Finished Project: Ski with the Fishies

What looks like snowy trees to most individuals, really means six inches of fresh power at Monarch Mountain equaling a heck of a lot of fun on new skies.

I make a lot of hats for a lot of people. Lately, I have been getting a hard time about wearing store bought hats which are also in a replacing state.

My last attempt to make a silly hat was a failure (see Dunce Hat). I am much happier with this creation.

Finished Project: Ski with the Fishies

Pattern: see below; the fish chart was inspired by Spilly Jane’s Swedish Fish Mittens

Yarn: Berrocco Ultra Alpaca

Needles: US5

Duration: February 18 to February 21

Directions:

Cast on 100 stitches in MC, join

Knit five rows in a corrugated rib

Knit five fishie repeats

On last solid row before crown shaping, remove marker

Knit five stitches, place marker (marker should now be in the middle of a fish)

Place a marker every 20 stitches

Cease knitting fishies divided by markers

First Decrease Row: *k2tog, knit fish, knit to 2 sts before next marker, ssk, slip marker, k2tog*

Second Decrease Row: knit all stitches

Only knit one fishie repeat while decreasing

Repeat two decrease rows until eight stitch remain, run end through stitches and pull tight.

Finish by weaving in ends and adding pompoms. More pompoms you add the more fun you will have wearing this hat. I attached the pompoms to twist braids like the old Swix skiing hats. I also used plastic pompom makers; what a fabulous invention. Everything is going to have a pompom from now on.

Note: this hats fits me snuggly, perfect for my smallish head. For a bigger hat, add stitches in increments to 10 to maintain fish patter or increments of 20 to maintain equal decreasing.