What’s more satisfying than stranded colorwork? Watching the pattern grow under your fingertips is a thrill like no other; it keeps you whispering, “just one more repeat…” The Grow Your Own Way Hat lets your true colors shine – whether they’re luscious rainbow mini-skeins or leftovers from other projects. Now get growing!

What testers had to say:

• “I loved how the colorwork pattern mirrored! Kept it from getting too repetitive, but still easy enough to Knitflix. Picking colors was so much fun.”
• “I think this would be a great first colorwork project for anyone who was nervous to try.”
• “Fun pattern to knit. I love the finished product! So many possibilities for different color combinations!”

Skills:
Knitting in the round, stranded colorwork (provided as both written and charted instructions), K2tog decreases.

For a tutorial video on knitting stranded colorwork, visit the Kino Knits YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/ovQCTmc-PP0.

Color dominance is important in this pattern. The MC should be dominant, meaning it should be carried underneath the CC yarn on the wrong side of the work. For an excellent explanation of color dominance, see https://ysolda.com/blogs/journal/colour-dominance.

Yarn:
Fingering-weight yarn in 7 colors.
Sample shown in Whimzee Stitches Deluxe Sock Hi-Twist (85% superwash merino/15% nylon; 393 yards/359 m per 3.5 oz/100 g). Colorways: Pride Rainbow with White minis.

Get kits for the Grow Your Own Way Hat and Mitts from Whimzee Stitches.

Hat Actual Sizes:
(Choose a size 2-4”/5-10 cm smaller than your head circumference.)

• 1: 7.5”/19 cm circumference, 6”/15 cm height
• 2: 9.5”/24 cm circumference, 6.5”/16.75 cm height
• 3: 11.25”/28.5 cm circumference, 7”/18 cm height
• 4: 13.25”/33.5 cm circumference, 6.5”/16.5 cm height
• 5: 15”/38 cm circumference, 7”/18 cm height
• 6: 17”/43 cm circumference, 8”/20.5 cm height
• 7: 18.75”/47.5 cm circumference, 8.75”/22 cm height
• 8: 20.75”/52.5 cm circumference, 9.25”/23.5 cm height

Yarn Amounts (includes 15% buffer):
MC: White, CC1: Purple, CC2: Blue, CC3: Green, CC4: Yellow, CC5: Orange, CC6: Red

• 1: MC: 30 yds/27 m, CC1-4: 8 yds/7 m each, CC5-6: 5 yds/5 m each
• 2: MC: 36 yds/33 m, CC1-4: 10 yds/9 m each, CC5: 7 yds/6 m, CC6: 10 yds/9 m
• 3: MC: 45 yds/41 m, CC1-4: 11 yds/10 m each, CC5: 10 yds/9 m, CC6: 15 yds/14 m
• 4: MC: 60 yds/55 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 11 yds/10 m, CC6: 15 yds/14 m
• 5: MC: 65 yds/59 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 15 yds/14 m, CC6: 22 yds/20 m
• 6: MC: 90 yds/82 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 15 yds/14 m, CC6: 31 yds/28 m
• 7: MC: 115 yds/105 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 20 yds/18 m, CC6: 41 yds/37 m
• 8: MC: 127 yds/116 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 20 yds/18 m, CC6: 52 yds/48 m

Gauge:
34 stitches and 40 rounds per 4”/10 cm with larger needles in colorwork pattern in the round, blocked.

Tools:

• 4-11 stitch markers, depending on size (1 unique to mark beginning of round)
• tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Needles:
US 1 and 2 (2.25 and 2.75 mm) needles for knitting a small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge.

Social Media:
Please post your hat with the hashtags #GrowYourOwnWayHat and #kinoknits on social media. Please also tag @kinoknits.

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