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Pattern Notes:

• The hat is knit from the brim up.

• The cast-on is done in a contrasting colour for added detail on the brim.

• The brim is a 1x1 rib which is knit long enough for a folded brim.

• The body of the hat features a combination of twisted stitches and colourwork knitting, to create a quilted effect.

• It is advised to lock colourwork floats every 7 stitches.

Skill level: advanced beginner; comfortable with both stranded colourwork and cables or twisted stitches.

Gauge:
22 sts x 23 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in chart pattern in the rnd after blocking.
Each pattern repeat is 18 sts = 3.25” / 8.25 cm wide after blocking.

Size:
1, 2
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
A. Hat circumference 19.5” (22.75”) / 49.5 (58) cm
B. Height 9” / 23 cm

Yarn:
MC (main colour): Triskelion Yarn Scylfing Aran (75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Gotland: 170 m / 186 yds – 100 g).
Colour: Rain-washed
1 skein
CC (contrast colour): Spincycle Yarns Dream State (100% Superwash American wool: 137 m / 150 yds – 100 g).
Colour: Melancholia
1 skein
OR
Desired Worsted weight yarn in the following amounts:
MC:125 m / 137 yds
CC: 85 m / 93 yds

Notions:
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle

Techniques used: stranded colourwork, twisted stitches, ribbing, knitting with 2 colours, knitting in the round, decreases for crown shaping, reading chart pattern