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Peri Switzer's Multicolor No-2-Alike
Hat
This makes an adult or large
child's hat
and is
a good way to use up small balls & leftovers.
For a smaller hat, cast on
fewer stitches
keeping a multiple of 4 plus 1.
- Using 3 strands of worsted weight acrylic yarn
and leaving a tail 8 to 10 inches long, cast
on 41 st on a 10 1/2 or 11 circular needle (11
will make a little larger hat).
- Join round by knitting 1st st & last st
tog.
- Grab tail
and k 2d st, then p 2, k 2 repeating until
the piece is 7 to 8 inches long (or as long
as your hand), knitting the tail in with the
stitches on the 1st row.
- As you go along and need to add more yarns
as the small balls run out, lay the new yarn
in with the working yarn, overlapping for 8
or 10 inches so that for that short distance
you have 4 working strands.
- Dec in pattern to 8 st rem and cut yarns
about 8 inches long.
- Thread this 3-strand tail into a large needle & pull
through the 8 rem st to draw them tightly.
Weave the rest of the tail down into the inside
of the hat.
Gansey Gusset-Heel Sock
 At
the November 2005 meetings, Katherine Misegades
presented a lesson about Gansey knitting.
In her book, Knitting Ganseys, Beth
Brown-Reinsel discusses the details that makes
sweater construction identifiably Gansey —
welts, plain area, definition welt, patterning,
seam stitches, gusset.
This sock was designed for Guild members by Katherine
as a small practice project for learning these
techniques.
You may download a free, printable PDF file of
the pattern by clicking
here. If you are on a dial-up connection,
click here
for a smaller PDF file.
This pattern was revised 7/10/06 to include more
detail for turning the heel. |
Operation Helmetliner
 Today,
U.S. troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo,
and South Korea, as well as many parts of the
United States, are exposed to winds and bitter
cold during the winter months. Riding in open
trucks and humvees, they often encounter sub-zero
wind chills. The military head gear issued to
our troops is made of synthetic material which
is not as warm as wool. Just as in WWI and WWII,
volunteers are needed to make these wool caps
for our troops. The wool head covering which can
be worn under the Kevlar helmet provides warmth
to the head and neck but does not restrict vision.
According to Dr. Richard H. Garretson, M.D.,
Crossroads Community Hospital, Mt. Vernon, Illinois,
approximately 30 percent of a person's body heat
loss is through the head. It is important to keep
the head warm, so the body temperature stays up.
The brain controls everything else in the body,
the ability to think and act as well as the ability
for the body to maintain a particular temperature.
One way to increase the comfort level of our
troops in cold climates is to provide knitted/crocheted
wool caps, or "wooly pulleys" to them.
"The cap is definitely warm. It has certainly
been a help, or should I say warmth." said Corporal
Juan M. Perez, Jr., who is stationed in Iraq.
The patterns are available at
www.geocities.com/helmetliner. If you have
any questions, please contact helmetliner@hotmail.com
or P.O. Box 236, Auburn, IL 62615. Completed helmetliners
may be sent to Helmetliner, P.O. Box 236, Auburn,
IL 62615, where they will be sent directly to
our troops.
Donations to help defray shipping costs may
be made payable to Helmetliner and
sent to the address above.
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