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Hendreary
Stranded colourwork hat with button motif
£6.00
- Sport weight yarn
- Also available on Ravelry
Celebrate your love for buttons with this hat featuring giant ones in stranded colourwork.
Achieving the right balance of simple but recognisable buttons took some trial and error: the first version ended up as more of a cookie hat. The soft, luxurious yak and cormo blend held up delightfully well to all of that ripping and re-knitting and is one of the warmest yarns I’ve used. A slight halo gives the colourwork softly rounded edges that makes a big difference to whether the pattern reads as buttons.
Details
The buttons are worked against a traditional “lice” pattern, which, despite the gross name, is an excellent way to work a non-repeating motif in stranded colourwork. The allover pattern allows both colours to be used all the way around the hat, making the knitting simple and the hat cosier with the resulting double thick layer. There are a few sections in the large blocks of contrast colour on the buttons where you will need to twist the two yarns together in order to avoid long floats. Pay attention to colour dominance, for the buttons to stand out well against the patterned background make sure that the contrast colour is dominant.
Skills for knitting this project
Build your skills by following the links to our clear step-by-step tutorials.
- knitting, purling
- ssk decreases
- k2tog decreases
- colourwork (using a chart)
Gauge
18 sts and 28 rnds = 4" / 10cm in st st in the rnd with larger needles.
24 sts and 24 rnds = 4" / 10cm in stranded colour work in the rnd with larger needles.
Sizing
s[m, l] to fit head circumference of approx 19[21, 24]˝ / 48[53, 61]cm - fit as shown is loose and slouchy.
Stranded Colourwork Basics course
Learn more
Learn all of the skills you need to make Hendreary with our beginner colourwork course. The Stranded Colourwork Basics course is a 4 week self-guided online knitting course, with continued access to the course so that you can return to each chapter for a refresher, again and again, whenever you need.
Supplies
Yarn
Worsted weight yarn in 2 colours: MC 120yds / 110m, CC 70yds / 65m.
Shown in Bijou Basin Ranch Bijou Bliss (50% Yak, 50% Cormo wool, 150yds / 137m, 1.98oz / 56g) in MC - Steel and CC - Goldenrod.
Needles and notions
US 6 / 4mm 16" / 40cm circular.
US 7 / 4.5mm 16" / 40cm circular and dpns or long circular(s) for preferred method of working small circumferences in the rnd.
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