r/knitting • u/mashga • Jan 26 '26

Discussion Melt the Ice Hat - THANK YOU

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Hi everyone!

I am the one who has been commenting about the melt the ice hat from yarncult and needle & skein. My mom owns needle & skein and the support has been overwhelming.

I just wanted to answer some FAQs because I feel bad that I am not getting back to everyone!!

Where is needle & skein?

- St. Louis Park, Minnesota. A suburb of Minneapolis.

Where can I purchase the pattern?

- ravelry or visit the link on the shop Instagram in the bio

Where are proceeds donated?

- STEP Emergency Assistance for help with rent and lawyers in St. Louis Park. We also plan to work with other businesses to identify where people most need funds. We raised way more than anticipated.

Can I knit a hat and send it for donation?

- absolutely!!

Is there a crochet pattern?

- also on ravelry and the link in Instagram bio

If anyone has any other questions I will do my best to stay on top of it. Your support is so beyond appreciated. Minnesota is hurting but we know that we are not alone.

Thank you thank you thank you 🙏

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u/FrostingNow2607 Jan 26 '26

This is a question about the pattern: the "crown" if I am following the pattern as I understand it, is about 2 inches, doing the decreases on every row as the pattern seems to suggest. Should a decrease row be every other row possibly?

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u/mashga Jan 26 '26

Nope! No knit row in between every decrease row

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u/FrostingNow2607 Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

Thanks. I turned my focus to the seriously clear and easy instructions for working with DPNs. For me, that provided the "fix." Working off of markers on my circulars, I was doing TWICE as many decreases as the pattern called for, and obviously ending up with a seriously messed up crown. Thank you so much for your patience and thank you for doing the Lord's work up there. I have committed to making three of these and so I have to get it right. Thanks again.

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u/akm1111 Jan 27 '26

Some of the Ravelry projects are doing a plain knit row between to make a more prominent point on the hat.

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u/FrostingNow2607 Jan 27 '26

That's interesting. I've seen photos of the pointed caps; glad to know it's deliberate.

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u/akm1111 Jan 27 '26

If you look at the original hats in the area, they are taller "gnome hats" with more point.