Here is a new and improved, tech-edited version of my Slouch Hat pattern.

There seems to have been a bit of confusion caused by the previous version, so hopefully this one will make sense to everyone.
There were no actual errata, but some of the short rows were altered slightly to make the knitting easier.
Tags: accessories, errata, [...]

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I seem to be incapable of fixing the row count for this pattern myself, and I have outsourced the solution.

Here is the new and improved tech edited Russian Princess in Exile pattern.
I would like to apologize for the confusion the previous version caused.

Author: Parallax Knitting

Tags: free patterns, hats, knitting, patterns, yarn

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Just looking at this:

From this magazine. How could anyone not wish it?
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