Limnion(n.) - lower and colder layer, diminutive of the Greek for “lake”

I had the pleasure of spending the Christmas holiday in Minnesota at my partner’s mother’s house.

She gifted me these beautiful natural brown and tan yarns from Goth Farm Yarn and I just knew they had to be stocking cap inspired by that lake.

The Limnion Stocking Cap’s color work patterning is meant to convey the strata of a lake, where different types of organisms
thrive, even with a thick layer of ice on top. The stocking
wears with a long floppy pom-pom on the end and the red alpaca and Navajo churro are incredibly warm for ice-fishing and ski trips.

Please share your action shots and finished hats with the hashtag #LimnionStockingCap

Sizes
1(2,3,4) extra small,(small, medium, large)

Dimensions
18(18,18,18) inches, length from bottom edge to pom-pom attachment
19(21,23,25) inches, circumference of hat opening
1 inch, ribbing length

Materials
Suggested Needles
1 US #7 (4.5 mm) circular, 16”
1 Set of 4 or 5 US #7 (4.5mm) double-pointed needles
1 US #6 (4.0 mm) circular, 16”
(Or needles to obtain desired gauge, 1 size/0.5mm difference between ribbing and body needles, smaller needles for ribbing. You may also use two circulars or do magic loop for the small circumferences at the top of the cap)

Notions
1 Beginning of round stitch marker
Crochet hook, for provisional CO, I typically use my trusty size F hook
Waste yarn, 2 yards (a smooth yarn, like cotton)
1 Tapestry needle
1 Pom-pom maker, your hand, cardboard, however you like to make pom-poms!

Gauge
22 stitches and 24 rows per 4” x 4” square in stranded color work, in the round, using
suggested needles, blocked

Suggested Yarn
MC: 1(1,1,2) skeins Goth Farms Yarns, Utisol, Red Alpaca (~185yds/95g)
CC: 1(1,1,1) skein Goth Farms Yarn, Slate, Navajo Churro (~185yds/95g)
Or other similar weight worsted yarn in contrasting colors

Yardage
MC: (170,185,200) yds
CC: 90(95,100,110) yds

I recommend using two new balls of worsted yarn, with 200 yds each you should be able to make any of the 4 sizes. My sample version ,size 3, used 185 yds of MC (Utisol)100 yds of CC (Slate) including a large 3 inch diameter pom-pom. Yardage calculations include the large pom pom.