For the first hat in the Kino Knits E-Book collection, I’ve gone bold: bold in style, and bold in technique. A long gradient MC works its way up the hat in simple garter, while a dynamic panel showcases the gradient in arrows pointing up. Let’s Elevate your hat game and Elevate your skills: this hat is knit flat, back and forth, with stranded colorwork and (gasp!) intarsia. However, you’ll wrap your edge stitches so the whole thing ends up seamless! Don’t worry: the pattern explains it all for you!

Skills:
Knitting in the round, knitting flat, ribbing, stranded colorwork (charted), decreases (K2tog, P2tog, SSK), slipped and wrapped stitches. For a tutorial video on knitting stranded colorwork, visit the Kino Knits YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ovQCTmc-PP0.

Yarn:
2 contrasting colors fingering weight or sock yarn.

Sample shown in size 7 on 22”/56 cm head in KnitCircus Yarns Flying Trapeze (90% superwash targhee/10% nylon) (205 yards/187 m per 1.75 oz/50 g). Colorways: Love is Love (MC) and Quoth the Raven (CC).

Hat Actual Sizes
(Choose a size 1-3”/2.5-7.5 cm smaller than your head circumference. When between sizes, choose the smaller size. Hat height will also stretch when worn.)

• 1: 9”/23 cm circumference, 3.75”/10 cm height
• 2: 11”/28 cm circumference, 4.25”/11 cm height
• 3: 12”/30 cm circumference, 4.75”/12 cm height
• 4: 14”/36 cm circumference, 5”/13 cm height
• 5: 16”/41 cm circumference, 6.25”/16 cm height
• 6: 18”/46 cm circumference, 6.75”/17 cm height
• 7: 20”/51 cm circumference, 7.5”/19 cm height
• 8: 22”/56 cm circumference, 8.5”/22 cm height

Sample shown in size 7 on 22”/56 cm head.

Yarn Amounts (includes 15% buffer):

• 1: MC 50 yds/46 m, CC 15 yds/14 m
• 2: MC 75 yds/69 m, CC 20 yds/18 m
• 3: MC 80 yds/73 m, CC 20 yds/18 m
• 4: MC 105 yds/96 m, CC 30 yds/27 m
• 5: MC 135 yds/123 m, CC 140 yds/37 m
• 6: MC 165 yds/151 m, CC 55 yds/50 m
• 7: MC 195 yds/178 m, CC 65 yds/59 m
• 8: MC 205 yds/187 m, CC 75 yds/69 m

Gauge:
28 stitches and 62 rounds per 4”/10 cm in garter in the round, blocked

Tools:

• 2 unique stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors

Needles:
US 2 (2.75 mm) needles for knitting a small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge

Social Media:
Please post your finished hat to social media with #ElevateHat, #kinoknits, #KinoKnitsEBook, and @kinoknits.

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