Snow Ball Winter Accessories Set Pattern #574

Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Germantown Zephyr, 5 balls (1 oz. balls) of main color and 2 balls each of 2 contrasting colors, referred to as A and B.
Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 4 (3½ mm. size).
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 2.
A set of 5 double pointed needles, No. 9.

Gauge: 6 sts make 1 inch; 8 rows make 1 inch.

HAT 574A

Starting at lower edge of crown, with color A cast on 106 sts. 1st row: * K 2, p 2. Repeat from * across. Repeat the 1st row for 1 inch. Break off. Change to color B and continue for another ½ inch. Break off. Change to main color and work until piece measures 6 inches. Break off. Attach color A and work for 1 inch. Break off. Attach color B and work for ½ inch. Bind off. Sew both ends together. With 2 strands of color A make a chain about 10 inches long. Draw this cord over and under each stockinette st rib 1½ inches down from bound off edge. Try hat on and pull the cord tight so that hat fits head. Tie ends in a double knot.

Crocheted Balls: Starting at center, with color A ch 2, turn. 1st rnd: 6 s c in 2nd ch from hook. Join with sl st. 2nd rnd: 2 s c in each s c around. 3rd rnd: * S c in each of 2 s c, 2 s c in next s c. Repeat from * around until there are 24 s c in the rnd. Work 2 rnds straight. Then dec. 1 s c in every 3rd s c until 8 s c remain. Stuff the ball firmly with cotton and dec. in every s c until all sts are worked off. Break off. Make another crocheted ball same as this with color B and sew one to each end of cord.

SCARF 574B

Starting at narrow end, with color A cast on 42 sts. 1st row: * K 2, p 2. Repeat from * across. Repeat 1st row until piece measures 2 inches. Break off. Attach main color and work until piece measures 5 inches. Break off. Attach color B and work until piece measures 6 inches. Break off. Attach main color and work until piece measures 28 inches in all. Then work border to correspond with border of opposite end. Bind off. With a needle and color A work a polka dot about the size of a half dollar in the center of the white stripe in border (to work a polka dot, work chain stitch around and around, giving a solid effect). Then, with color B, work a polka dot about the size of a penny on each side of polka dot just made.

Finish other border in same way.

MITTENS 574C

Right Hand. Starting at cuff, with color A and No. 4 needles, cast on 42 sts. 1st row: * K 2, p 2. Repeat from * across. Repeat the 1st row for 1 inch. Break off. Change to main color and work for 2 more inches. Break off. Attach color B and work for ½ inch. Break off. Transfer the sts onto 3 steel needles, having 14 sts on each needle. Hereafter work is done in rnds (instead of rows). Work in pattern straight for ¾ inch. Next rnd: Starting at open side of cuff, work in pattern across 1st needle, then inc. in next 2 sts and complete rnd. Work 2 rnds straight. Following rnd: Work across 1st needle, inc. in 1st st of 2nd needle, k 2, inc. in next st (thus increasing for thumb). Hereafter work in pattern, increasing 2 sts in every 3rd rnd, until 16 sts are increased for thumb, thus making 2 additional sts between the increases on each increase rnd. On next rnd work around to within the 16 sts of thumb; then transfer these 18 sts onto a safety pin (to be worked later for thumb), cast on 4 sts and complete rnd (46 sts in rnd). Hereafter work in pattern until mitten, when tried on, reaches 1½ inches from tip of Middle Finger. Next rnd: * Dec. 8 sts at equal distances apart (make all decreases in the p ribs only). Work 2 rnds straight. Repeat from * 2 more times, making the decreases in the p ribs where decreases were not made previously. Then * k 3, k 2 tog. Repeat from * until 6 sts remain. Then k 2 tog. until all sts are worked off.

Thumb. Transfer the 16 sts of Thumb onto 2 needles, pick up 4 sts (with 3rd needle) around opening of thumb, and continue to work in stockinette st (k each rnd), decreasing on underside of thumb if necessary until mitten, when tried on, reaches ½ inch from tip of thumb. Then * k 3, k 2 tog. Repeat from * around. Work 1 rnd straight. Now ** k 1, k 2 tog. Repeat from ** until 6 sts remain. Then k 2 tog. until all sts are worked off. Break off, leaving a thread about 4 inches long to fasten on wrong side. Having colors to correspond, work a row of s c along side opening of mitten. Lace cord through opening. Sew one ball to each end of cord.

For cord and Crocheted Balls, see directions of Hat.

Left Hand. Work to correspond with Right Hand.