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Are you an avid naturalist? With its stylized pine trees, the Pine Croft Toque is designed for the learning knitter interested in stranded knitting in the round following a chart. The medium-weight yarn makes this a quick weekend project. Above all, this design is great for using up stash yarn!

This pattern is named after my grandparents’ summer home, Pine Croft - an old settler farmhouse built in the 1880’s on a point overlooking a beautiful lake in Muskoka (Canada). My grandfather planted many white pines there, which have grown into tall, majestic trees that still stand today.

Yarn/Quantity
ĺstex Léttlopi – 100% Icelandic Wool (50 g/1.76 ounces, 100 m/109 yds).
MC: 0051 White - 1 (1, 1)
CC: 1405 Bottle green – 0.15 (0.15, 0.15)
9421 Celery green heather – 0.15 (0.15, 0.15)
9426 Golden heather – 0.15 (0.15, 0.15)
0005 Black heather – < 0.1 (0.1, 0.1)
1414 Violet heather – < 0.1 (0.1, 0.1)
9431 Brick heather - < 0.1 (0.1, 0.1)
Allow more yarn if making a pompom (optional).

Needles / Notions
4.0 mm (US 6) circ needle (40 cm/16 in)
5.0 mm (US 8) circ needle (40 cm/16 in)
1 set of double-pointed 5.0 mm (US 8) needles or circ needle for magic loop
stitch markers
tapestry needle
pompom maker (optional)

Gauge
18 sts and 20 rows to 10 cm (4”) in stranded stocking stitch on 5.00 mm circ needle.

Sizing / Fit S (M, L)
Wear with negative ease of approximately 5-6.5 cm/2-2.5 ins, allowing for a snug fit over the head and ears.
Head circumference - 52 (55, 58) cm/20.5 (22, 23.5) in, measuring from the middle of the forehead to below the ears and around the back of the neck.
The sample is knitted in size M to fit a head circumference of 56 cm/22 in.

Techniques used - Tubular cast-on (1/1 ribbing); knitting in the round; stranded knitting.

Level - Easy