Sontag for Hitty Knit Version

1 pair size 0 (or 2mm) knitting needles (mine are Susan Bates gold Silvalume needles) Steel crochet hook size 9 Yarn bodkin or large tapestry needle (I used size 15) I used lace-weight yarn in main colour and contrast colour or Marnel Crochet Soft 51% Cotton/49%Acrylic (#10, I think) Tiny button or bead for closure. (scroll down to video called Picking up Stitches) Basketweave Pattern: **Tension must be quite firm for pattern to show clearly On multiple of 6 stitches: (2 box shapes)

*K3 P3* Repeat across row for 3 rows *P3 K3* Repeat across row for 3 rows Repeat these 6 rows to form pattern. Note: As you increase or decrease at the edges of the rows, the number of stitches in the first and last boxes will change but the inner boxes need to continue to line up with each other. Begin Sontag at lower back with main colour. Cast on 12 stitches Row 1 and 2: Knit From now on, slip 1st stitch purlwise on every row. Row 3-8: Work in basketweave pattern. Row 9 Continue in pattern but increase 2 stitches at each end of row. (16 st) Row 10 to 11 Continue in pattern Row 12 Continue in pattern , increasing 1 stitch at each end of row.( 18 st.) Row 13 to 15 Continue in pattern Row 16 Continue in pattern , increasing 1 stitch at each end of row.( 20 st.) Row 17 to 19. Continue in pattern Row 20: Continue in pattern , increasing 1 stitch at each end of row.( 22 st.) Row 21-22: Continue in pattern Row 23: Continue in pattern , increasing 1 stitch at each end of row.( 24 st.) Row 24: Continue in pattern Row 25: Continue in pattern , increasing 1 stitch at each end of row.( 26 st.) Row 26: Work 12 stitches in pattern. Bind off 4 stitches for neck, continue to end of row in pattern. ( 11 stitches for each shoulder) Left Shoulder: Row 27: Increase 1 stitch at outside edge and continue in pattern. (12 st) ( I kept the right shoulder stitches on my needle as I worked on the left one... they werent in the way at all, but you could remove them to a stitch holder if you wish)

Row 28: Work in pattern. Row 29 32 Repeat Rows 27-28 twice. (14 st) Row 33: Continue in pattern, decreasing 1 stitch at neck edge. (13 st) Row 34: Work in pattern. Row 35: Continue in pattern, decreasing 1 stitch at neck edge. (12 st) Repeat last 2 rows twice. (10 stitches) Row 40 to 46: Work even in pattern to make wide crossovers like the green one, or continue to repeat Rows 34-35 to make them narrower. The number of rows can be increased or decreased to fit your Hitty. Remember that an edging will be added around the outside edges and this will increase the total size. Row 47: Decrease 1 st each end of row (8 st) Row 48-49: Work even in pattern. Row 50: Repeat Row 47 (6 st) Row 51 to 53: Work even Row 54: Repeat Row 47 (4 st) Row 55 to 56: Work even Row 57: Decrease one stitch at inner edge. Row 58: Bind off. Cut thread, leaving tail to weave in. Right shoulder Reattach thread to outside edge of other shoulder. Continue in pattern from Row 27 to 58. Weave in the ends. Contrast Garter Stitch Edging: Cast on 2 stitches. Start at centre back. *With right side facing you, Pick up one stitch through 2 threads. Turn. Note: If 2 threads will form a hole, you may need to pick up through 3 threads occasionally.

K 2 tog, K1 through front of stitch. Turn. Sl 1 Purlwise, K1.* Repeat from * to * all the way around sontag, Working * to* 3 times in each corner of back and twice in front points. I had to use a tiny crochet hook to make the new stitches at the front points. You will always be alternating between 2 stitches and stitches on your needle. Be sure edging is laying flat and even around edges as you work, and adjust pick up stitches accordingly. You dont want gaps or ruffles or bumps. Join yarn to first stitch worked, end off by cutting thread and pulling through last stitch, and weave in ends. Sontag ties: Using contrast colour, and size 9 or 10 steel crochet hook, chain 65. Cut thread and pull the end through the last stitch. Thread bodkin or tapestry needle with your chain and thread it through the openings in the edging on the back edge. Even up the extending ties, without gathering the back of the sontag. Put the threaded bodkin back into the last hole and insert it back into the last opening from the same side as originally inserted, making a loop and pulling the chain through the loop. Tighten gently. Thread the other end of chain through the bodkin and secure it in the same way. This allows the ties to be tied firmly without gathering the back or stressing the corners of the back. Make crochet or thread loop on one end of front and stitch a button or bead on the end of the other front. The Sontag wraps around waist and ties in front, and the fronts crossover the bosom and button at the back. The tiny bow and ends should show on the front. The original people-sized sontag has yarn tassels on the ends.