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Purple Hat in Blackberry Stitch, In the Round

I saw this hat on Pinterest (shown on the right) and decided to try to figure out how to make it without a pattern. I cast on 92 stitches in worsted weight yarn and size 8 needles, knit a 1×1 rib for about six inches, then knit blackberry stitch for about seven inches, then decreased…

Blackberry Stitch, aka Trinity Stitch, in the Round

I couldn’t find a straightforward explanation for knitting blackberry stitch — also known as the trinity stitch — in the round, so here goes: Knit in multiples of four rows until your desired length is reached. Row 1: Purl all stitches. Row 2: *k3tog, (p1, k1, p1) into the next stitch; rep from * to…