Fancy That!

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I have been working on this little hat for Sista Lena to keep her head warm. This is done in a butterfly stitch. The pattern is done in sets of 10, 5 for the butterfly and 5 for the spaces in between them. I got this idea from the DIY network program Knitty Gritty. The show was called Flirty Skirty. Here's the pattern:

Flirty Skirty
Details of butterfly stitch

Switch to circular needle
slip 5 WYIB, *P5, slip 5 WYIB, *P5; rep from *until end of row.
Place marker and prepare to join row circularly for knitting in the round.
Row 1: P all
Row 2: *P5, slip 5 WYIB; rep from * until end of round.
Repeat rows 1 and 2 three more times.


Then P7, *on the next stitch (which is a the center of the slipped group) insert right-hand needle down through the five loose strands, bring needle up and transfer the five strands to left-hand needle, purl the five strands and the next stitch together as one stitch; P9; repeat from *, end last repeat with a P2.

Then: *Slip 5 WYIB, P5; rep from * until end of round.
Row 1B): P-150 stitches.
Row 2B): *Slip 5 WYIB, P5; rep from * until end of round.
Repeat Rows 1B) and 2B) three more times.

Then P2, *on the next stitch (which is a the center of the slipped group) insert right-hand needle down through the five loose strands, bring needle up and transfer the five strands to left-hand needle, purl the five strands and the next stitch together as one stitch; P9; repeat from *, end last repeat with a P7.
You may have the hang of the stitch pattern by now, but just in case:
Do Row 2A and 1A for FOUR rounds, then do first bulleted step.
Do Row 2B and 1B for FOUR rounds, then do second bulleted step.

I made this a bit easier by knitting on circular needles and switching all purls into knit stitches and WYIB to "with yarn in front" (WYIF) instead. I like knitting much better than purling.