pig tail hat pattern

Pig tail hat pattern

You will need
4.5 mm circular needles
4.5 mm dpn’s
8 ply yarn in 2 colors

Instructions

Cast on 80 stitches in your preferred cast on method and join in the round placing a stitch marker so you know where your rows end
Row 1-4 knit in double rib stitch (knit 2 pearl 2 repeat) in main colour
Row 5-7 knit in stockinet in second colour
Row 8-10 knit in stockinet in main color.
Continue doing step 2 and 3 for 2 inches
Transfer 30 stitches to one dpn and 50 stitches to another dpn
This is where you make the holes for your pigtails to poke through
Take the first dpn and continue in pattern for one inch then do the same with the other dpn. You will now have one inch of flat knitting on each needle.
Transfer all stitches back to the circular needles and continue in pattern for another 2 inches.
Working in your main colour now switch to dpn's
Knit 9 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 8 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 7 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 6 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 5 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 4 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 3 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Knit one row
Knit 3 stitches knit 2 together repeat till end of row
Cut off yarn leaving a very long tail.
Thread tail onto a darning needle and slip it through the remaining stitches and pull it through to the inside of the hat pulling tightly to close the circle. Tie off and weave in the end
Weave in all your other loose ends and hey presto a pigtail hat!

On the art of procrastination

procrastination is a beautiful thing isn't it?

There are many things that i should be doing right now, responsible adulty things that need to be done, but instead i am madly finishing off a beanie i am knitting, dancing madly to iggy pop and writing here. Namely i should be working out my weeks budget, sorting out bills, madly working on catching up in my science class as i have been off sick for the last three weeks, setting up my salinity experement for said science class, cleaning my house for my upcoming rental inspection and other such boring things.

however today procrastination seems to be my middle name and i am loving it.

for my next knitting venture i have decided that i will be making some new tea towels as i have been saying for the last 3 months that i wanted some, but other projects have gotten in the way. I would love to make some with skulls, however as my intarsia skills still suck donkey balls i am thinking of making one in the feather and fan stitch, mostly black with some turquoise thrown in.

I am also planning my pieces for my english portfolio. while i should be concentrating on science, my mind keeps going back to my portfolio, and just how many of my writing pieeces i can link back to stargate atlantis and slash fanfiction lol. Hopefully i wont give my teacher a heart attack with some of the stuff i am thinking of putting in there, but well, in this day and age everyone is pretty open minded arent they?

living in real life

life can get real hard sometimes, ask any one..... especially a single mother.

there are many ways to deal with the mind numbing trudge through pain and suffering with the occasional high note of not sucking that is life.

Some people drink, some people have sex with random strangers, and some people throw themselves out of panes with an itty bit of fabric the only thing thing saving them from ending up as a little puddle of red goo when they land (but seriously fuck that!).

and others turn to religion and pray. I had a line of the serenity prayer going through my head as i was on the phone battling with the bank so when i got off i just had to go look it up. This is what i found.

~The serenity prayer~

"God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference."

well this is all well and good, but no matter how many times i say this it really doesnt help, so i decided that i needed to rewrite it. And this is the result.

~the single mothers prayer~
"God grant me some money to pay the bills and keep the debt collectors away,
A house that keeps the wind out and isn't falling down,
and a kid who cleans their fucking room"

Knitting in real life

ok so it turns out that real life does not only get in the way of such fun things as internetting and writing fanfiction, it also gets in the way of crafting. Between single mothering and schooling, paying bills, shopping and all the other fun fun things that make up a 22 year olds life these days, there has been no time for the crafty therapy that keeps me sane. So some would figure that the flu that had me in bed all of last week was a godsend as it got me knitting again. (And if i had been thinking clearly at the time instead of spending half my concious moments praying for death, and the other half pleading with god not to et me die, i probably would have agreed.)

so whats new on the knitting needles you ask?

well i have finished my second pigtail hat, and i think i have all the kinks worked out of the pattern and i quite like the results. A pigtail hat is an absolute essential for any girl living in a cold climate, how else can you keep your head from freezing, whilst also showing off your love for pigtails?




have also started a feather and fan scarf in my footy teams colours, hoping to get this finished off soon so i can start on a matching beanie.










there have been no other crafty projects in sight other than these, however my daughter got lots of jewelry for her 4th birthday the other week so i am hoping to get some cash together and make her a jewelry box.

right well i'm off to do more of those aforementioned real life things, like talk to my teachers about making up a biology exam how fuckin fun!

peace out