I really enjoy canning! One of my favorite things to can are the berries that we pick throughout the summertime. The sweet smell of fresh berries cooking is so wonderfully pleasant. The berries are then preserved in beautiful jars to brighten the most dreary winter days. The stitch pattern used in this hat reminded me of those beautiful, ripe berries in little baskets. Now you can knit yourself a brightly colored hat to chase away those dreary winter days as a reminder that summer is just around the corner.

Materials

Difficulty: 3 out of 5 stars.

NOTE ON YARN: Malabrigo Washted is listed as a Worsted weight but the skein that I had knitted up closer to a DK weight instead. That being said, the gauge I got was 24 sts and 32 rows=4 inches on US 7. If you can get gauge with a DK or Worsted weight yarn then that will probably be fine. Please make sure that you get gauge or your hat most likely won’t fit.

Yarn Used: Malabrigo Washted: Cereza
Yarn Required for Pattern: 1 skein of Malabrigo Washted or approximately 160-185 yards of a DK weight yarn

Needles:
US 6 (4.0 mm )16 inch circular needle
US 7 (4.5 mm) 16 inch circular needle
(or as required to meet gauge)
US 7 (4.5 mm) DPNs or magic loop for crown decreases

Gauge:
24 sts and 32 rows =4 inches on US 7 in stockinette stitch in the round

Sizes:
Average Female Size (21-22 inch head circumference)

Notions:
stitch marker or progress keeper for marking the beginning of the round, darning needle for weaving in ends

Abbreviations, Definitions and Techniques
K-knit
P-purl
CO-cast on
PM-place marker
rep-repeat
CN-cable needle
LH-left hand
RH-right hand
st/s-stitch/stitches
DPNs-double pointed needles
MB-Make Bobble-(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1) all in the next stitch; turn work to the WS, k5; turn work to the RS, k2togtbl; return the st to the LH needle and from left to right, pass the remaining 3 sts, one at a time, over the k2togtbl st, knit that st, returning it to the RH needle. Bobble Complete.
C2FP-Slip 1 st to CN and hold in front, p1 from LH needle then k1 from CN.
C2BP-Slip 1 st to CN and hold in back, k1 from LH needle then p1 from CN.
k2tog-knit 2 sts together as one st.
SSK/ssk-slip 1 st as if to knit, slip the second st as if to knit and knit the 2 sts together through the back loop.