Ravensfoot

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is worked in the round from brim to crown.

GAUGE

Ravensfoot Texture Pattern:

• 6 stitches and 12 rows = 1″ in charted pattern with Gauge Needle, unblocked (three 4-stitch “Ravensfoot” motifs to 2″, at Row 5 or 11)
• 5¾ stitches and 10 rows = 1″ in charted pattern with Gauge Needle, blocked and unstretched

Ribbing:

• 6½ stitches = 1″ over patterned ribbing with Ribbing Needle, blocked and unstretched

NEEDLES

• Gauge Needle: One 16″ circular and one set of DPNs in size needed to obtain Gauge listed for charted pattern; suggested US 4 (3½ mm)
• Ribbing Needle: One 16″ circular in size needed to obtain gauge for ribbing. Sample used a needle two sizes smaller than Gauge Needle; suggested US 2 (2¾ mm)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 19½” circumference at brim, unstretched; 22½” circumference at widest point, unstretched; 9¼” height from base of brim to top of crown

SIZES

• To fit head sizes 19½” to 24″ comfortably; slouchy fit

Please note: the stitch patterns used for this garment include written as well as charted instructions.

YARDAGE

• Approximately 230 yards of fingering-weight wool yarn

YARN

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

29 August 2013: Version 2.0

Page 3, under Pattern (Charted), Round 8 was corrected to read: 

Round 8: *Knit 5, purl 3; repeat from * to the end of round, remove marker, knit 1, replace marker (this indicates new Beginning-of-Round).