THE WHERE'S WALDO PIXIE HAT

Five, Size four dp needles (or circular)
Some red and white worsted weight yarn
Cast on 88 sts. across four needles (22 sts. per needle) in white

Work K2, P2 ribbing for six rows.

Change to red yarn and work st.st. (stockinette, stocking stitch, or plain
knitting) for 6 rows.

Switch back to white and continue switching back and forth every 6 rows
until you have about 7 or 8 rows of color bands.  On the last red row, begin
your decreases (as you work the decreases, maintain your color band
pattern):
   K6, K2 together, all the way around to the beginning
   K 4 rows plain
   K5, K2 together, all the way around
   K 4 rows plain K4, K2 together, all the way around
   K4 rows plain
   K3, K2 together, all the way around
   K4 rows plain

(At about this point, I forgot to change from red to white, so from here on
it is red, and I think this is part of the charm.  Work in red from here on,
then add a white tassel to the point at the end).

    K2, K2 together, all the way around
    K 4 rows plain
    K1, K2 together, etc.
    K 4 rows plain
    K2 together all the way around (you'll probably want to be down to about
2  needles by now)
    K4 rows plain
    You'll only have a few sts. left by now, so K some stitches together
randomly until you end up with 3 stitches, and put them all on one needle.
Now work I-cord (K3, slide sts. to end of needle so the yarn is coming from
the wrong, or hind, end of the knitting.  As you knit, this will cause your
3 sts. to wrap together, forming a little tube).

Work your I-cord until it's as long as you like.  A couple of inches makes a
real "pixie" effect.  Longer and it sort of looks like a kid's grunge hat,
or tassel hat.  Don't forget the pom=pom on the end, which I worked by:
   Wrapping white yarn around my three fingers (I remove my pinkie for this)
(just kidding) a bunch of times.  Run your leftover yarn from the I-cord
(still attached to hat) through this bunch of yarn, tie off and weave into
hat.

PS:  This is deliberately written for idiots by an idiot.  Enjoy.
Caroline M. McMillan
(e-mail:  mcmill_c@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU.EDU)

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