Bray Cap

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is worked circularly from the bottom up.

GAUGE

• 24 stitches & 29 rows = 4″ over Lace and Cable pattern, relaxed after blocking
• 12-stitch Horseshoe Cable measures 2″ wide after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric):

• One 16″ circular and one set of DPNs in size needed to obtain gauge listed above
• Suggested Size: 5 mm/US 8

Size B (for Ribbing):

• One 16″ circular, three sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm/US 5

Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On only):

• One 16″ circular, one size smaller than Size B
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm/US 4

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 20″ circumference at widest point, 9¼” height
• Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after wet-blocking

SIZES

• To comfortably fit average adult head sizes (20-24”)

YARDAGE

• Worsted weight wool yarn in the following amounts: Approximately 160 yards 

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Shelter — 100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool (140 yards/128 meters per 50 grams)

• 2 skeins
• Shelter samples photographed in Woodsmoke & Embers

Potential yarn substitutes include Imbue Worsted. Note that put-ups (yardage per skein) may be different for alternate yarn lines, so check your total yardage for your size.

• Imbue Worsted sample photographed in Terrarium