pattern - simple effective two balls hat

simple effective two balls hat

trava & wool

zuzana hrabcakova

All you need are two of your favourite colours, lace weight yarn 25g and about 200m each. 
I used circular needles 2,5mm and dpns 2,5mm on the end. 
Some stitch markers will be handy to mark beginning and, on the end, to mark section where you will do decreasing, (4 will do)
Hat is knitted from bottom up. 
I used simple rib pattern, with twisted stitches, - 1k, 1p
When knitting you will hold two strands of the yarn, AA, AB or BB, I would recommended two make two balls from each colour, or make beautiful cakes.
A - one of skein (example green colour)
B - second skein (example red colour)
 
K - knit (knit through back loop), P - pulr
K2togR - knit two stitches 
K2togL - slip 2 stitches knitwise, one at the time, transfer stitches back to left needle in turn position, knit two together. 
Or do your best, it is hat, only. 
SM - stitch marker


Cast on 144 stitches, or as many sts as you need with colour A. It will help if you can divide your number of stitches by 4, for even decreasing. Mark your beginning, also this is the point in which you will change your colours.
Knit about 30 round with one colour (as on the picture green and white)

Start adding second colour:
make 1 round  with AB
make 3 rounds with A
 2 r AB
 3 r A
 3 r AB
 2 r A
4 r AB
1 r A
5 r AB
1 r B
4 r AB
2 r B
3 r AB
3 r B
2 r AB
4 r B
1 r AB
continue 1 round of B colour. Divide your knitting on 4 even parts, if you started with 144 sts it would be 36 stitches on each needle or mark them with your stitch markers.  In this case your SM will be place behind purl stitch, you will be decreasing (k2togR) before this purl stitch to the right and knit stitch behind SM to the left (k2togL) 

Continue decreasing until you have 4 sts on each needle. Cut of the yarn, leaving about 20 cm tail, with tapestry needle, thread the tail trough the remaining 16 sts few times and hide the end inside.