Kochoran Winter Hat

Kochoran Hat

By Antidaeophobia

(Copyrighted 2011; Do no resell this pattern or finished product. Pattern is for person use only)

Knitter Note:

For this project I used a round needle. I wanted the hat to have a tight weave and a looser fit. Also long enough it could completely over my ears when brim was rolled down. You could of course reduce your stitches and use a larger gauge if you wanted a wider weave but I prefer my hats to be warm.

Supplies:

#7 DPN or Round Needles

1-2 Skeins of Kochoran Yarn

Abbreviations:

DPN- Double Point Needles

RND- Round Needles

K- Knit +number followed (Knit 36 = K36)

P-Purl +number followed (Purl 36 = P36)

K2tog- Knit 2 together

* - Repeat action

Start:

Cast on 100 stitches (110 for looser fit)

*Row 1: K2, P2

(Repeat Row 1 until piece measures 3” inches)

*Row 2: Kall

(Repeat Row 2 until entire piece measures 6” inches)

Row 3: *K6, K2tog (repeat to end of round)

Row 4: Knit all

Row 5: *K2, K2tog (repeat to end of round)

Row 6: Knit all

Row 7: Knit all

Row 8: Knit all

Row 9: *K1, K2tog (repeat to end of round)

Row 10: Knit all

Row 11: *K2tog (repeat to end of round)

Row 12: Knit all

Row 13: *K2tog (repeat to end of round)

(Thread yarn through all stitches and pull tight to close. Secure yarn and thread inside and cut excess)

Getting Screwed- The Un-Fun way

Having a stressful time and my depression is giving me a hard time. I considered having myself admitted again since my need to cut myself and feelings of wanted to commit suicide have spiked. I know that little use would come of it considering nothing changes after I'm out in my home life and I cannot take the medication for depression due to the side effects and interactions with my other meds.
 Like most of the time it's triggered by my feelings of being an absolute failure in my life, that I should be farther along in my school and more successful by now. Knowing that I'm 22yrs old and should be graduated by now and becoming so frustrated and scared that time is slipping away and my progress is moving so slowly. Sometimes it seems like the entire world is conspiring to make sure I never succeed. I seem to carry a curse that eventually ruins any good going on in my life.
I'm still working to get back into school after several dismal years of failure. I cringe at the thought of how much money I've lost and have to repay to my grandparents and great aunt and uncle all in the pursuit of some pipe dream to be successful at something. It would seem however that the system still hasn't caught up to individuals with non-visible disabilities. You are criticized and punished for having a disease that is beyond your control.
Today the community college called me and I was surprised to hear that the teacher was wondering why I hadn't been attending classes even though I had spoke with the school and they told me they had cancelled all my classes. I was planning on attending and was ready to pay for my credit hours when I ended up having to call to ask why my account was suspended. They told me it was because they hadn't fixed the status on my account after last semester where my financial aid was suspended and therefore I wouldn't be able to attend this semester and would have to wait till spring. The woman who called today to ask why I hadn't attended directed me to admissions office- where a very clueless woman informed me that my classes hadn't been shut down and that they would be charging me $300 for the full class even though I never attended (and hadn't paid a cent BTW) and that I wouldn't be able to attend classes at the school again until I paid that balance. I very politely told her to "Shove it" and that I wouldn't be paying them one cent and then had a short rant about the issues and displeasure I'd had while attending the school. The fact that they wouldn't accept my doctors notes, that when I signed up for disability services, it was a joke and wouldn't help me with my disability and then when I informed them that the next semester I'd be attending I would finally have my service dog. They gave me a hard time saying that they wanted to "discuss" my need for the animal and it's place at the school.
Today I did research on what is needed for me to transfer to the University and I'm started to seriously panic that I don't have the qualifications or resources to be able to be approved. If that doesn't work for me then I will be seriously f-ked.