Meg’s Practice Caps

About This Pattern

Two-end knitting is, indeed, a fascinating technique with beautiful results that seems to predate color-pattern knitting in Sweden as a means to achieve extra strength and warmth in a garment.

The two yarns needed for two-end knitting can be the same color or different colors. The two strands are always worked alternately, and this method can be used to create color patterns or texture patterns. The first of the Practice Caps allows you to explore two-color patterns, while the second cap uses the same techniques to create bold texture in one color.

Practice Cap in Two Colors:

Materials

YARN Filature Lemieux Québécoise (100% wool; 210 yd [192 m]/3½ oz [100 g]; DK weight): #92 Natural White (A) and #42 Denim Blue (B), 1 skein each.

NEEDLES Size 5 (3.75 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

NOTIONS Markers (m); tapestry needle.

GAUGE 24 sts and 26 rnds = about 4" (10 cm) in patt, blocked.

FINISHED SIZE 20" (51 cm) circumference and 9" (23 cm) tall.

Practice Cap in Diamond Pattern:

Materials

YARN Briggs & Little Regal (100% wool; 272 yd [249 m]/4 oz [113.5 g]; DK weight): #13 Pale Gray, 1 skein.

NEEDLES Size 5 (3.75 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

NOTIONS Markers (m); tapestry needle.

GAUGE 219 sts and 25 rnds = about 4" (10 cm) in Diamond patt, blocked. 21½ sts and 22½ rnds = 4" (10 cm) in St st.

FINISHED SIZE 20" (51 cm) circumference and 10" (25.5 cm) tall.

Resources

• Visit farmfiberknits.com/abbreviations for terms you don’t know.

• Learn more about Meg Swanson in the Long Thread Podcast: Meg Swansen, Knitting Maven.

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