#Stashbuster

The Holy City Hat is a nod to my beloved adopted hometown, Charleston, SC. Charleston is nicknamed “The Holy City” due to its history of tolerance of all religions and numerous historic churches. While simultaneously trying to mimic the effects of stained glass and playing around with the classic honeycomb stitch, I adapted and created a new stitch. The hat is knit bottom-up. This project is an excellent stashbuster to use up your leftovers from shawl and sock projects, so feel free to play around! The pattern instructions refer only to MC (main color) and CC (contrasting color). Because you may use as few as one CC or as many as ten, arrange them as desired and progress through your unique sequence, changing CC’s at the beginning of each block. That said, if you’d like to work with exactly the Manos Del Uruguay Fino yarn I used, those colors are provided.

This pattern has been reviewed by a TKGA-certified Tech Editor.

Sizes (Brim Circumferences)
Baby: 16.75”/42.5cm
Toddler: 19.25”/49cm
Small: 21.5”/54.5cm
Medium: 22.5”/57cm
Large: 23.25”/59cm
XL: 24”/61cm
XXL : 24.75”/63cm
Please note that the hat is intended to be worn over the forehead, past the ears, and across the nape of the neck, which is why the circumferences are slightly larger than a hat worn only around the forehead.

Level
Intermediate

Skills Used
Corrugated Ribbing (Please note that should you choose to do standard ribbing you should make your hat a bit smaller as corrugated ribbing is tighter than standard because of the stranding in the back).
Jogless Join
Knitting in the Round
Slip Stitches

Materials
Light Fingering Weight Yarn as follows (It is possible to substitute a heavier Fingering Weight, but you will need to go down a needle size to match gauge):
Baby: 10g main color, 35g total of up to 6 different colors
Toddler: 20g main color, 40g total of up to 7 different colors
Small: 25g main color, 60g total of up to 10 different colors
Medium: 30g main color, 70g total of up to 10 different colors
Large: 35g main color, 80g total of up to 10 different colors
XL: 40g main color, 90g total of up to 10 different colors
XXL: 45g main color, 100g total of up to 10 different colors

Needles
U.S. Size 3 (3.25mm) 16” circular needles or size needed to match gauge U.S. Size 3 (3.25mm) double-pointed needles or size needed to match gauge

Gauge
Body: 38 stitches & 48 rounds = 4”/10cm in pattern
Edging: 40 stitches & 48 rounds = 4”/10cm in pattern

Tools
Blunt tapestry needle
Stitch markers
Tape Measure/Ruler

The sample size in the photos is Adult Medium.

Happy Knitting!