The Pale Duck is a beanie inspired by the Crazy Christmas Suit from Hitman III.

If, like me, you are ambivalent about assassins -- no matter how fine their handknitted headgear -- consider this design a tribute to the Duck Man of Discworld instead. Should anyone ask you why there are ducks on your hat, you should of course reply: “What ducks?”

The pattern calls for sport weight yarn in the following quantities:

White 80m/87 yards
Green 55m/60 yards
Red 30m/33 yards
Orange or yellow 1.5m/1.6 yards

The sample hat was knitted in Rauma Finullgarn, 175m/50g. Finull is a woollen-spun rustic Norwegian yarn that knits up much more robustly and thickly than a worsted-spun Merino yarn of the same yardage and weight.

Happy Hogswatch!