How do you make a slouchy Hat elegant? With a fine-grained textural stitch, silky yarn and an intriguing envelope finish. Then again, if you want the texture without the slouch, there’s a neat beanie version that offers structured crown shaping and a deep folded brim.
Written and charted instructions are provided for a range of five sizes. The Hat is worked bottom-up in the round, and finished with Kitchener stitch.
Skills required: Knit & purl sts, knitting in the round, increases & decreases, specialist cast-on, joining live sts, Kitchener stitch
Gauge: 24 sts x 36 rows to 4in/10cm on 2.75mm needles over St.St. 24 sts x 30 rows to 4in/10cm on 3mm needles over Body stitch Pattern
Contains:
- Illustrated knitting pattern
- Metric and imperial measurements
- Sizes to fit 16 (18, 20, 21, 23) in/ 40.5 (45.75, 51, 53.25, 58.5) cm (Finished size 14.5 (16, 17.25, 18.5, 20) in/ 36.75 (40.5, 43.75, 47, 51) cm)
- Written & charted instructions
Materials you need at home:
- Slouchy 180 (214, 240, 274, 308) yd/165 (193, 217, 247, 278) m sport weight, plied yarn (Sample shown in Anzula Oasis (375yd/343m per 100g; 70% Camel, 30% Silk))
- Beanie 139 (173, 206, 240, 281) yd/127 (158, 189, 220, 257) m yarn
- 50yd/46m yarn for a 6x6in/15x15cm swatch in St.St.
- Set 2.75mm/UK12/US2 & 3mm/UK11/US2½ DPNs/Circular or size needed to obtain gauge
- 3mm crochet hook
- Approx. 3yd/3m waste yarn
- Stitch marker as necessary
- Tapestry needle
Woolly Wormhead
Woolly Wormhead is a Hat Architect.
With an instinctive flair for unusual construction and a passion for innovation, Woolly Wormhead is a designer whose patterns are trusted and celebrated by knitters all over the world. As a designer, Woolly is driven by a need to create and develop her understanding of 3D form. Communicating her ideas and sharing her specialised knowledge with her audiences is key to Woolly’s success as a designer. Woolly's high quality pattern writing ensures perfect results, teaches new skills and encourages us all to become Hat architects.
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