Get your knitting fix with this blend of chevron techniques and gorgeously speckled, subtle yarns. Snug and comfy ribbing fades into a small band of stranded colourwork and emerges as cables and seed-stitch chevrons on the other side. This hat is all about texture and colour!

The ribbing is knit up nice and snug to keep your ears cozy during a Canadian cold spell, and the main part of the hat is drapey and slouchy for a stylish and flattering fit. The cables decrease in pattern to form a slightly gathered crown, so even if you choose not to use a pom pom your hat will look just right.

This pattern is part of the Ontario stop in the Cross Country Canada Roadtrip Knitalong!!

Sign-ups are free, you can join in at any time, and you’ll get a coupon code emailed to you! CarolynMac and I have each designed a hat using Hilori’s fantastic yarn for your November knitting pleasure.

You can join the KAL in the Ravelry group Hilori’s Magical Yarnorium Hang-out here:

https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/hiloris-magical-yarnorium-hang-out/3517274

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About the Yarn
Hilori’s Magical Yarnorium MJ MittKit Beta is a hand-dyed kit of 2 perfectly paired colours. The yarn is a DK-weight 100% superwash merino, and the kit includes 115 grams total of yarn, in two 135 yard / 123 metre skeins.

Options are given in the pattern to change the sizing by changing the yarn weight and needle size:

• To fit a 17-18” head circumference (child size), aim for a gauge of 7 Sts per inch; use fingering-weight yarn and size 2 US / 2.75 mm needles for the ribbing and 5 US / 3.75 mm needles for the rest.

• To fit a 24” or larger head circumference, aim for a gauge of 5 Sts per inch; use DK- to light worsted-weight yarn and size 4 US / 3.5 mm needles for the ribbing and 8 US / 5 mm needles for the rest.

The Coldspell pattern, as all my patterns are, is given in both charted and written format.