Einstein-rosen Bridge Hat by Vanessa Chapman

Einstein-rosen Bridge Hat

Knitting
January 2015
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
109 - 219 yards (100 - 200 m)
Medium (average size head)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This hat is inspired by the movie Thor, in which Jane, Thor’s girlfriend, is extremely passionate about astrophysics and describes in a scene, an Einstein-rosen bridge, as a wormhole in space. Meanwhile, Thor explains that he travels through space via a rainbow bridge. Put scientific theory and legend together and out pops this hat. I could easily see Jane wearing this while trying to reconcile particle data, or looking for Thor. It has a plain grey background along which the rainbow runs, is knit flat, and has a broken rib band and short row shaping to shape the crown, which is finished off with Kitchener stitch and so is worn cat-hat style (the short row shaping makes the ‘ears’ more subtle), or the corners can be tucked inside to look like a normal beanie.