Opened face ski mask?

[walmin22]

Hi All! I’m not sure what to call it but I’m looking to make this for my 3 & 2 year olds. The best that I can describe it would be a neck warmer with a hood. But I would like a hood to cover his whole forehead. Or it can be describe as ski mask with the whole face opened. Since I don’t know what to call it I don’t even know how to search it on the Internet.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

[marykz]

check the cover of the new fall vogue knit.1 magazine- it has a grown up one, and I bet you could size it down for a kid!

http://www.knit1mag.com/

[walmin22]

Yes something like that. Now if I knew how to downsize and add more to the front to cover more of their forehead I would be golden!

[marykz]

I'm looking at the pattern and they call in a helmet. maybe that would help the search?

KPC has 2 vingtage ones: balaclava helmet and balaclavas
http://www.hjsstudio.com/redbala.html

that link has several styles

and this one is cute and might be easier to modify:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/12972-popup.html

http://www.agoodyarn.net/PT_Helmet.htm

BINGO!!! a toddler version!!!
http://www.knitlist.com/99gift/toddler-helmet.htm

[MN knitter]

Hey I saw this last week, when I signed up here and thought I'd try that toddler hat. I am so lost in the decress part where you shape the top of the head. Am I reading it wrong? Even if I draw it out I get a really short thing on one side and a long thing on the other side. Where it says repeat till 14 stiches remain do you repeat the last 3 rows or the last 2 rows? I think the pattern might be wrong but I am a self taught fairly new knitter so I don't really know.

Jennifer

[suzeeq]

Usually you do a dec row, then a plain row, then dec, plain, etc. I don't know which pattern you're using specifically to know how it's worded.

[MN knitter]

http://www.knitlist.com/99gift/toddler-helmet.htm

this oneShape
Top of Head:

Continuing in your chosen pattern, k 33 (34) sts, k2 tog tbl, turn.
Next row: sl1, p12, p2 tog, turn.
Next row: sl1, K12, k2 tog tbl, turn.

Work in this way until 14 sts remain. slip sts onto a spare needle, break yarn.
this is where I am lost

going to go try drawing it out with a row of plain knitting. Tired of ripping.

Jennifer

[suzeeq]

I answered the other post...

It's short row knitting. The 2 sts k tog tbl are the one you slipped on the previous row and one new one from the left needle. That will eat up sts from both sides of the hood one by one.

[walmin22]

This is good to know. Thanks. I haven't been able to start knitting this yet.

[Jan in CA]

I have this one bookmarked.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/R...4/tthelmet.htm