During my summer sojourns, Sacket’s Harbor is the first signpost once I’ve left the interstate. It’s a quiet gem, the first leg of the Seaway Trail, and offers gorgeous, cool Lake Ontario vistas. It has a slightly retro vibe with roadside bars and cafes closed years ago by the building of I-81. I love it, and I often fantasize about how it must look in the off-season, foggy and damp with big fat snowflakes falling on icy waters. That’s my inspiration for the Sackets Harbor Hat and the matching Sackets Harbor Mittens.

This hat, suitable for men and women, is a simple stranded knitting project, knit in the round, and perfect for the first-time fair isle knitter. Hat and mittens can be worked in any worsted weight yarn, but yardage may vary with content.

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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Hat is designed with 1” negative ease
After blocking:
17-1/2 (19-1/2, 21-3/4, 24)”

SUGGESTED YARN:
Knit Picks Simply Wool Worsted (100% Eco
Wool; 219 yds/100 g) MC #27473 Winkle, CC
#27469 Wendy 1 skein each.

NEEDLES:
US 6, 4.00 mm circular needle with min. 40”
cable (for Magic Loop) and a set of 5 double
pointed needles for shaping (opt), or for
multi-needle knitting.

NOTIONS:
1 distinctive marker (m) for beg of rnd, 5
removable markers (rm).

GAUGE:
22 sts and 32 rows = 4”/10 cm in stockinette st
after blocking.