Got cats? Show your love of these delightful miniature
tigers with the Silver Tabby Hat. Seven felines rest peacefully on a shelf that encircles the hat. A colorwork lace design then transitions into the crown of the hat. Perhaps these tabbies are soaking up the sun in a winter windowsill?

This pattern has been professionally tech edited and test knit to reduce the potential for error.

CONSTRUCTION

Hat is cast on using a crochet provisional cast-on that is the basis for a tubular cast-on. Ribbing is then worked in the round. A change to larger sized needles is made and the work then continues in the round and transitions to the body of the hat.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Tubular Cast On (explained), Longtail or Cable Cast On (optional)
• Knit and purl stitches
• Slipped stitches
• Decrease stitches - CDD
• Knowledge of color work (3 color)

INSTRUCTIONS

Colorwork and crown shaping are charted (ribbing is not). Includes complete written directions so the ability to read a chart is not necessary to work this pattern.

YARN NOTES

Select a yarn with good stitch definitional and little to no halo so that your color work is shown to its best advantage.

ADDITIONAL NOTIONS

You will also need:
2 yds (2 m) green/gold worsted superwash wool yarn for cats eyes
2 yds (2 m) pink worsted superwash wool yarn for cats noses (Malabrigo Rios 689 Valentina used in sample)
G-6 (4.0 mm) crochet hook (for provisional cast-on)
2.7 yds (2.5 m) scrap contrasting color worsted yarn (for crochet provisional cast-on)
Stitch marker
Cable needle
Tapestry/blunt yarn needle