoy the design.

Love,

Leigh McDonna

Special Stitch Abbreviations K1tbl: Knit one through the back loop

K3tog: Knit 3 together

Materials

Needles

Stitch Markers

Yarn Needle

Yarn

4.5mm circular needles and 4.5mm double pointed needles.

5 split ring stitch markers. (1 needed to mark the beginning of round, the other 4 are optional for pattern repeats. 1 yarn needle for weaving in ends.

1 Skein Malabrigo Rios (colourway Lettuce) or any other worsted weight yarn.


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Fleetwood

Cast On

Using the Long-Tail cast on method, cast on 100 stitches. Join for working in the round, being careful not to twist the work. Place a split ring marker to indicate the beginning of the round.

Twisted Rib Pattern

If you want to use to stitch markers to mark the 20 stitch repeats of the pattern, do so. Otherwise ignore the pm in the first round of the pattern.

Round 1: * (k1tbl, p1) ten times,

pm* repeat from * around.

Round 2: *k1tbl, p1* repeat from *

around.

Rounds 3-4: Repeat Round 2.

Round 5: * (k1tbl, p1) 9 times,

k1tbl, k1* repeat from * around.

Round 6: * k1, (p1, k1tbl) 8 times,

p1, k2* repeat from * around.

Round 7: *k2, (k1tbl, p1) 7 times,




Round 9: * k4, (k1tbl, p1) 5 times,


Pattern Instructions



Round 11: * k6, (k1tbl, p1) 3 times,




Round 13: * k8, k1tbl, p1, k1tbl,

k9* repeat from * around.

Round 14: * k9, p1, k10* repeat

from * around.

Round 15: Knit round.


Round 19: *k 19, p1* repeat from *

around.

Round 20: * k1tbl, k17, k1tbl, p1*

repeat from * around.

Round 21: *k1tbl, p1, k15, p1,

k1tbl, p1* repeat from * around.

Round 22: * k1tbl, p1, k1tbl, k13,

(k1tbl, p1) twice* repeat from * around.

Round 23: * (k1tbl, p1) twice, k11,

p1, (k1tbl, p1) twice* repeat from * around.

Round 24: *(k1tbl, p1) twice, k1tbl,

k9, (k1tbl, p1) 3 times* repeat from * around.

Round 25: * (k1tbl, p1) 3 times, k7,

p1, (k1tbl, p1) 3 times * repeat from * around.


k1tbl, k5, (k1tbl, p1) 4 times * repeat from * around.

Round 27: * (k1tbl, p1) 4 times, k3,

p1, (k1tbl, p1) 4 times * repeat from * around.


k1tbl, k1, (k1tbl, p1) 5 times * repeat from * around.

Round 29: *k1tbl, p1* repeat from

* around.


Round 32: On this round, repeat

round 29 to last two stitches before round marker.


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Vivamus vestibulum, lectus

Crown Decreases

Remove and replace markers as you go. In order to set up for the k3tog stitches, slip 2 stitches before marker onto right needle, remove marker, then slip two slipped stitches back onto left hand needle and replace marker. Your new beginning of round has now moved to the last two stitches of the previous round and will continue to do so for every odd round repeat. If using markers to signify pattern repeats:

repeat the instructions as above for each marker.

Round 1: * k3tog, (p1, k1tbl) 8

times, p1* repeat from * around.

Round 2: *k1tbl, p1* around to last

two stitches of round.

Round 3: *k3tog, (p1, k1tbl) 7 times,

p1 * repeat from * around.

Round 4 and all even rounds:

Repeat Round 2.

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