I've been learning how to knit (poorly) and started designing my own two-tone patterns. I used worsted weight wool and US 7 round needles. Cast on is 120; each dinosaur is 30 wide and 25 tall (23 tall if you ignore the bottom two rows).
I would recommend a knit-purl for the bottom 6 rows before you start the second color, but obviously I didn't actually do that for this hat. Click on the image of the chart for the larger version
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The orange bars are not part of the pattern, they just show where to put the yarn markers
To finish the pattern I did:
1) knit 11, k2tog*, repeat thru 1 round
2) knit 1 round
3) knit 10, k2tog, repeat thru 1 round
4) knit 1 round
5) knit 9, k2tog, repeat thru 1 round
6) knit 1 round
7) knit 8, k2tog, repeat thru 1 round
8) knit 1 round
9) knit 7, k2tog, repeat thru 1 round
10) knit 1 round
11) knit 6, k2tog, repeat thru 1 round
12) knit 1 round
13) knit 5 k2tog thru 1 round,
14) knit 4 k2tog thru 1 round,
15) knit 3 k2tog thru 1 round,
16) knit 2 k2tog thru 1 round,
17) knit 1 k2tog thru 1 round,
18) k2tog 1 round
Use darning needle to tie off.
*k2tog - grab two stitches instead of one and knit them together to decrease the total number of stitches by one
