Fish Galore Hat
This is a knitting pattern only!
Description: A fun and colorful hat for any fisherman or devoted aquarium enthusiast in your life.
The Fish Galore hat is worked in two contrasting colors using stranded colorwork, featuring a repeating pattern of fish motifs swimming back and forth.
The hat is worked in the round, bottom up, starting with a ribbed brim, the pattern has two options for the length of the brim.
The colorwork pattern works over the hat's rise, and the crown is finished in one color.
Skills: knit, purl, k2tog, work in the round, colorwork with 2 colors, read colorwork chart
Materials:
Yarn: Light worsted yarn in 2 contrast colors.
C1 for short brim: 60 (65, 70, 75) yds or 55 (60, 65, 70) m,
C1 for long brim: 90 (95, 105, 110) yds or 80 (85, 95, 100) m,
C2: 65 (70, 75, 80) yds or 60 (65, 70, 75) m.
For pom-pom, add an extra 22-33 yds (20-30 m) of each color, depending on its size.
Sample made with Malabrigo Seis Cabos, 100% Merino wool, 220 yds (200 m)/3.5 oz (100 g), colors 35 Frank Ochre and 412 Teal Feather.
Needles:
US 5 (3.75 mm) circular needles 16” (40 cm) long,
US 6 (4 mm) circular needles 16” (40 cm) long,
US 5 (3.75 mm) DPNs or long circulars for magic loop.
Or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions: BOR marker, 7 markers, tapestry needle, scissors, blocking supplies
Gauge: 22 sts x 25 rnds = 4x4” (10x10 cm) in colorwork pattern in the round on US 6 (4 mm) needles, blocked.
Sizes: Small (Medium, Large, X-Large) to fit head circumference
20 (21, 22.5, 24)” or 50 (53, 56, 60) cm
Finished measurements:
Circumference 18” (19, 20.5, 22)” or 45 (48, 51, 55) cm
Length without brim 6.25 ( 6.5, 6.75, 7.5)” or 15.5 (16, 17, 18.5) cm
Brim length, for all sizes, two options: 2” (5 cm) and 4” (10 cm)
For more information about the pattern, see the blog post here (link coming soon).
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