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Superstar This project was by Crafty Superstar #11: Lee Meredith

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Published over 4 years ago

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Time:6h00
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Portland, Oregon, United States
2009
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big bulky bucket hat!

yeah! i knit this up in no time, as an experiment, trying out this top-down idea with some gorgeous handspun, and it worked out so well that i decided to write up the pattern and share it with you!! because it’s knit top-down, you can easily make it exactly as long as you want without having to guess when to start decreasing. (or maybe it’s just me that has a hard time with that…)


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  1. Step 1 1

    co 4 sts on dpns
    join around, kfb into each of the 4 co sts
    -easiest way for me to do this:
    ..co 2 sts on each of 2 needles
    ..kfb into first st with 1 needle, kfb into 2nd st with 2nd needle
    ..kfb into first st on 2nd needle with 3rd needle, kfb into last st with 4th needle
    there should now be 2 sts on each of 4 needles
    kfb first st of each needle as you knit around, until you have 15 sts on each (so 60 sts total)
    knit around about 9 rows, or about 2 1/2 inches, or until flattened hat measures about 6 inches from top
    kfb first st of each needle, one round
    knit 2 rounds with no increases
    repeat those 3 rows 2 more times
    knit one more increase round which should give you 19 sts per needle
    bind off, crochet a trim to prevent curling (in the example i single crocheted around twice, into the back loops only)
    block as needed

    if you don’t want a crochet edge, you could probably knit the last 4 or 5 rows in seed stitch instead.

    depending on your yarn, you may want to use make 1 increases instead of kfb for the bottom section to prevent unwanted bumps.

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