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.