Astral Hat

Adjusting the Astral Hat Sizing

The Astral hat has a repeating motif of 18 stitches. At a gauge of 8 stitches per inch, this limits sizes available to every 2.25" (18 stitches / 8 stitches/in). Thus to smallify the hat, you would cast on 18 stitches fewer than the small (144 sts) and complete the motif 8 times around instead of 9 times to make a hat that's 18" in circumference, or an average kid's size. To biggify the hat you would cast on 18 stitches more than the large (198 stitches) and complete the motif 11 times around instead of 10 times to make a hat that's 24.75". 

More sizes may be available soon, and never fear, more size customization is coming in the future to Knitrino!

The Right Slipped Cross (RSC)

Instructions: Slip 1 stitch to cable needle, hold to back, slip 1, k1 from cable needle.

Knitting the RSC

The right slipped cross looks a lot like a cable, but because you're slipping the stitch off the cable needle, it has a different appearance. 

  1. Slip 1 stitch (as if to purl) to cable needle from the left hand needle
  2. Hold the cable needle to the back of your work and slip 1 stitch (as if to purl) from the left hand needle
  3. Knit 1 stitch from the cable needle.

The Left Slipped Cross (LSC)

Instructions: Slip 1 stitch to cable needle, hold to front, k1 from left hand needle, slip 1 from cable needle.

Knitting the LSC

The left slipped cross looks a lot like a cable, but because you're slipping the stitch off the cable needle, it has a different appearance. 

  1. Slip 1 stitch (as if to purl) to cable needle from the left hand needle
  2. Hold the cable needle to the front of your work and knit 1 stitch from the left hand needle
  3. Slip the stitch (as if to purl) from cable needle onto the right hand needle.

Knitting the round above the LSC

Because the LSC contains a slipped stitch, it can get looped over the adjacent stitches, making it look like something is wrong when it isn't. This video shows how to separate the stitches if they get tangled. 

Fixing a cable that's twisted the wrong way several rows down

Right Handed: 0:00 Left Handed: 2:20

  1. Identify the stitches involved in the mistake (this may be more stitches than the number of stitches involved in the cable itself.)
  2. Move any uninvolved stitches out of the way.
  3. Drop the mistake stitches off the needle, and unravel row by row until you reach the point where the mistake occurred.
  4. Put all the stitches onto one DPN. Located the lowest strand of yarn behind the work, and work back up one row at a time, as instructed in the pattern.

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