Just a quick FYI:
If you haven't noticed by now, I don't regularly post a gauge?
"Why?" you may ask.
"Well," I shall reply, "I think that to go through endless conversions, only to have a weird fraction in the end that is incomprehensible is pointless. In stead, I think that everyone's project should be personalized to the type of yarn they prefer, needle size, and body size!"
So, without further ado... The pattern!
Materials:
Double pointed needles (Size needed to obtain gauge)
3-ply baby yarn (Pound of Love)
Numbers to know!
1. (Circumference of your head) - 2 inches = A
2. YOUR gauge. Not the gauge on the yarn packaging. YOUR knitting gauge. = B
3. A x B = C
4. C is the number of sts to cast on. If this number is divisible by 10, great! My coil pattern goes by 10's. But, if all else fails, make sure that C is divisible by 4.
1. CO C
2. P until piece measures 6 inches
3. CUFF STEP
- Fold your work in half (the row that you CO should be inside).
- Take the 1st CO loop and pull it before the 1st st on your needles.
- K2tog.
- Repeat this step (with every stitch correlating to the CO row aka in the same column) until all sts have been worked
NOTE: This is in sets of 10's. So my coils are 6 sts and 4 sts. You can change the width of the coils to correspond to your particular number of sts.
For example, if you cast on 84 sts then your coils could be 2 sts and 2 sts or 10 sts by 2 sts.
For sets of 10: *K4, P6* Rpt for 4 rounds
- *K4, put 3 sts on holder behind work, P3, put 3 sts on left needle, P3*
- *K4, P6* Rpt for 4 rounds
- *Put 2 sts on a holder behind work, K2, put 2 sts on left needle, K2, P6*
- *K4, P6* Rpt for 4 rounds
- Rpt the bullited steps
6. If you can, continue the coil pattern as you decrease. If you cannot, then just go back to the K and P columns.
7. PMs at 7,8, 9, or 10 equally placed segments
8. DECREASE
- *K/P to 2 before marker, k2tog, sl marker*
- K/P round
- Continue bulltied steps until less than 10 sts remain
