Yarn
A-Wilbur
B-Arctic Heather
C-Artic Pool Heather
D-Baltic Heather
E-Mink Heather
F-Wendy
G-Winkle

Notes

• Simply Wool yarn is slightly thicker than Wool of the Andes. Therefore, I CO (refined cable CO) and worked ribbing with US 7 needles.

• Worked body of hat with US 8 needles.

• m1 midway through round 13 in chart A and k2tog midway through round 1 in chart B so that an odd numbered stitch count would maintain the checker board pattern at BOR without interruption in rounds 14-18 in chart A.

• Used helical striping in crown decreases.

• I found this hat was too tall, as others have commented. I decreased the height by switching to US 7 needles at round 19 (chart B), US 6 at round 21, and US 5 at round 23. Starting at round 31, I used grey yarn for remainder of hat. I stopped at round 33 (stitch count=24) and closed hat with double cinch method I describe on my Spur Hat project page.

• Fit was tight prior to blocking, but responded nicely to aggressive blocking (used balloon).