Well, not twist exactly – it you’re knitting right to left, and come to the end of a color (say, changing from orange to brown), what I did was lay the working end of the orange over top of the loose end of the brown strand (crossing over the strand right to left, so the loose end of the orange dangled behind the brown knitted area), and then picked up the brown strand from the right, and continued working to the left. I know this is really confusing, but I can’t think of how else to explain it.

Crossing the orange over the brown before you drop the orange and continue knitting with the brown kind of locks them together. I don’t think it’s an official knit stitch, but it worked well. You can also see on the inside of the hat how it came out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/2080905022/

I hope this helps, but if I can clarify anything further, please let me know. Good luck.

As for the Dallas hat, I think just trying to make the hat look as close to the helmet as possible is best. The stars might pose a problem, which is why I’m very happy the Browns have a plain helmet.

I hope that makes sense. It seems like there should be a much easier way to do this, but this is just the way that I came up with.

Hope I don’t offend you, but I plan to make one in Dallas Cowboy colors – blue, gray and a touch of white. Do you think the main color should be blue or gray?

Keep up the good work!

*When I typed “librarianship,” Firefox’s built-in spell check caught it and suggested “librarians hip.” Why yes, Firefox, we are very hip.

This is the first time I’ve made a comment on your site, but you are definitely one that I Blogline. You’re very smart, and I always learn something on your ref questions of the week posts. Thanks!