Owls All Around You Hat by Nettina Conkey

Owls All Around You Hat

Crochet
January 2017
Sport (12 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 12 rows = 4 inches
in double crochet
4.0 mm (G)
330 yards (302 m)
Small/Medium/Large
US
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Owls All Around You is a highly textured hat. It has owls that wrap around the head and an owl on each earflap. There are tassels with spirals on the ends to tie under the chin. As well as many other details. There is an option to work the hat in two colors and/or without the earflaps.

Sizing information. The circumference of the hat is 21 inches small/24 inches medium/27 inches large.
Also included are instructions to custom size the hat.

Materials. Yarn: 330 yards/150 grams sport weight. Models are made with 3 skeins of Knit Picks “Wool of the Andes” superwash which is labeled worsted weight but runs really thin.
Crochet Hook: Size 6/G (4.00mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.

Optional: Locking stitch marker.

Skill Level: Intermediate - because of crochet cables and general complexity.

Stitches used: Chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, front post double crochet, spike double crochet, treble crochet, front post treble crochet, back post treble crochet, picot, chainless starting double crochet.

Pattern is written using US terms.

For best results read through the entire pattern before starting the hat. Instructions for custom sizing, working in two colors and making a hat without earflaps are all at the end of the pattern.