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     In other news, I am in the process of adapting a hat pattern that I like.  Not for a modified and improved hat but for a scarf.  A scarf to go with a hat I've already knitted.  

     The adaptation process is a little tricky.  While the hat is knitted in the round, the scarf is knitted flat.  Any knit stitch that is knitted through the back stitch to twist it on the right side (and there are many such stitches) must be turned clockwise and purled on the wrong side.  

     Further adding to the difficulty is the fact that the chart is charted for every row.  In a lot of charts, the even-numbered rows are the same stitch and not even shown on the chart, and are thus rather simple to convert to flat knitting.  Not so with this pattern's chart.  The stitches are worked as they present themselves just as they are in the row below.  Apart from turning the purls.  So, you see a knit stitch below, you knit a stitch.  At first I found it hard to see which was which.  So, I turned to the chart.  You have to read the chart the other way, left to right, on the even rows and do the opposite of the symbol as given.  That was worse and I went back to examining the stitches. 

     Anyway, it is a challenge.  And I consider the effort to be worth it for the end result.  I think that once it is done, the scarf is going to be well received by its recipient.