Product description
Step into your own with a cap both classic and cool. Rao is at home on any head, radiating casual comfort with a stylish edge. Waffled cartridge belt rib adds dimension to this quintessential beanie, crisply pronounced in Arbor’s Targhee wool. A slightly ruched crown draws the eye up, in praise of independent thinking and innovation. Add your personal flair with a contrasting cast on or invite the solid color to proudly speak for itself.
Designer: Stefanie Sichler
Collection: Frames
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We love Frames so much that we decided to make it even easier for you to own the collection!
Purchase the three-pattern accessories bundle on brooklyntweed.com and pay $4 less than the sum of the single patterns purchased separately. The designers will still receive their full commissions and you will have filled out your library with unisex accessories that amplify your singular style and support your unique expression.
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Rao
Cartridge Belt Rib Hat
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Product description
Step into your own with a cap both classic and cool. Rao is at home on any head, radiating casual comfort with a stylish edge. Waffled cartridge belt rib adds dimension to this quintessential beanie, crisply pronounced in Arbor’s Targhee wool. A slightly ruched crown draws the eye up, in praise of independent thinking and innovation. Add your personal flair with a contrasting cast on or invite the solid color to proudly speak for itself.
Designer: Stefanie Sichler
Collection: Frames
Share on social #RaoHat
Bundle & Save
We love Frames so much that we decided to make it even easier for you to own the collection!
Purchase the three-pattern accessories bundle on brooklyntweed.com and pay $4 less than the sum of the single patterns purchased separately. The designers will still receive their full commissions and you will have filled out your library with unisex accessories that amplify your singular style and support your unique expression.
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Pattern materials
YARN
Brooklyn Tweed Arbor — 100% American Targhee Wool (145 yards/132 meters per 50 grams)
One-Color Version
- 2 skeins
- Photographed in color Spruce
Two-Color Version
- 2 skeins of Main Color (MC); 1 skein of Color 1 (C1)
- Photographed in colors Treehouse (MC) and Seaglass (C1)
YARDAGE
One-Color Version
- 200 yards/183 meters of DK weight wool yarn
Two-Color Version
- 195 yards/179 meters MC; 5 yards/5 meters C1 of DK weight wool yarn
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Pattern specs
CONSTRUCTION
- This hat is worked circularly from the brim to the crown.
FINISHED DIMENSIONS
- 19¼"/49 cm circumference; 8"/20.5 cm length
- Note: Hat is sized to fit head sizes ranging from 19–23"/ 48.5-58.5 cm circumference.
GAUGE
- 25 stitches & 42 rows = 4"/10 cm in Cartridge Belt Rib with Size A needle, after blocking
NEEDLES
Size A (for Main Fabric)
- One 16"/40 cm circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
- Suggested Size: 3.75 mm (US 5)
Size B (optional; for Italian Tubular Cast On only)
- One pair of straight needles or a circular needle (any length), two sizes smaller than Size A
- Suggested Size: 3.25 mm (US 3)
Please note: the stitch patterns used for this accessory include written as well as charted instructions.
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Techniques
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
- Video – Italian Tubular Cast On (optional)
- Video – Rib Cabled Cast On (optional)
- Reading Charts
- Blocking 101
- Knitwear Care
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