Fade

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is knit in the round from beginning to end and features a 1x1 Tubular Cast On.
• Yarn is held doubled throughout; the gradient effect is created by changing which colors are being held together as you work.

GAUGE

• 18 stitches & 26 rows = 4″ in circular stockinette stitch and yarn held double with Gauge Needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

NEEDLES

Needle A (Gauge Needle):

• One 16″ circular and one set of DPNs (or one long circular, if using the Magic Loop knitting method) in size needed to obtain gauge

• Suggested Size: 4½ mm (US 7)

Needle B:

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

• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Needle C (Used for Tubular Cast On only):

• One 16″ circular needle one size smaller than Needle B

• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 18″ brim circumference (unstretched), 24″ circumference at widest point, 10¼” height
• To fit head sizes 20″-24″

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:

• Color 1: Approximately 77 yard
• Color 2: Approximately 25 yards
• Color 3: Approximately 195 yards

YARN

• 1 skein of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g) in each of three colors

Note: With three shades of Loft yarn, you can knit the hat twice – reversing your gradient’s direction on your second sample – and still have three-quarters of a skein leftover in Color 2 for another project.

COLORWAYS

• Sample 1 (browns) photographed in Fossil (Color 1), Woodsmoke (Color 2) and Barn Owl (Color 3)
• Sample 2 (darks) photographed in Artifact (Color 1), Meteorite (Color 2) and Pumpernickel (Color 3)