The pattern includes instructions for either the hat or the cowl, depicting a geographically inaccurate representation of Ayrshire, a county on the west coast of Scotland. There’s the Barony A Frame, the Burns monument in Alloway, Turnberry Lighthouse and of course, Ailsa Craig, all nestling on a bed of waves. You can omit the waves for a snugger fitting hat.

The pattern is one-size, to fit an adult head approx. 22” circumference. The pattern is knit with two colours of Kinross 4ply and uses one hank of each colour for either the hat or the cowl version. The sample shown is knit with Granite and Seashell. They are knit in the round using stranded knitting. There are some long floats so please make sure you are comfortable with catching floats for this design. It uses 3mm needles for the ribbing and 3.25mm for the body.

The cowl version is made by repeating the chart twice round with ribbing at the top and the bottom, it can also be made from a single 50g hank of Kinross 4ply in each of two colours. The hat uses about 25g of the foreground colour and 30g of the background colour. The cowl uses about 40g of both colours.

If you are interested in other areas of Scotland we have an Edinburgh Skyline, Glasgow, the Granite City, and Stirling, as well as a handful of locations from south of the border.