I’ll start by confessing that I never intended to design or publish one pattern this December, let alone two. It just kind of happened. I had finished a WIP and needed another, but I couldn’t settle on another design, so I went to my old standby—hats. I love knitting kids’ hats to donate to various organizations, and they’re the perfect size for an in-between, carry-it-wherever project. But I didn’t want to knit the same old hat I’ve made a thousand times, so I started fooling around with cables, and the Twist and Shout Hat was born.
Naturally, after knitting the hat, I needed a scarf pattern to go with it, which you can find here.
Twist and Shout Hat
Needle: US size 8 (5mm), 16” circular.
Yarn used: Loops and Threads Impeccable (weight 4 (worsted); 100% acrylic; 285 yards/127.5 grams), 1 skein of Pumpkin.
Yardage: about 100 yards, give or take.
Gauge: 4 sts/in.
Other Notions: 1 stitch marker; cable needle.
Measurements: Toddler (Child/Teen, Small Adult, Large Adult) head circumference 18-19 (20-22, 22, 24) inches or 45-48 (50-56, 56, 61) cm.
Pattern:
Cast on 80 (96, 96, 112) stitches. Join into a round, being careful not to twist your stitches. Place marker.
Rounds 1-5: p2, k2, repeat to end.
Rounds 6-9: p2, k6, repeat to end.
Round 10: *p2, slip 3 sts onto cable needle, hold in back of work, k3, k3 sts from cable needle, p2, k6, repeat from * to end.
Rounds 11-14: p2, k6, repeat to end.
Round 15: *p2, k6, p2, slip 3 sts onto cable needle, hold in front of work, k3, k3 sts from cable needle, repeat from * to end.
Toddler and Child/Teen: Repeat Rounds 6-15 once more. Repeat Rounds 6-10 once more.
Small Adult: Repeat Rounds 6-15 twice more.
Large Adult: Repeat Rounds 6-15 twice more. Repeat Rounds 6-10 once more.
Decreases:
Round 1: *p1, k2tog, k5, repeat from * to end.
Round 2: p1, k6, repeat to end.
Round 3: *k2tog, k5, repeat from * to end.
Round 4: knit.
Round 5: Remove marker, k1, place marker. This is the new beginning of the round. *k4, k2tog, repeat from * to end.
Round 6: knit.
Round 7: k3, k2tog, repeat to end.
Round 8: knit.
Round 9: k2, k2tog, repeat to end.
Round 10: knit.
Round 11: k1, k2tog, repeat to end.
Round 12: k2tog, repeat to end.
Round 13: k2tog, repeat to end.
Find the matching scarf pattern here.
