Before I bring you the patterns for Thor and Loki (I'm working on it, but it's slow going turning my notes and sketches into something other people can read...), here's a quickie project I whipped up on the side!
It's a Loki hat!
This cap began with a conundrum. I had planned to wear this costume
to the Avengers movie on opening night, but then I realized it was coming out in May, when I'll still be in Russia on my study abroad term. Packing a large green cape and a pair of "great Satanic horns" as Loki portrayer Tom Hiddleston calls them would be completely impractical. Also, costumed movie going is maybe not such an established thing in St. Petersburg as it is in Berkeley. Not that I'm opposed to trend setting, but...it's enough out of my comfort zone to be living there without also laughing in the face of cultural assimilation. So, I was faced with the need to come up with a subtler way to show support for my favorite character. Within a couple days, I'd come up with this hat, based on the design of the alternate helm Loki sometimes wears in the comics (when he's tired of banging those gigantic horns on door frames, I'm assuming). The result is casual enough to be worn year round, yet obviously a reference to my favorite Norse god/comic book villain. Also, it won't block the view of the moviegoers behind me the way more traditional Loki headwear would. And you thought your Jayne hat was cunning!
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Needles: US size seven
Yarn: worsted weight in gold and dark green
Gauge: 1" = 7 rows of 6 stockinette stitches
Size: Fits loosely on a 22" circumference head; you may wish to knit in a tighter gauge or downsize as indicated in pattern for a snugger fit on a smaller (normal-sized...) head.
Cast on 102 stitches. Knit seven rows in 1x1 rib. Cut yarn leaving a long tail
Knit the next 32 rows following intarsia pattern in stockinette stitch (begin with a knit row).
Row 39: Knit 15, K2tog, repeat around
Row 40: Purl 14, P2tog, repeat around
Row 41: Knit 13, K2tog, repeat around
Row 42: Purl 12, P2tog, repeat around
Row 43: Knit 11, K2tog, repeat around
Row 44: Purl 10, P2tog, repeat around
Row 45: Knit 9, K2tog, repeat around
Row 46: Purl 8, P2tog, repeat around
Row 47: Knit 7, K2tog, repeat around
Row 48: Purl 6, P2tog, repeat around
Row 49: Knit 5, K2tog, repeat around
Row 50: Purl 4, P2tog, repeat around
Row 51: Knit 3, K2tog, repeat around
Row 52: Purl 2, P2tog, repeat around
Row 53: Knit 1, K2tog, repeat around
Row 54: P2tog, repeat around
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail. Weave this tail through the six remained stitches and pull tight. Then use it to sew the center back seam, switching to the gold yarn tail to sew the seam at the rib part. With hat inside out, tie off all loose ends from colorwork , cutting ends short or weaving them in (you can also do this as you go).
This pattern is also available as a free PDF at https://acrobat.com/app.html#d=UOx1J3h*MC0-XZ5tmb0ECQ where the chart is bigger and there aren't all those weird font issues I seem to have with this blog...
