Seasons Hat

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is worked in the round from the bottom up.

GAUGE

Colorwork Gauge: 

• 28 stitches and 32 rounds = 4″ in stranded colorwork with Colorwork Gauge needle, after blocking

Stockinette Gauge: 

• 28 stitches and 42 rounds = 4″ in single-color Stockinette with Stockinette Gauge Needle, after blocking

Ribbing Gauge: 

• 32 stitches and 48 rounds = 4″ in 1×1 ribbing with Ribbing Gauge Needle, after blocking (measurement taken with ribbing moderately stretched, but not strained)

NEEDLES

Colorwork Gauge Needle: 

• One 16″ circular in size needed to obtain colorwork gauge; suggested: US 4 (3½ mm)

Stockinette Gauge Needle:

• One 16″ circular and one set of DPNs in size needed to obtain Stockinette gauge; suggested: US 2 (2¾ mm)

Ribbing Gauge Needle: 

• One 16″ circular in size needed to obtain ribbing gauge; suggested: US 1 (2¼ mm)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• Length from base of brim to top of crown: 8 (8¼, 9¼, 9¾)”
• Circumference (unstretched): 20½ (20½, 22¼, 22¼)”

SIZES

• Adult S Beanie (Adult M Beanie, Adult S Slouchy, Adult M/L Slouchy)
• To fit head sizes 19-21 (22-23, 19-22, 22-25)”

COLORWAYS

• Autumn (Winter, Spring, Summer)

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

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• Hat Color (HC): 100 (110, 115, 120) yards
• Contrast Color 1 (CC1): 28 (28, 35, 35) yards
• Contrast Color 2 (CC2): 20 (20, 28, 28) yards
• Contrast Color 3 (CC3): 20 (20, 28, 28) yards
• Contrast Color 4 (CC4): 8 (9, 12, 12) yards

YARN

• 1 skein each of 5 colors of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in Autumn colorway and Winter colorway

COLORWAYS

• Autumn: (HC) Meteorite, (CC1) Wool Socks, (CC2) Barn Owl, (CC3): Embers, (CC4) Woodsmoke
• Winter: (HC) Snowbound, (CC1) Nest, (CC2) Woodsmoke, (CC3) Truffle Hunt, (CC4) Fossil
• Spring: (HC) Blanket Fort, (CC1) Thistle, (CC2) Sweatshirt, (CC3) Plume, (CC4) Fossil
• Summer: (HC) Faded Quilt, (CC1) Almanac, (CC2) Barn Owl, (CC3) Old World, (CC4) Woodsmoke

25 July 2012: Version 2.0

On Page 4, under “Written Crown Shaping”, Row 2 has been updated as follows: 

Round 2: Knit 9, slip Marker B, k2tog, knit 7, *slip Marker A, knit 9, slip Marker B, k2tog, knit 7; repeat from * to the end of round. (This revision only affected the written instructions; the charted crown shaping was correct.)