Tress Hat by Anna Rauf

Tress Hat

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Knitting
December 2015
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Cable pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
160 - 190 yards (146 - 174 m)
L (51-56 cm / 20-22”), depth of the hat: 25 cm / 9.75” from cast on edge (customizable),
English
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Tress Hat is a seamless hat knit from the bottom up with lots of cables. The pattern is written in one size, to fit most heads with a circumference of 51-56 cm / 20-22”. The pattern is written for circular needles and uses Magic Loop for crown shaping.

Size (head circumference, estimated yardage):
L (51-56 cm / 20-22”),
depth of the hat: 25 cm / 9.75” from cast on edge (customizable),
175 m / 190 yds

Gauge:
18 stitches x 28 rows = 10 cm / 4” in Stockinette Stitch
25 stitches x 30 rows = 10 cm / 4” in Cable Pattern

Suggested yarn:

  • Plucky Bello Worsted (55% Merino, 45% Cashmere, 183 m / 200 yds in 105 g / 3.7 oz)

Other materials:

  • circular needles in two sizes – first in size needed to obtain gauge, second in 1 mm down (the sample was made using 5.0 mm and 4.0 mm / US 8 and US 6)
  • tapestry needle
  • 1 stitch marker

Tress Hat was designed in collaboration with The Plucky Knitter.