My most recent knitting project — a warm-up for fall. I had a request for a fruit hat and while I was waiting for the yarn to come in I found some scraps and invented this adorable acorn cap using KnitPicks Swish superwash wool.
CO 64 (72 for the larger cap) stitches. Join and knit in the round for 4-5 inches. Switch to contrasting color, and knit one round. Purl one round.
Texture stitch for acorn top:
Row 1: *K into the front, back, front of 1 stitch (inc of 3), K3tog through the back loop (stitch number stays constant at 64). Continue to end of round.
Row 2: Purl all stitches
Row 3: *K 3tog through the back loop, K into front, back and front of one stitch. Continue to the end of the round.
Row 4: Purl all stitches
Row 5: same as row 1
begin decreases for crown of cap:
Row 6: Purl 6, purl 2tog. Continue to the end of the round.
Row 7: same as row 3
Row 8: purl 4, purl 2tog to the end of the round
Row 9 and following: alternate texture pattern with purl rows, each time decreasing on the purl rows, p2, p2tog, then p2tog for the entire round.
drop texture stitch and stitch the remaining rounds in purl stitch only. Decrease until you have approx 6 stitches. Continue to purl until acorn stem is desired length. Draw yarn through remaining stitches and finish.