Monday, June 6, 2011

Zombie Killer Slouch (FREE Pattern)


Recently we watched the hilarious movie Zombieland on TV. I don't know why we hadn't heard of it before, it's a RIOT!

Needless to say, when I saw the character Little Rock's simple slouch I immediately searched for some pattern like it. Found some which were close, but not close enough. So I made up my own. I wrote down the easy pattern and it's yours free. Enjoy! It's a fast 1-2 day knit on bulky weight yarn.

Zombie Killer Slouch
Download pattern FREE


V.2 is now published (link above). Only change is alternate decrease. The blue one did not look exactly like the one in the movie, so I reworked the decreases and gave you both options. The red one uses JUST over a skein of the Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky (yarn used for my hats), so if you run out of yarn you can simply frog back and do the blue hat decrease instead.



NOTE: I posted this link in a reply below but thought it best here for anyone else who might need it. A short video on How To End a Hat.

28 comments:

  1. Hey,
    I don't mean to bug you, and I know this is random, but I was just looking at my blog stats and I've had almost 200 page views from your blog in the last 24 hours. Any idea what's going on?

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  2. I link to your blog on my blog roll (under Bible View & Study Links), and also, I published this pattern just 2 days ago and have had alot of interest in it, so since my traffic increased yours did too. Yay! Praise the Lord.

    I hope that's OK. If you'd rather I remove you from my blogroll I will.

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  3. No, that's totally awesome! In fact, I was thinking it must be a computer glitch or something, because it seemed too good to be true =) Praise the Lord!

    PS - I absolutely LOVE the dog in your banner - is that a Lhasa? He/she's too cute for words

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  4. Great! I'm so glad they are clicking through. RE the dog, it's not a Lhasa, it's a Shih Tzu, get one at For The Love of a Lhasa Rescue.

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  5. Having trouble with my comments post....
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  6. I was wondering what length circular needle you used for this pattern.

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  7. I used a 12, which made it possible to do the ribbing and the hat without having to move up to longer circs. Good question. I'll add that to the pattern.

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  8. Hi! Thank you for this pattern. I followed it easily, but am stuck at the very end! I'm doing the brown hat decrease, and i have 27 stitches left. Am I supposed to bind off the remaining stitches purl-wise? And then do what?
    Thanks again, great share!

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  9. Hi Nina, I'm sorry I didn't make that clear enough and am revising the pattern. Yes, you cut you yarn leaving a long tail. Then thread through a needle and with that needle remove your stitches purlwise, then you will be able to close up the hole and weave in your ends. If you're on Ravelry and create a project page I will be able to see your photos when you upload them if the project page is linked to the pattern.

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  10. We have a knitting group at work and we were making hats for a women's shelter. I made several hats using your pattern and a few I tailored to fit a child's head. They all turned out amazing. Of course I had to make one for myself too! Thanks for the free pattern. It looks great and it was easy to follow.

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  11. SO glad you liked it. I recently tested it in a lighter weight yarn and smaller needles, just to make sure the bulky wasn't too heavy, and the consensus is that this is perfect. I will be revising the pattern to include an alternative to the P3tog, as that is too fidgety for some.

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  12. I've been looking at slouch & beret patterns tonight until my eyes are crossed. Wouldn't you know it, when I got to the last slouch pattern in Knitting Patterns Central's hat category (in the Z's), I finally found just what I'm looking for. Praise God, indeed! Oh, and so happy to find a christian knitter blog, too. :-)

    PS-looking foward to the lighter weight yarn version of this, as well.

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  13. That just makes my day sis! God bless. To make in Aran simply switch to size 9 needles throughout, the rest of the instructions remain the same. Though my testers seem to prefer the bulky weight.

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  14. At the beginning of the pattern you say k1,p1 1-2" is that 1-2 inches or 1-2 rounds?

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  15. It's 1 to 2 inches, depending on how long you like the ribbing on your hats.

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  16. On the decrease rounds for the brown version, you say "Finish by
    taking last 27 sts. off needle purlwise." Do you mean cast-off using purl?

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    1. No. It means remove the stitches by simply placing the tapestry needle through the loops as if the tapestry needle were about to purl (from back to front). This keep from twisting the stitches. Not really a big deal on this pattern if you have already finished, since the next step is to cinch it tight and then sew in your yarn.

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  17. Hi, I'm still having some trouble with "removing the stiches". What does that entail? I'm supposed to bind off purlwise and the pull the finished work together with a yarn needle? Is there a name for that? Because I searched Youtube for a demonstration and found nothing... I'm sorry, I haven't been knitting for long and English is not my native language, so sometimes I don't grasp some concepts that well.

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    1. No problem, I found a YouTube video which shows you what you need. A picture's worth 1000 words.

      About halfway through the video she clips the yarn and threads a tapestry needle. She is taking the stitches off purl-wise as I recommend in my pattern. HOW TO END A HAT

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  18. Hello :) I'm an amateur knitter and I've been looking around for the perfect beret and I have absolutely found it here! However, I am a bit unsure of certain instructions. Firstly, are we supposed to use circular and DPNs for making this beret? If yes, when do we switch to DPNs and what size do you use? You've only seemed to mention the part about the circular needles. Secondly, for the blue beret, are we supposed to knit till the last 10 stitches in Round 7 of decreasing rounds? In other words, leave ten stitches? I don't really understand the last sentence "Finish by taking last 10 sts off needle purlwise and weave in ends." Can I simply follow the video? I would greatly appreciate it if you could explain it to me in layman terms!
    I hope my questions did not bother you. As, I've mentioned I do not have much experience with knitting and this is my first time following instructions rather than watching a video. It would be an immense help if you answer my question:) GOD BLESS YOU :)

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    1. Hi, I'm so happy you think so! Depending on the length of your circular's cable, you can just keep knitting on a circular until it's too hard to manage the stitches. Once you start decreasing, you will get to a point where the cable just isn't long enough and that's when you switch to DPNs. This goes for any future circular project.

      Yes, for the blue, (as with any hat you knit from the bottom up), the pattern tells you at which point to simply cinch up the last stitches on yarn and close up your work. For the blue one it's 10 stitches. So you simply cut your yarn, leaving a good 12-18" to work with. Thread that yarn onto a yarn needle and simply go through each stitch with that needle taking them off one by one. When all are on yarn, simply take the needle to the wrong side of the hat through the hole that's left and close it up, securing with some stitches on the inside to hide the tail and secure the whole project. The Video HOW TO END A HAT on YouTube shows you exactly what I just described.

      I'm happy to answer ANY questions, and I'm glad you posted it here for everyone who may have the same question in the future to benefit from it. God bless! I look forward to seeing your project on Ravelry if you are there.

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    2. Oh, thank you so much :) I really appreciated your help ! I just noticed that in one of your earlier comments, you mentioned that you were using 12"circular needles but in the pattern you put 10 (6.0 mm) circular 10 1⁄2 (6.5 mm)ciruclar and DPNs. What would be the preferred size of circulars?

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  19. Hello - I found your pattern on Ravelry. In one of the comments, you mentioned testing with a lighter weight yarn - I would prefer to use a worsted weight for this project (lion brand wool-ease). What size needles do you suggest to achieve the same "look"/slouchiness?
    Thanks

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    1. Since everyone's gauge is different, even if you were using the same weight yarn, I would recommend you do a 4" gauge swatch and see how many stitches you would need to c.o. As far as slouchiness, simply knit to the length the pattern tells you to before decreasing. If using a lighter weight yarn, you might want to knit an additional inch in length for same slouchiness. Hope that helps. I am sorry I didn't see your comment sooner.

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  20. Somehow zombieland and bible apologetic doesn't go together in my head. http://www.openbible.info/topics/horror_movies

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    1. I agree, and I'm not into horror movies. This is really more of a comedy. But thanks for the link, iron sharpens iron :o)

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    2. I appreciate your gracious reply as I was nervous to mention it as normally people don't react well to any negativity. I just felt it was important to say because of the non-believers that may be confused about believers in a faith that says we keep pure yet we then watch movies with nudity and violence (comedic or not) and that may confuse people. We are supposed to be different, living sacrifices for Him who bought us for a price, rather than conforming to this world. We have to shine bright for people who don't know Jesus. I am not saying this from a place where my own entertainment choices are perfect (He is working on me too) but I usually think if I would be uncomfortable to sit beside Jesus while it is on.

      That being said...the slouch is fantastic and I appreciate the pattern. Does that last bit help in making you not want to punch me quite as much? ;)

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  21. I'm not ready for circulars and want to do this on straight needles. Would I just reverse the k and p every other row and knit instead of purl on the increase round. And add a stitch to each row for the seam.

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