I kick designer butt.
So, remember how I said that I was totally baffled by the decrease instructions for the brioche hat? Well, that hasn't changed, although I did what a lazy person does, and on the third attempt, I just thought, "Hey, screw it. This doesn't make sense. I'll do what DOES make sense." In the end, there was a victorious me and a hat with decreases that look nice... and a four-row repeat instead of 21 rows of instructions written out.
I'll share:
Round 1: This round is the same as the first decrease round, using dark yarn: (k2tog, sl1, yo) twice, k2tog, k3tog, sl 1 with yarn in front, move yarn to back, slip next to stitches as to knit, slip next stitch as to knit, slip all back to left-hand needle and knit through the back, (k2tog, sl1, yo) 3 times. Repeat til the end.
Round 2: Knit as in previous (non-decrease rows), but when you encounter two dark stitches next two each other, slip both as to purl, with yarn in back.
Round 3: Knit as in previous rows, knitting together the dark stitches.
Round 4: Knit as in previous rows.
Repeat these rows until you have 20 or so stitches left (including yarn overs). k2tog or k3tog until you're left with enough stitches for it to be reasonable to pull the yarn through.
That's it. Ta-da!
Tipper @ 9:23 PM * link
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