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Cat Tracks Cap

A simple watch cap to warm you on cold days at the loom and beyond.

The Cat Tracks Cap is inspired by weaving and natural dye classes at The Little Loomhouse in Louisville, Kentucky, a weaving education center and workshop since 1939. Frank Lloyd Wright described The Little Loomhouse as “three board and batten cabins set in the dignity of nature under the mighty oaks of Kenwood Hill.” At the Loomhouse, the sun filters through the trees to create dappled light that sparks creative magic.

Worked from the bottom up, the Cat Tracks Cap features a folded brim for classic watch cap style. The stranded colorwork motif is inspired by the Cat Tracks weaving draft, a design used in Kentucky coverlets for hundreds of years. The crocheted top loop is a nod to the oak trees that surround The Little Loomhouse cabins, as a reminder that they started as tiny acorns.

SIZES
1 (2, 3) / Child (Adult S/M, Adult L)
Designed to fit with zero to 2” / 5 cm negative ease.

Finished circumference (unstretched):
18 (20, 22)” / 46 (51, 56) cm

To fit head circumference:
18-20 (20-22, 22-24)” / 46-51 (51-56, 56-61) cm

Length from bottom of brim (folded) to top of crown: 7½ (8¼, 8½)” / 19 (21, 21.5) cm

The samples are shown in Size 1 (gray) and Size 2 (blue).

YARN
MC: approx. 125 (140, 155) yds / 115 (130, 140) m of heavy worsted/Aran-weight yarn

CC: approx. 10 (15, 20) yds / 10 (15, 20) m of heavy worsted/Aran-weight yarn

The sample hats are knit in Hill & Hollow Farm worsted/Aran-weight yarn undyed (100% Jacob wool; 190 yds / 4 oz) and Hill & Hollow Farm Yarn indigo-dyed (100% wool from Cabin Hollow Farm dyed with Japanese indigo; 200 yds / 4 oz).

GAUGE
20 sts / 22 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in colorwork chart (unstretched, after blocking)
19 sts / 28 rounds = 4” /10 cm in 1x1 rib (unstretched, after blocking)

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
US Size 8 (5 mm) knitting needles (OR size needed to achieve colorwork chart gauge) suitable for working in the round (e.g., 16” circular needle and DPNs, long circular needle for magic loop, OR two circular needles)

US Size 6 (4 mm) knitting needles (OR size needed to achieve 1x1 rib gauge)

Note: Always use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking.

Stitch markers (10 total; 9 for decreases and 1 distinct BOR marker), tapestry needle

US Size H (5 mm) crochet hook (for top loop)