Zongpai - A Dropped Stitch Slouch

Last Tuesday, Hengpai - A Drop Stitch Slouch came out as part of the Malabrigo Quickies program! As promised I'm releasing the sister hat to it today. I was so inspired by Hengpai and drop stitches that I just knew I had to create another hat using that technique! (And there just might be 6 more ideas along the same lines bouncing their way through my head! Don't be too surprised to see, next fall, a delightful assortment of drop stitch items - both accessory and garment.)

Here's a recap from last week: 

 

As I was knitting Hengpai and Zongpai, I was thinking about how both of the hats are very similar in their stitch pattern but yet a little different as one is knit vertically and one is knit horizontally.

In Chinese writing, one can write horizontally which is known as hengpai and one can write vertically which is known as zongpai. After reading about hengpai and zongpai, I knew my hats had their namesake."

Here are the details:        

                                 

* Malabrigo Worsted -1 Skein, Color Shown is # 37 Lettuce

         - approx. 145-165 yards

* 5mm / US8 Straight Knitting Needles

* 5mm / US8 16" Circular Needle

*Tapestry Needle
 

 

Enjoy!

 

A pic to help visualize the decreasing at the top of the hat.

Malabrigo Quickie: Hengpai - A Drop Stitch Slouch

As part of the Malabrigo Quickies Series, I present to you, Hengpai - A Drop Stitch Slouch. I've been wanting to knit something out of the Malabrigo Worsted  in Taureg since the moment I saw it. The color is just the most amazing teal-y blue; very rich and wonderfully semi-solid. Huge thanks to Malabrigo for their yarn support!

As I was knitting Clapo-Ktus, I just knew I was going to design something with a drop stitch pattern to it. I loved how easy it was and yet so effective.

The first of the hats I designed was Hengpai. This hat is knit sideways in stocking stitch using short rows to create the round shaping for the crown. Once all the short row sections are worked, the hat is cast off and the stitches are dropped to create the dropped stitch openwork pattern. Once the seam is sewn, stitches are then picked up and knit for the brim. I used a grafting technique to sew the seam for the back of the hat.


The second hat was Zongpai. This is a vertically worked drop stitch pattern knit out of Malabrigo Worsted in Lettuce. It will be released next week here and on Ravelry.

As I was knitting Hengpai and Zongpai, I was thinking about how both of the hats are very similar in their stitch pattern but yet a little different as one is knit vertically and one is knit horizontally.

In Chinese writing, one can write horizontally which is known as hengpai and one can write vertically which is known as zongpai. After reading about hengpai and zongpai, I knew my hats had their namesake.

Here are the details:                                         

* Malabrigo Worsted -1 Skein, Color Shown is #98 Tuareg

         - approx. 145-165 yards

* 5mm / US8 Straight Knitting Needles

* 5mm / US8 16" Circular Needle

*Tapestry Needle

Enjoy!

See you next Tuesday, when I will release Zongpai. I can't wait - it is quite the beauty!

A Little Milo

David and I are leaving in a little over 2 weeks to go to Seattle for a vacation and Vogue Knitting Live! I am still way too excited about this little endeavor. Until . . I realized I still hadn't finished a present for Lizzie, David's two year old cousin, for whom I was knitting for before she was born! Yikes how time flies!

So, last night (1:30am) I jumped onto Ravelry and began immediately looking for super cute but quick patterns I could knit up just in time for our Seattle trip. I found 2 really cute patterns and realized I couldn't make up my mind as to which sweater I wanted to knit - as to whether it was because they were both just too cute or because it was now 2:00am I'm not so sure . . probably the cute thing! I decided to start with the vest pattern and I will work on the sweater if I still have time before we leave.

This cute vest,  Milo, is from designer, Georgie Hallam. I omitted the cable on this little vest because I felt that it wouldn't show up the way I would like with the self striping yarn. The yarn is Riot DK from King Cole - Color #401 Cool. I can't wait to make another Milo. The pattern is easy to follow and quick to make. Love!