"Knit a 2 or 3 striped hat without the ugly ladders and jogs that striped knitting creates," says Ellis. "Simple enough for even a beginner!" This particular technique seems to be well-known but largely unpracticed (like how to make a hard-boiled egg with no dark rim, maybe!). And yet, the performance of it is one of the things that separates the amateur from the seriously well-versed practitioner of the art. Buy this pattern and practice at length. Eventually it will become second nature, and you will teach others, and the world will be a better place as a result. Not bad for $5!

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