{"id":197,"date":"2011-07-27T00:35:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T04:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2013-03-01T00:36:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T05:36:24","slug":"2-prong-jester-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"2 Prong Jester Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"finished jester hat 1 by mangohaiku, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mangohaiku\/5982400311\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"finished jester hat 1\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6130\/5982400311_798c6266c0.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2 Prong Jester Hat<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Materials:<\/span><br \/>\n#8 needles<br \/>\n2 skeins of worsted weight or sport weight yarn, (any color of your choice)<br \/>\nYarn needle<\/p>\n<p>Row counter to save your sanity for steps 3-7<br \/>\n(number key indicates which row you&#8217;re working on):<br \/>\n00 = increase stitches row<br \/>\n01 = knit 1st row<br \/>\n02 = knit 2nd row<br \/>\n03 = knit 3rd row<br \/>\n04 = knit 4th row<br \/>\n05 = knit 5th row<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gauge:<\/span> 4 stitches \/ 4 rows per inch in garter stitch? (still trying to work that one out)<\/p>\n<p>1) Cast on 2 stitches<\/p>\n<p>2) Knit 1 row<\/p>\n<p>3) Increase 1 stitch at each end. You should have 4 stitches on the needle.<\/p>\n<p>4) Knit 5 rows.<\/p>\n<p>5) Increase 1 stitch, knit all stitches in between, increase 1 stitch on last one<\/p>\n<p>6) Knit 5 rows. (At this point, you should have an even number of stitches on the needle)<\/p>\n<p>7) Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until 32 stitches are on the needle. (You may increase to 34 or more stitches to fit a bigger head.)<\/p>\n<p>8) Knit for another 45 rows (or less if you want to go for a shorter length, or add more rows if you want a longer prong.)<\/p>\n<p>9) Knit 1, purl 1 for the next 65 rows (or less rows if you want a shorter length. You can add more if\u00a0 you want to go longer.)<\/p>\n<p>10) Bind off loosely<\/p>\n<p>11) Repeat Steps 1-10 to make the second piece.<\/p>\n<p>Your 2 pieces should look like this:<br \/>\n<a title=\"1\/2 of hat by mangohaiku, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mangohaiku\/5982960492\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1\/2 of hat\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6026\/5982960492_8aaeede1da.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe ribbed and garter rows shows you where the skull area ends and the prong begins.<\/p>\n<p>12) Now you&#8217;re ready to sew the pieces together. Take the 2 pieces and attach them together by sewing along the ribbed rows, then stop when you reach the garter rows. (I sewed the garter area 10 rows in before splitting into a fork because I want a bit more skull room.) Then sew along the individual prongs to seal them up. Weave in ends.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"where to sew by mangohaiku, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mangohaiku\/5982399647\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"where to sew\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6008\/5982399647_b69f3ac12e_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Finished!<\/b><br \/>\n<a title=\"finished jester hat 2 by mangohaiku, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mangohaiku\/5982962384\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"finished jester hat 2\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6136\/5982962384_03fdfd8dec.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Prong Jester Hat Materials: #8 needles 2 skeins of worsted weight or sport weight yarn, (any color of your choice) Yarn needle Row counter to save your sanity for steps 3-7 (number key indicates which row you&#8217;re working on): 00 = increase stitches row 01 = knit 1st row 02 = knit 2nd row [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[20,3],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts","tag-hat","tag-knitting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitterblacktea.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}