Keys & Coins Andean-Style Hat

Use one solid yarn and one slowly self-changing yarn, and knit this Andean-inspired hat. Earflaps are optional but oh-so-warm.

Two-colored rows are easy, though!!! It does not matter if you use only one hand (whichever you prefer) or one yarn in each hand.

• If you knit with your right hand, just pick up the yarn you need for each stitch, and drop the other.

• If you know how to knit with either hand, consider trying one yarn in each hand and see if you like that.

• If you use only your left hand to tension yarn, make sure the yarns pass through different paths between your fingers. I put one yarn over my index finger only, and another over the first two fingers.

====================================== Released pattern December 28, 2009.

On December 30, I gently revised the text of the pattern. The only changes are on page 1 and page 3, where I suggest that perhaps some knitters would benefit from using a larger needle (about 2 sizes larger)