Diddeli-dum, baby hat, English pattern

Diddeli-dum, baby hat

Please note that I have just written this pattern down. It has not been test knitted yet. If you knit and fins something weird, please let me know in the comment section and I will try and work out what went wrong. /Maia 2015-08-21

 Yarn: Timeless Cotton 8/4 (Stoff & Stil), Curry and Natur, 50g/170m, one 50 g skein of each colour will be more than enough for two hats.

Needles: 3 mm

Comments: This hat is knitted top-down. You start knitting an i-cord with 6 stitches after which you make the increases. Make sure that you change colors with a method that ensures a more or less jogless colour switch. Heres a video from Craftsy that shows you how. The increases used are M1L, Make 1 Left (see video here).

Size: Apx. 1–3 months. The hat has a circumference of 31,5 cm and it is 21 cm long from the start of the increases to the cast-off.

Gauge: 10 cm: 24 stitches, 36 rows.

Instructions:

Cast on 6 stitches with Curry.

Knit 12 rows of i-cord with Curry. 

Knit 4 rows Natur and 4 rows Curry. Repeat 3 times.

Knit 4 rows Natur.

Now increase

Row 1–4, Curry

Change colour. 

R(ow)1: [K(nit) 1, M1L] x 6.

R2: Knit.

R3:  [K1, M1L, K 1] x 6.

R4: Knit

Row: 5–8,  Natur

Change colour. 

R(ow)1: [K1, M1L, K 2] x 6.

R2: Knit.

R3:  [K1, M1L, K 3] x 6.

R4: Knit

Row 9–12, Curry

Change colour. 

R(ow)1: [K1, M1L, K 4] x 6.

R2: Knit.

R3:  [K1, M1L, K 5] x 6.

R4: Knit

Row: 13–16, Natur

Change colour. 

R(ow)1: [K1, M1L, K 6] x 6.

R2: Knit.

R3:  [K1, M1L, K 7] x 6.

R4: Knit

Row 17–20 Curry

Change colour. 

R(ow)1: [K1, M1L, K 8] x 6.

R2: Knit.

R3:  [K1, M1L, K 9] x 6.

R4: Knit

Row 21–24 Natur

Change colour. 

R(ow)1: [K1, M1L, K 10] x 6.

R2: Knit.

R3:  [K1, M1L, K 11] x 6.

R4: Knit

You now have 78 stitches. Stop the increases here

Knit row 25–28 Curry
Knit row 29–32 Natur
Knit row 33–36 Curry
Knit row 37–40 Natur
Knit row 41–44 Curry
Knit row 45–48 Natur

Make 28 rows Curry: K2, P(url)2. End with K2. (Yes, there are 4 knit stitches at the back.)
Cast of loosely. Preferably with Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind-off.

Here's how the increases look

Before blocking the increases look like this.

Here's how the jogless stripes look

Before blocking the jogless stripes look like this.