Penobscot Bay Hat by Cyrene Slegona

Penobscot Bay Hat

Knitting
December 2005
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 35.5 rows = 4 inches
in hobnail stitch pattern worked in the round.
US 7 - 4.5 mm
560 yards (512 m)
19.25" (49 cm) circumference
English
This pattern is available for free.

Pattern Description from Interweave Knits, Winter 2005: “It wasn’t until after I finished knitting this hat that I realized that the color arrangement I used relflects the colorscape I see when I look across the islands of Penobscot Bay in Maine on a sunny day - puffs of white against a variety of blues. The finishing pom-pom is like a crowning cloud. The combination of a simple but interesting pattern made this a peaceful project to knit.”

Sizing: 19.25” (49 cm) circumference that will stretch to 23” (58.5 cm).

Yarn: One skein each of 4 coordinating colors. Example uses #5-E edelweiss (white), #5-PE peacock (dark blue), #5-WG wintergreen (dark green), and #5-IB ice blue (light blue).

Needles: 16 inch (40 cm) circular and 4 double-pointed needles in size necessary to obtain gauge.

Notions: tapestry needle

This project is shown on page 118-119 of Interweave Knits, Winter 2005. The pattern is NOT in the magazine, however. Readers were instructed to find instructions for this hat as well as the other six designs on the website.