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CONSTRUCTION

• Hat begins with a provisional cast on. During finishing, you will return to your provisional stitches and close the top of hat with a Joinery Bind Off.
• Hat is worked from the top down; final length is adjustable.
• Brim is also worked from the top down, separately from main body of hat.
• Hat is joined to brim by way of an I-Cord Joinery Bind Off.
• Hat is shaped completely through the use of varying needle sizes. You will use a total of 6 different needle sizes as you work.

GAUGE

• Working Gauge: 42 stitches & 42 rounds = 5″ in cable pattern with Gauge Needle; measured over Body Chart (stitches 8-49 of chart) from relaxed fabric before blocking
• Finished Gauge: 38 stitches & 42 rounds = 5″ in cable pattern with Gauge Needle; measured over Body Chart (stitches 10-47 of chart) from relaxed fabric after blocking (no stretch added; change in gauge comes from natural bloom of fabric when wet-blocked)

NEEDLES

Size A (“Gauge Needle”):

• One 16″ circular needle and one spare DPN or straight needle in size needed to obtain gauge
• 
Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

Size B:

• One set of DPNs (or long circular, if working Magic Loop method), one size smaller than Gauge Needle

• Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

Size C:

• One 16″ circular needle one size larger than Gauge Needle
• 
Suggested Size: 5 mm (US 8)

Size D:

• One 16″ circular needle two sizes larger than Gauge Needle

• Suggested Size: 5½ mm (US 9)

Size E (for Tubular Cast On only):

• One 16″ circular needle two sizes smaller than Gauge Needle

• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Size F (for I-Cord Joinery Bind Off only):

• A single DPN (or straight needle) three sizes larger than Gauge Needle, for working bind off

• Suggested Size: 6 mm (US 10)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 20″ circumference at widest point (not including brim), 8½” height; measurements taken from relaxed (unstretched) hat after blocking

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.

YARDAGE

• Approximately 240 yards of worsted weight wool yarn

YARN

• 2 skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
• Photographed in colors Fauna & Embers

6 October 2016: Version 1.2

Metric measurements added to Schematic Provisional Cast On added to Special Techniques