The second of my stash dive hats, this one was knitted with my Mom in mind, she loves dogs and all shades of blue - and her dog, Gatsby, is a lovely rust/red colour. I had a small amount of the rust brown left in my stash, along with small amounts of turquoise, blue and a lovely pink - hence a wavy hat with little dogs! :smiley:

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Materials:
• One 3.25mm / US size 3 circular needle, 40cm / 16” in length, or size needed to meet the required gauge.
• One 2.75mm / US size 2 circular needle, 40cm / 16” in length, or one US size smaller than needle size used to obtain gauge.
• One 3.25mm / US size 3 circular needle, 80cm / 32” or 100cm / 40” in length, for magic loop or one set of 3.25mm / US size 3 DPNs, or size needed to meet the required gauge.
• Optional: Stitch markers, one of which is used to mark the beginning of round.
• Tapestry needle for sewing in threads, and blocking materials.
• Fingering weight yarn in five colours, approximately 70m / 77yds of the Main Colour, 60m / 66yds of Contrast Colour 1, 30m / 33yds of Contrast Colour 2, 20m / 22yds of Contrast Colour 3 and 35m / 38yds of Contrast Colour 4. Sample is knitted in Miss La Motte Singles, in colourway Eliot (MC), Unknown Pink Colourway, (CC1), Space Blue (CC2), Abalone (CC3) and Rust work Ravages (CC4). Miss La Motte Singles - single ply, 100% merino wool, each 100g skein being approximately 360m / 393 yds in length.

Size:
One size, 51cm / 20” in circumference, measured flat at the widest part of the hat. The hat measures approximately 23cm / 9” from the crown to cast on edge.

Gauge:
28 stitches and 36 rows = 10cm / 4” in stranded knitting, knitted in the round, and blocked. Knitting to gauge is important to ensure that your knitted item is the correct size, and to ensure that yardage requirements are similar to those stated in the pattern.

I’d love to see your versions of the Little Dog hat, please feel free to tag me so I can see your little dog knits! @samanthawest7147