Voe Hat

CONSTRUCTION

• This hat is worked circularly from the bottom up.

GAUGE

• 26 stitches & 48 rounds = 4″ in Garter Rib with Size A needle, after blocking
• 29 stitches & 36 rounds = 4″ in charted colorwork with Size B needle, after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Garter Rib)

• One 16″ circular needle in size needed to obtain Garter Rib gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 2¾ mm (US 2)

Size B (for Main Fabric)

• One 16″ circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain charted colorwork gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

*32″ circular needle can be used instead of 16″ circular and DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 18½” [47 cm] circumference at brim
• 19¾” [50 cm] circumference at widest point
• 8½ (9½)” [21.5 (24) cm] length for short hat (long hat)

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

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Loft — 100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool (275 yards/50 grams)

• 1 skein each of Color 1 (C1), Color 2 (C2), and Color 3 (C3)
• Long hat photographed in colors Soot (C1), Fauna (C2) & Sap (C3) and Snowbound (C1), Truffle Hunt (C2), & Barn Owl (C3)
• Short hat photographed in colors Truffle Hunt (C1), Long Johns (C2), & Woodsmoke (C3)

YARDAGE

Fingering weight wool yarn needed:

• 220 yards C1
• 40 yards C2
• 30 yards C3

Yarn amounts given are sufficient to make hat in either length.

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

• Long-Tail Cast On
• German Twisted Cast On