Designer: Jennifer Leigh
This is the pattern for my ideal winter hat. Loose enough not to completely flatten my hair, long enough to cover my ears, easy to smush into a coat pocket, and soft against my skin. The brim’s attractive stitch pattern makes a thick fabric and won’t roll. The top has subtle texture from the thick and thin yarn which makes the plain stockinette fabric interesting but more understated than a complicated lace or cabled design.
Materials: 90 yds [82 m] of bulky weight yarn; 40 yds [36 m] of DK yarn.
Yarn Details: 2-ply hand-spun thick & thin bulky BFL yarn, 10 wpi, 720 ypp; navajo-plied DK worsted-spun BFL, 13.5 wpi.
Needles: US8 [5 mm] circular or DPNs to suit your preferred method of knitting in the round.
Gauge: BAND-23 stitches per 4”[10 cm] in horizontal herringbone pattern in DK yarn; TOP OF HAT-16 sts per 4” [10cm] in stockinette in bulky yarn.
Finished Size: 23” [58.4 cm] around band.
Other: tapestry needle for darning
Yarn Details: 2-ply hand-spun thick & thin bulky BFL yarn, 10 wpi, 720 ypp; navajo-plied DK worsted-spun BFL, 13.5 wpi.
Needles: US8 [5 mm] circular or DPNs to suit your preferred method of knitting in the round.
Gauge: BAND-23 stitches per 4”[10 cm] in horizontal herringbone pattern in DK yarn; TOP OF HAT-16 sts per 4” [10cm] in stockinette in bulky yarn.
Finished Size: 23” [58.4 cm] around band.
Other: tapestry needle for darning
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