Pottmütz: Re-creating a Forgotten Cap by Cornelie Müller-Gödecke (Wockensolle)

Pottmütz: Re-creating a Forgotten Cap

Knitting
July 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
33.5 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 0 - 2.0 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
2674 yards (2445 m)
one size
English

Re-create a knitted colorwork cap inspired by the traditional costume worn by peasant men on the island of Rügen. A warm and woolly pottmütz will keep you toasty on chilly fall days.

Materials

  • Limbažu Ti‐ne 100% Latvian wool, heavy fingering weight, 382 yards (350 m)/3.7 oz (105 gram) skein,1 skein each of gray, brown, red, white, green, black, and blue. Note: The cap shown used about 1.4 oz (40 grams) each of gray and brown; 0.4 oz (12 grams) each of red, white, green, and black; and a very small amount of blue.
  • Needles, size 0–1½ (2–2.5 mm) set of 5 double-pointed needles (dpn), or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Stitch marker
  • Smooth, contrasting waste yarn for provisional CO
  • Circular (cir) needle 16” (40 cm) one size larger than main needles for provisional CO
  • Tapestry needle

Finished measurements: 22” (55.6 cm) head circumference and 13” (33 cm) tall, not including the pom-pom

Gauge: 33½ sts and 35 rounds = 4” (10.2 cm) in St st