november | hat
Designed by Deborah Doherty
Tech Editor, Dawn Catanzaro
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
17” circumference, 9” tall
43 cm circumference, 23 cm tall
SIZES
One size.
YARN
1 skein Woolfolk Luft (109 yards / 100 meters / 50 grams)
Sample colors in photographs: L24
NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
Needle A (gauge needle): US 9 (5.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge, 16” circular needle and set of
dpns
Needle B (transition needle): US 7 (4.5 mm), or two sizes smaller than gauge needle, 16” circular needle
Needle C (for ribbing): US 6 (4 mm), or three sizes smaller than gauge needle, 16” circular needle
Cable needle, tapestry needle, markers
GAUGE
20 sts and 24 rows for 4”/10 cm with Needle A (gauge needle) in Braid cable and Stockinette stitch
pattern, blocked
22 stitches and 32 rows 4”/10 cm with Needle C in Rib Stitch, blocked
NOTES
The hat used an entire skein of yarn. The hat is worked in the round from the brim to the crown.
STITCHES AND TECHNIQUES
Rib Stitch (in the round)
All rounds: *k2, p2; repeat from * to the end.
3/3/3 Braid Cables
3/3 RC: sl 3 to cn and hold to back, k3, k3 from cn, k3.
3/3 LC: k3, sl 3 to cn and hold to front, k3, k3 from cn.
3/2 RC: sl 2 to cn and hold to back, k3, k2 from cn, k3.
2/2 LC: sl 2 to cn and hold to front, k2, k2 from cn.
2/2 RC: sl 2 to cn and hold to back, k2, k2 from cn.
Deborah Doherty
November 2023
DIRECTIONS
BRIM FINISHING
Note: to decrease, use p2tog over 2 purl
After completing Chart B, break the yarn leaving
stitches.
a 6” tail. Using a tapestry needle, thread the tail
through the live stitches, dropping them off the
Using Needle C, cast on 96 stitches as follows:
needle. Pull snugly and secure on the WS.
*2 Long Tail cast on, 2 Long Tail Purl cast on;
Weave in ends. Block to schematics.
repeat from * to last 2 stitches, 2 Long Tail cast
on. Place a BOR and join without twisting. Work
in the Rib Stitch pattern for 1¾.” Change to ABBREVIATIONS
Needle B. BOR beginning of round
cn cable needle
Decrease Row, RS: work in pattern decreasing dpn double pointed needle
11 stitches evenly. 85 stitches. k knit
Knit 1 round. kwise as if to knit
K2tog knit 2 sts together
BODY m marker
Change to Needle A. p purl
Set up Round: *k6, p1, k9, p1, pm; repeat from pm place marker
* 4 more times to BOR. RS right side
sl slip
Cable design sm slip marker
Use Chart A. ssk slip slip knit (slip 2 sts kwise, one at a
*Work Chart A to marker; repeat from * 4 more time onto the right hand needle, place
times to BOR. back on left-hand needle, knit together
Work Chart A rows 1-8 twice, begin the crown. through the back loop)
WS wrong side
CROWN
Use Chart B. Change to dpns when needed.
Note: on Chart row 22- remove the BOR, slip
the first stitch, place the BOR in its new
position. Work the rest of the repeats without
slipping stitches.
*Work Chart B to marker; repeat from * 4 more
times to BOR.
Deborah Doherty
November 2023
Charts
Deborah Doherty
November 2023
