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CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is worked circularly from the bottom-up (brim to crown).
• Yarn is held double throughout – one strand of each color creates the marled look.
• The loop at the top of the crown is a simple crochet chain, worked after hat is complete.

GAUGE

• Working Gauge: 20 stitches and 29 rounds = 4″ in circular stockinette stitch with Size A needle; before blocking
• Finished Gauge: 19 stitches and 29 rounds = 4″ in circular stockinette stitch with Size A needle; measurement taken from relaxed fabric after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric):

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

Size B (for Brim):

• One 16″ circular two sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 4 mm (US 6)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 19½” circumference at brim, unstretched; 20½” circumference at widest point, unstretched; 9½” from base of brim to top of crown

SIZES

• To fit head sizes 19-23½” 

YARDAGE

• Approximately 135 yards of fingering weight wool yarn in EACH of two different colors

YARN

• 1 skein in EACH of two different colors of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50g)
• Photographed in marled colors Fossil & Truffle Hunt, held together

25 July 2012: Version 2.0

The written instructions for Crown Shaping have been edited for clarity. The 3-row shaping sequence was re-written as a 6-row shaping sequence. The updated shaping instructions read as follows:

Round 1 (Decrease Round 1; Marker Placement): *Knit 2 together (hereafter referred to as k2tog), yarn over, k2tog, knit 8, Slip Slip Knit (hereafter referred to as SSK), yarn over, SSK, place marker; repeat from * to the end of round (omitting final marker placement, as beginning-of-round marker is already on needle).  Upon completion of this round, you will have placed 6 markers and decreased 12 stitches total; 84 stitches remain after first instance of this round is worked.

Rounds 2 & 3: Knit all stitches in round.

Round 4 (Decrease Round): *K2tog, yarn over, k2tog, knit until 4 stitches remain before next marker, SSK, yarn over, SSK, slip marker; repeat from * to the end of round. 12 stitches decreased.

Rounds 5 & 6: Knit all stitches in round.

Repeat Rounds 4-6 three more times, slipping the markers when you encounter them and changing to DPNs when necessary.

Upon completion of this section, you will have decreased a total of 60 stitches (12 stitches per every Decrease Round); 36 stitches remain on your needle.