Bayard

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is worked circularly from the bottom up (brim to crown); all rounds are worked from RS of fabric.
• The slipped-stitch triangular panel will cause one side of the hat to gather slightly as you work. This creates the structured slouchy fit of the final silhouette.

GAUGE

• Working Gauge: 33 stitches and 46 rows= 4″ in striped stockinette stitch with Size A needle, before wet-blocking
• Finished Gauge: 30 stitches and 48 rows = 4″ in striped stockinette stitch with Size A needle, after wet-blocking

NEEDLES

Size A needle:

• One 16″ circular needle and one set of double pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3 mm (US 2)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 18½” unstretched circumference at brim; 24½” unstretched circumference at widest point 8¾” height from base of brim to top-center of crown

SIZES

• To comfortably fit average adult head sizes (19″-23″)

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

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• 130 yards of Color 1
• 95 yards of Color 2

YARN

• 1 skein of each color of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in colors Woodsmoke (Color 1) and Old World (Color 2)

Note: you can make two identical hats (or reverse the colors) with this amount of yarn.

Current Pattern: v1.1

30 June 2015: Version 1.1:

The definition for Make 1 has been added under Abbreviations.