Knitted Toque with Ear Flaps – Beacon Tate Metro Artist.Ca created for Winter/Christmas 2016.
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September 28, 2016
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Knitted Toque with Ear Flaps – Beacon Tate Metro Artist.Ca
Category Knitting
Required two 5o gram balls in medium 4 -I used: Scheepjes Voluma De Luxe yarn 74% Acrylic yarn, 13% Mohair, 13%Lurex.
To make ear flap – using single yarn strand and 16 inch (41 cm) number 8 (5.00 mm) circular knitting needles or double pointed number 8 (5.00 mm) needles:
- cast on 3 stitches Knit one row, Purl one row
- continue in stocking stitch increasing one stitch on each end of knitted rows until you have 17 stitches
- end with a purl row and set aside
- make 4 ear flaps
Use two balls and two strands of yarn:
- put ear flaps with purl sides together
- knit one stitch from facing ear flap and one stitch from outer ear flap together creating one stitch – total stitches when done 17
- this creates an ear flap with two knitted sides – purl next row – leave on holding needle
- stitch the ear flaps together (can be done at end)
- do this twice
Use two balls and two strands of yarn and circular needles:
- knit across 17 stitches of first ear flap
- place marker and cast on 18 stitches for the back
- place marker and knit across 17 stitches of second ear flap
- place marker and cast on 28 stitches for the front
- place marker to indicate start (you now have 80 stitches)
- next knit 17 stitches across first ear flap
- purl across 18 back stitches
- knit 17 stitches across second ear flap
- next 28 stitches (front) knit 1, purl 2
- knit 2, purl 2 until one stitch remaining of 28 the front stitches -knit 1
- knit from the first ear flap, across the back and second ear flap
- next 28 stitches (front) knit 1, purl 2
- knit 2, purl 2 until one stitch remaining of the 28 front stitches -knit 1
- knit 17 ear flap stitches
- pearl 18 back stitches
- knit 17 ear flap stitches
- next 28 stitches (front) knit 1, purl 2
- knit 2, purl 2 until one stitch remaining of the 28 front stitches -knit 1
- keeping the beginning marker, knit across ear flap, remove marker
- knit across back, remove marker
- knit across ear flap, remove marker
- next 28 stitches (front) knit 1, purl 2
- knit 2, purl 2 until one stitch remaining of the 28 front stitches – knit 1
- knit each row until the front measures 5 inches
To shape the crown:
- knit 8 stitches knit 2 together across round
- knit
- knit 7 stitches knit 2 together across round
- knit
- continue until 8 stitches remain, break strand and pull through remaining stitches
I prefer Clover Bamboo Circular Knitting Needles.
Happy knitting!
Beacon Tate