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Driggs Ave. HattitudePattern Number: L32062

Free Knitting Pattern from Lion Brand YarnLion Brand® Hometown USA®

Driggs Ave. HattitudePattern Number: L32062

SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate

SIZE: One Size

Finished circumference: 20 in. (51 cm). Hat will stretch to fit a range of sizes.

CORRECTIONS: None as of Aug 31, 2013. To check for later updates, click here.MATERIALS• 135-150 Lion Brand Hometown

USATM Yarn: Chicago Charcoal 1 Ball (A)

• 135-098 Lion Brand HometownUSATM Yarn: Houston Cream 1 Ball (B)

• Brittany Birchwood DoublePointed Needles - Size 15

• Lion Brand Split Ring StitchMarkers

• Lion Brand Large-Eye BluntNeedles (Set of 6)

*Hometown USA® (Article #135). Solids andMultis: 100% AcrylicTweeds: 94% Acrylic, 6% Rayon; packagesize: Solids: 5 oz. (142 g), 81 yd. (74 m)Multis and Tweeds: 4 oz. (113 g), 64 yd. (59m)

GAUGE:

9 1/2 sts + 14 rnds = 4 in. (10 cm) in Garter Block pattern.

BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR GAUGE. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be thesize specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. If it takes youfewer stitches and rows to make a 4 in. [10 cm] square, try using a smaller size hook or needles; ifmore stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles.

STITCH EXPLANATION:

kfb (knit in front and back) Knit next st without removing it from left needle, then k through backof same st – 1 st increased.

NOTES:

1. Hat is worked in the rnd on double pointed needles.2. Garter Block st is worked in 2 colors. Carry color not in use across wrong side of work. Pick up newcolor from under old color.

HATWith A, cast on 48 sts. Divide sts onto 4 needles (12 sts per needle). Place marker for beg of rnd. Join by workingthe first st on the left hand needle with the working yarn from the right hand needle and being careful not to twiststs.Rnds 1-7: *K2, p2; rep from * around.Rnd 8: (K2, p2) 4 times, kfb, k1, p2, (k2, p2) 3 times, kfb, k1, p2, (k2, p2) 3 times - 50 sts at the end of this rnd.Knit 1 rnd.Beg Garter Block Pattern

Rnds 1 and 3: *With B, k5; with A, k5; rep from * around.Rnds 2 and 4: *With B, p5; with A, p5; rep from * around.Rnds 5 and 6: With A, knit.Rep rnds 1-6 twice more.With A, knit 1 rnd. Cut A.Divide sts onto 2 double pointed needles (25 sts on each needle). With RS of work facing outwards, hold bothneedles in one hand. With 3rd needle and B, *knit together 1 st from each needle; rep from * across - 25 sts at theend of this row. Working back and forth in rows with B, knit 2 rows.Bind off as if to knit.

FINISHINGWeave in ends.

ABBREVIATIONS / REFERENCES

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beg = begin(s)(ning) k = knit

p = purl rep = repeat(s)(ing)

rnd(s) = round(s) st(s) = stitch(es)

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