Product description

This handsome gansey style unisex cap sports bold rope cables and delicate seeded tree forms sprouting from a brim of half-twisted rib, which can be worked to shorter or longer lengths to achieve your desired fit.
Designed for DK- and chunky-weight gauges, this hat shines in both woolen- and worsted-spun yarns.

Designer: Jared Flood

Collections: GanseysArbor Launch; BT Essentials

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We hand-selected some of our all-time favorite hat patterns by Jared from the BT archives and are happy to share them with you in this curated collection — get all 5 patterns for the price of 4 and have all your gift knitting needs covered. This bundle includes BT staples Lucerne, Skipp, Forge, Proof, & Burnaby.

Purchase the five-pattern bundle and pay $10 less than the sum of the single patterns purchased separately.*

* Offer valid on www.brooklyntweed.com only

 

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Burnaby Hat

Gansey Cap for Chunky & DK-Weight Yarn

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Skill Level 3 of 5
$12.00 (PDF) Regular price
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Burnaby Hat
$12.00
Quarry 3-ply Woolen-Spun Chunky Weight
$25.00 / 200 yards ($0.13/yd)
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  • Product description

    This handsome gansey style unisex cap sports bold rope cables and delicate seeded tree forms sprouting from a brim of half-twisted rib, which can be worked to shorter or longer lengths to achieve your desired fit.
    Designed for DK- and chunky-weight gauges, this hat shines in both woolen- and worsted-spun yarns.

    Designer: Jared Flood

    Collections: GanseysArbor Launch; BT Essentials

    Bundle & Save

    We hand-selected some of our all-time favorite hat patterns by Jared from the BT archives and are happy to share them with you in this curated collection — get all 5 patterns for the price of 4 and have all your gift knitting needs covered. This bundle includes BT staples Lucerne, Skipp, Forge, Proof, & Burnaby.

    Purchase the five-pattern bundle and pay $10 less than the sum of the single patterns purchased separately.*

    * Offer valid on www.brooklyntweed.com only

     

  • Pattern materials

    YARN

    Short Hat (Long Hat)

    Brooklyn Tweed DK weight yarns 

    • 155 (165) total yards [142 (151) total meters]
    • Short hat photographed in Arbor Tincture
    • Long hat photographed in Arbor Sashiko

    -OR-

    Brooklyn Tweed Chunky weight yarns 

    • 130 (140) total yards [119 (128) total meters]
    • Short hats photographed in Quarry Sweatshirt and Arbor Lodge Cargo


  • Pattern specs

    CONSTRUCTION

    • The hat is worked circularly from the brim to the crown.


    GAUGE

    DK Version

    • 25 stitches & 38 rounds = 4″ in Burnaby Pattern (DK) with main needle, after blocking


    Chunky Version

    • 17 stitches & 23 rounds = 4″ in Burnaby Pattern (Chunky) with main needle, after blocking


    NEEDLES

    DK Version

    Main needles

    • DK weight version: Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)
    • One 16″ circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed


    Ribbing needle

    • One 16″ circular needle*, two sizes smaller than Size A
    • Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)


    Chunky Version

    Main needles

    • One 16″ circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
    • Suggested Size: 6½ mm (US 10½)


    Ribbing needle

    • One 16″ circular needle*, three sizes smaller than Size A
    • Suggested Size: 5 mm (US 8)


    *32“ circular needle can be used instead of 16“ circular and DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumference in the round. 


    FINISHED DIMENSIONS

    DK Version

    • 20¼” [51.5 cm] circumference unstretched (to fit head sizes 19–23″ [48.5–58.5 cm])
    • 7¼” [18.5 cm] tall for short hat or 7¾” [19.5 cm] tall for long hat


    Chunky Version

    • 20″ [51 cm] circumference unstretched (to fit head sizes 19–23″ [48.5–58.5 cm])
    • 7¾” [19.5 cm] tall for short hat or 8¼” [21 cm] tall for long hat


    Please note: the stitch patterns for this accessory include both written and charted instructions.
  • Techniques

    Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:


  • Pattern Updates

    1 December 2023: Version 3.0

    The pattern has been updated with a new format, new samples and photography, and written instructions for all charts.

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