Litch, please. You aren’t out there throwing magic missiles with some piddly little D4s. You show up every day bringing that Half-Orc Barbarian Great Axe, “I would like to Rage” vibe. You woke up and chose violence. You’ve got Big Dice Energy.

The Big Dice Energy Hat is the second pattern in the DM collection! More is more when it comes to your dice collection, knitted and otherwise. So treat yourself to both with buy one, get one half-off on the hat and mitts through April 15th!

I designed Big Dice Energy Mitts around the time the iKnitiative Cardi was finishing up in testing as a companion piece, along with a pullover, sweater vest, and cowl. I haven’t gotten those patterns charted and sampled yet, but am excited to announce that the 3rd installment in the collections is nearly done and coming soon you’ll be able to get your hands on (and in) the Big Dice Energy Gloves: a cozy glove with full fingers designed to be a best match to the hat and a compliment to the mitts.

Notes: The Big Dice Energy Hat is worked in the round with stranded knitting. This pattern is recommended for knitters who have experience with stranded colorwork, knitting in the round, and reading charts.

Yarn
Two skeins of Lattes & Llamas Geek-A-Long Yarn (100 grams/ 328 yards) or a comparable sport weight yarn in two contrasting colorways. Sample size 3 uses “Half Orc” (65) as MC and “Palpatine”(40) as CC.

MC: 55(60, 65, 75) grams
CC: 30(35, 40, 45) grams

The yarn quantity listed above is estimated and may vary depending on yarn used, gauge variations, or
modifications.

Needles
1 set of double-pointed needles and 16-inch circular needles or extra-long circular needles to work in magic loop in the sizes listed below:

Size 1: US2 / 2.75 mm
Size 2: US3 / 3.25 mm
Size 3: US4 / 3.5 mm
Size 4: US5 / 3.75 mm

Gauge
Each size is worked in a different gauge in stranded colorwork, knit in the round and blocked. Pattern includes chart and instruction for a fully functional coffee cozy gauge swatch, and swatch yardage is accounted for in the stated yarn requirements above.

Size 1: 15 sts by 19 rows = 2”
Size 2: 14 sts by 18 rows = 2”
Size 3: 13 sts by 17 rows = 2”
Size 4: 12 sts by 16 rows = 2”

Sizing
Size 1(2, 3, 4) has an 18.5(20, 21.5, 23) inch circumference and a height of 7.5(8, 8.5, 9) inches.