Baby Blueberry Hat

Another retirement perk - I have time to knit! And I still remember how! These unseasonably cool May mornings have made sitting under the sun through the skylights the perfect way to start the day. I honor my Grandma B for teaching me to knit and Mary Shedd for perfecting the joy of drinking tea, knitting and chat at Kawishiwi Lab in Ely years ago.

Some of our friends had triplets last month so Ali and I are knitting three blueberry hats. I made the same for Davyd eight years ago after finding the patten in Sweden. Here it is in case you have little berries to celebrate:

Baby Berry Hat

Cast on 80 stitches DK weight cotton yarn on #5 - 16 inch circular needles. (I used a 50gram ball of Rowan cotton glace @ 5 stitches per inch, but prefer a softer Swedish cotton I made the first hats I made years ago.)

Knit until hat measures 5 inches long, unrolled.

Begin decreasing, changing to double pointed needles when necessary:

Row 1: Knit 8 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 2: Knit entire row

Row 3: Knit 7 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 4: Knit entire row

Row 5: Knit 6 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 6: Knit entire row

Row 7: Knit 5 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 8: Knit entire row

Row 9: Knit 4 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 10: Knit entire row

Row 11: Knit 3 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 12: Knit entire row

Row 13: Knit 2 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 14: Knit entire row

Row 15: Knit 1 stitches then knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

Row 16: Knit entire row

Row 17: Knit 2 stitches together until end of row.

For stem, change to green yarn and continue to decrease to about 9 stitches and knit to about 1 inch long. Draw end of yarn through last loops and knot on inside.