This is Kittiwake from the reprint of Aran Knitting. I have 4 skeins of Scottish Fleet in Sea Green. I need a hat and this goes nicely with my plaid scarf and brown coat so I'm using up some of my stash and looking coordinated. The pattern calls for two skeins but I used very little of the second skein. There was enough left over to make a pair of mittens so I am very coordinated.
I made some minor modifications to the pattern, which called for p2tog on the first two stitches and also on the last two stitches on 4 rows of the second chart but doing two p2tog next to each other was creating dimples so I did a p2tog at the beginning of the chart for rows 3, 9, 15 and 21 and a p2tog on the last two stitches of the chart for rows 6, 12, 18 and 24 instead. I also did a series of 3 needle bindoffs for the last 24 stitches. The pattern calls for drawing the yarn through the remaining 24 stitches and fastening off but I couldn't close the hole without pulling the yarn so tight I was afraid it would snap so I did a series of 3 needle bindoffs, pulled the braid through the hole that remained and then tightened everything up and secured the tassle.
I've got two skeins left, which I'll use eventually for a pair of socks.
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