Materials:
Yarn used: Dalegarn Free Style (worsted wt machine-washable wool) in
a soft gray-purple and a gray-green, plus some unidentified off-white (a
wool blend, probably) from my stash.
Gauge:
4 st/in on size 7 (US) dpn
Pattern:
Cast on 80 sts using the purple and join, being careful not to twist
Rnds 1-10: Knit
Rnd 11: Change to off-white and knit 4 rounds.
Rnd 15: Change to green and knit 4 rounds.
Rnd 19: Change to purple and knit 3 rounds.
Rnd 22: Change to off-white and knit 2 rounds.
Rnd 24: Knit 4 off-white, add green and knit 1, *k4 off-white, k1 green, rep from * around.
Rnd 25: k3 white, k3 green, *k2 white, k3 green, repeat from * around.
Rnd 26: k around with green.
Rnd 27: k1 white, k3 green, *k2 white, k3 green, repeat from * around.
Rnd 28: k3 white, k1 green, *k4 white, k1 green, repeat from * around.
Rnds 29: K 2 rounds with white.
Rnd 31: Change to purple and knit 3 rounds.
Rnd 34: Change to green and k 4 rounds.
Rnd 38: Change to white and k 3 rounds.
Rnd 40: First decrease round - using white, *k7, k2tog, repeat from * around.
Rnd 41: Change to purple and knit 1 round even.
Rnd 42: Still with purple, *k6, k2tog, repeat from * around.
Rnd 43: Change to white and knit 1 round even.
Continue decreases by knitting 1 less st every other round. You wind up knitting 2 tog around at the end, winding up with 9 sts left.
AT THE SAME TIME, continue using each color for two rounds, in this order:
green, white, purple, white, green, purple.
Cut yarn leaving enough to weave the ends, and using a tapestry needle, pick up the 9 sts and draw closed. Draw yarn to inside and tie off. Weave in ends.
I-cord top: Make an I-cord (I used green) that's about 4 inches long; bind off. Tie it so there's a knot in the middle of the cord. Thread both yarn ends through a tapestry needle and draw to inside, tie off. This gives a little bobble-y thing on top, where the sides are about 1 inch long, and then there's the knot in the middle. Pretty cute, I think!