Join Forces – to work together to achieve a common aim or purpose.

Join Forces hat is knitted with 2 or more strands of yarn held together. Use the same colours throughout, or unite a vast collection of oddments to create a unique and personal accessory.

Join Forces is a multi-weight pattern, written for 5 different tensions corresponding to 8ply/DK through to 12-14ply/bulky weight yarns. The hat can be made with a single strand of the appropriate weight if preferred. The Join Forces hat is knitted in the round, brim up and has an optional fold-over brim. It is written for 4 sizes form child to extra-large adult.

Sizes
To fit a head circumference of;
S – 53cm/21” (child-small adult)
M - 57cm/22.5” (medium adult)
L – 61cm/ 24” (large adult)
XL – 64cm/25.5” (extra-large adult)

Tension
A: 22sts 10cm/4”
B: 20sts 10cm/4”
C: 18sts 10cm/4”
D: 16sts 10cm/4”
E: 14sts 10cm/4”
All with multiple strands held together, knitted in the round.

The smallest size, with standard brim, knitted with a single strand of 12-14ply/bulky yarn will use about 80m.

Thank you to my testers SusiKlein, Nitaknits, FireSpitter, ellenwat, MsPickford, aeforfang, alisoncuteknits and StopItHarry.