About:
The Peaks of Winter Hat pattern is Inspired by New Zealand’s winter peaks, with snow falling over the mountains, I designed this hat to represent some of the beautiful scenery from Aotearoa, New Zealand. This hat uses stranded colorwork, in DK / 8ply yarn, using two high contrasting colours. The Peaks of Winter Hat is designed in 5 sizes from Newborn to Adult

Recommended Yarn: DK/8ply
Two high contrasting colours of smooth, single colour, 100% Merino yarn.
The sample shown was knitted in Touch Yarns 100% Merino in colours Olive and Sage.

A tip for finding well contrasting colours is to take a photo of your two balls/skeins of yarn next to each other, then edit the photo to black and white. This will show the depth of contrast for your colour choices, in turn making sure the colorwork stands out.

Gauge:
Knit in pattern in the round, 22 stitches x 30 rounds = 10 cm / 4”

Recommended Needles: (adjust needles as required to meet gauge)
• 3.5mm / US 4, 30-40cm / 12-16” length circular needles for ribbing.
• 4mm / US 6, 30-40cm / 12-16” length circular needles for main body of hat.
• Your preferred small circumference method for the smallest hat sizes and for the crown decreases.

Notions:
• Darning needle
• Tape measure
• BOR Stitch Marker
• Scissors
• Optional: Extra stitch markers to place between pattern repeats.

Head Circumference and Meterage:
The finished hat will have approximately 4 cm / 1.5” negative ease.
If you wish to knit a folded brim, you will need to allow for 20% more yarn in your mc than what is listed below.

Sizes / Head Circumference / Hat Circumference / Meterage
NB: 33cm/13” / 29cm/11.25” / MC: 50m / 55yd CC: 25m / 27yd
Infant: 40cm/16” / 36cm/14” MC:70m / 77yd CC: 30m / 33yd
Child: 51cm/20” / 47cm/18.5” / MC: 96m / 105yd CC: 40m / 44yd
Youth: 55cm/21.5” / 51cm/20” / MC: 110m / 120yd CC: 45m / 49yd
Adult: 58cm/23” / 54cm/21.25” / MC: 115m / 126yd CC: 50m / 55yd