Fleece lined, close fitting hat knitted in the round, seamlessly from the bottom up, with a small picot hem and a colourwork pattern in the middle section.

With charts as well as row by row written instructions for the colourwork sections.

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Winter is not my favourite time of the year. It’s cold, it’s dark, and if you live in the UK it rains more often than snows.

Of course there are still lots of things to love about winter. There’s Christmas with all its lights and bells and fun with the family, and when it actually snows it’s so beautiful… There’s ice skating, mulled wine, candied apples and gingerbread, and for a while everything is bejeweled with frost and glistening icicles.

But there are also ice cold hands and ears. So to keep them toasty but still stylish I decided to knit up a pair of fingerless gloves with my favourite technique, stranded knitting. To maximize the warmth and to keep my countless rings and bracelets from catching on the strands I even lined them with some cosy fleece. Then I liked them so much I made a matching headband as well, then turned that into a hat. Now I mind winter a bit less.

Yarn: So Crafty DK petrol blue, 30 g and James C. Brett Twinkle DK white, 13 g*
* can be substituted with Robin DK, Stylecraft Special DK, Knitting Essentials DK, Knitting Basket DK, Woolyhippo DK, Cygnet DK, Marriner DK, James C. Brett DK, Patons DK, pretty much any DK acrylic, or similar weight wool yarn as long as you can get gauge)

Needles: 4 mm DPNs or size to get gauge + 3,5 mm for hem

Gauge: 22 ss/30 rs in 10 cm

Size: one size, approx. 54 cm circumference and 21 cm length

Required skills/techniques:
basic knitting
stranded knitting
picot hem

Additional materials:
matching colour fleece fabric, 54,520,5 cm piece, matching colour cotton thread

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