Made in Brooklyn | The Hats
I continue to love designing and making hats - they're satisfying on so many levels. They involve just enough shaping to play with interesting motifs or techniques and take just long enough to feel substantial without being a major commitment. They're a great canvas for colorwork or cables and a great way to show off that special yarn. Aside from all of those things, I think that they can really make an outfit.




Quincy is put together in a non-traditional way and is deceptively simple! It also employs one of my favorite techniques: built-in I-cord - worked on both edges of the sideways garter stitch portion to make a piping-like border. Ariosa is a lightly spun, almost-roving-like merino cashmere blend. Super light and warm which makes the chunky hat disarmingly weightless.
Meet Laurel.
Laurel was a response to a lot of Japanese knitwear that I was (slash am always) looking at. I love how cables and bobbles can be executed unapologetically but with restraint and control - one of my favorite things about Japanese knitting in general, and something that serves as consistent inspiration for me. It's all about details.
The hat motifs remind me of vines and berries and are sure to add a bit of whimsy to any ensemble.
For the beret-shape, I blocked the hat over a kitchen plate, approximately 10" in diameter. Cardboard circles work great as well. For a less flared shape the hat can also be blocked without this form to have a more beanie-like silhouette.
And, meet the Beaumont Twins:
Don't you love what a little angora can do to colorwork? Smokey!
Aside from the number of colors used, the hat is worked from the same pattern at different gauges to create the different styles. Like Laurel, the Tam version is shaped over a 10"-ish circular form during blocking (careful not to stretch the ribbing during that process!)
I hope you enjoy these toppers - stay tuned for more pattern profiling this week!
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RAVELRY LINKS
Beaumont Tam on Ravelry
Quincy on Ravelry
Laurel on Ravelry
*All of these patterns are also available as individual PDF downloads through Ravelry or through my pattern page here.*
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