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Woodland Beaver Baby
Hat and Tail
Yarn:
Main
colour (mc): Loops & Threads Cozy Wool in Barley
Contrast
Colour (cc): Loops & Threads Cozy Wool in Chocolate
Needles:
8mm
(dpn's if you want to work the hat in the round)
Gauge:
2stitches
and 2 rows = 1 inch in Stockinette stitch
Measurement:
15"
circumference for the hat, 16” waist circumference for the diaper
cover (note: both these circumferences will stretch quite a bit)
Abbreviations:
cc-contrast
colour
dpn's-double
pointed needles
k-knit
k2tog-knit
two together
k3tog-knit
3 stitches together
m-make
1 stitch
mc-main
colour
p-purl
p2tog-purl
two together
RS-rs
st-stitches
St
st- stockinette stitch
WS-wrong
side
This
hat is worked flat (instructions for working in the round in
parentheses)
Cast
on 30 st in Barley (light brown) on 8mm needles (Cast on dpn's and
join in the round, placing a marker to mark the beginning of each
row)
Work
2 rows of k1,p1 ribbing
Switch
to St st and work until hat measures 4.5 inches from the beginning,
ending on a WS row.
Decrease:
Row
1: *k4, k2tog,* 5 times
Row
2: p (k)
Row
3: *k3, k2tog,* 5 times
Row
4: p (k)
Row
5: *k2, k2tog* 5 times
Row
6: *p1, p2tog* 5 times (*k1, k2tog,* 5 times)
Row
7: *k2tog* 5 times
Cut
off a tail of yarn and draw through the remaining st on the needles.
Pull tight and fasten in a circle. Weave in ends. Sew up the side of
the toque if knit flat.
Cast
on 6 st in Barley (light brown) on 8mm needles.
K
one row
k3tog,
k3tog
k2tog,
cut off string and pull through loop on needle.
Make
two ears and sew onto the sides of the hat, about 2” down from the
centre. Sew the 1 st base of the ear down and then thread your yarn
through each side of the 6st cast on edge and pull those corners
down, securing them to the hat to make a slightly curved ear.
Cast
on 6st. Work in moss st (k1,p1, on RS, and knitting the purl stitches
and purling the knitting stitches on the wrong side) When increasing
and decreasing, the moss st pattern inevitably gets a bit messed up.
Just continue the pattern as best as you can.
Work
in this way until tail measures 3” long.
On
the next row that begins with a p st: k1, m1, continue in moss st
until 1 from end, m1, k1
Next
row: moss st to end
Next
row: k1, m1, continue in moss st until 1 from end, m1, k1
Continue
in moss st for 4 more rows,
Next
row: k1, ssk, continue in moss st until 3 from end, k2tog, k1
Next
row: moss st to end
Next
row: k1, ssk, continue in moss st until 3 from end, k2tog, k1
Next
row: k1, ssk, continue in moss st until 3 from end, k2tog, k1
Bind
off the remaining 4 st, weave in end.
Cast
on 30st in Barley (light brown) on 8mm needles
First
row: k1, k2tog, yo, k until 3 from end, yo, k2tog, k1
Knit
two rows in garter st.
Next
row: Bind off 8 st, k to end
Next
row: Bind off 8 st, knit to end (14 st)
Work
in garter st until it measures 4.5” from the beginning.
Next
row: k1, ssk, k until 3 from end, k2tog, k1 (12st)
Next
row: k
Next
row: k1, ssk, k until 3 from end, k2tog, k1 (10st)
Continue
in garter st until diaper cover measures 4.5” from beginning
Next
row: k1, m1, k until 1 from
end, m1, k1 (12st)
Next
row: k
Next
row: k1, m1, k until 1 from end, m1, k1 (14st)
Knit
until diaper cover measures 11” from beginning.
Switch
to Chocolate (dark brown) if desired.
Work
until diaper cover measures 12” from beginning. Bind off all
stitches.
On
RS of cover, sew on two buttons on the front dark band, 0.5” in
from each side and 0.5” down from the top.
Sew
beaver tail on the centre of the back of the diaper cover, about 1”
down from the top.
