Windy Acres by Denise Hebner

Windy Acres

Knitting
January 2025
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Fingering
= Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in using Chart D or Chart I (depending on project selected)
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
319 - 691 yards (292 - 632 m)
S (M, L): 20 (20.75, 21.5)” / 51 (53, 55) cm
English
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Highlights
Windy Acres Stocking Cap is knit in the round from the brim up. The design uses up to two colors per round, incorporates several motifs, Latvian Braids and Nupps for added texture. Both charted and written directions are provided for 5 and 10-color Stocking Caps; however, use more or less colors to suit your creative mood.

Skills
Knit and purl in the round, decreases using ssk and k2tog, stranded colorwork, Latvian braid and 7-Stitch Nupp.

Sizes S (M, L): 20 (20.75, 21.5)” / 51 (53, 55) cm
Height 18.75” / 48 cm

Hebner Farmette Alpaca Amore 2-Ply Kits are available. The kit includes 5 skeins of yarn and the Windy Acres pattern.

5-Color Stocking Cap using Worsted
Hebner Farmette, Alpaca Amore 2-Ply, Worsted
(125 yd / 114 m per 1.75 oz / 50 g skein)
1 skein of each color or use yd / m of similar weight
C1: Vasco (black), or 75 (78, 81) yd / 69 (71, 75) m
C2: Treysi (white), or 88 (92, 95) yd / 80 (84, 87) m
C3: Mika (gray) or 60 (62, 65) yd / 55 (57, 59) m
C4: Aymara (brown) or 53 (55, 57) yd / 48 (50, 52) m
C5: Fiorella (fawn) or 43 (45, 46) yd / 39 (41, 42) m

10-Color Stocking Cap using Fingering held double
Harrisville Designs, Shetland Fingering
(217 yd / 198 m per 1.75 oz / 50 g skein)
1 skein of each color or use yd / m of similar weight
C6: Grass, or 70 (73, 76) yd / 64 (67, 69) m**
C7: Evergreen, or 110 (114, 119) yd / 101 (104, 109) m
C8: Hyacinth, or 88 (92, 95) yd / 80 (84, 87) m
C9: Lilac, or 44 (46, 48) yd / 40 (42, 44) m
C10: Aster, or 62 (64, 67) yd / 56 (59, 61) m
C11: Pink, or 53 (55, 57) yd / 48 (50, 52) m
C12: Garnet, or 70 (73, 76) yd / 64 (67, 69) m
C13: Loden Blue, or 40 (41, 43) yd / 36 (37, 39) m
C14: Azure, or 62 (64, 67) yd / 56 (59, 61) m
C15: Marigold, or 40 (41, 43) yd / 36 (37, 39) m

Needles
US 7 (4.5 mm) 16” / 40 cm circular and DPNs
US 5 (3.75 mm) 16” / 40 cm circular

Gauge
20 sts and 20 rounds over 4” / 10 cm using US 7 (4.5 mm) to knit Chart D or Chart I (depending on project selected)