Prisos
Notes
With its graphic unisex motif and heavier yarn, Prisos is a quick project to work on gifts or
to get into stranded colourwork. Few floats to catch and intuitive patterning makes this
project engaging and accessible.
Written in one size to suit most adults, the pattern also includes notes on how to change
the gauge to get a different fit and on how to adjust the height.
Pattern, pictures and notes © Audrey Borrego. This pattern is for personal use only, please do not sell knit
items made from it.
You can contact me via Ravelry (Yarnflakes) with any questions.
Yarn :
You will need two colours of heavy DK or worsted weight yarns in the following amounts :
MC : 100 meters / 220 yards
CC : 70 meters / 110 yards
Sample was knit in Drops Lima (MC) and Woll Butt Söcke (CC).
Needles :
Main Fabric : 5 mm (US 8) circular needles
Brim : 4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles
Use the needle size that gets you the right gauge.
Gauge :
19,5 st x 28 rounds = 10 cm – 4 inches using larger needles in stranded knitting after
blocking
Size :
49 cm – 19 ¼ inches finished circumference, fits 50-55 cm – 19 ½ - 21 ½ inches head.
23 cm – 9 inches tall (adjustable)
You can get a slightly different size by working at a different gauge, whether you still use
DK / Worsted or choose to knit with a different yarn weight. A tighter gauge will make a
smaller hat while a looser gauge will make a larger one.
Here is the formula to determine at what gauge you need to work for the desired
circumference :
960 / desired circumference in cm – inches = number of st you need per 10 cm – 4 inches
Remember to plan a bit of negative ease.
Techniques used :
Knitting in the round
Stranded knitting with two colours per round
Simple decreases
Abbreviations :
– MC : main colour / CC : contrast colour
– st : stitch
– rnd : round
– k : knit stitch
– p : purl stitch
– k2tog : knit 2 stitches together (1 st dec)
– *-* : repeat instructions between asterisks
Use the hashtag #prisoshat to share your project.
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Brim : Knit 1 round with MC.
Using MC and smaller needles, cast-on 96
st with your preferred cast-on method. I like Continue in MC until hat measures 18 cm (7
the German Twisted Cast-on. Join to work inches) from cast-on or 6 cm (2 ¼ inches)
in the round. less than desired length.
rnd 1 : *k2, p2* to end
Work in rib for 3.5 cm (1 ¼ inch) or until Crown :
you've reached the desired length for your rnd 1 : *k10, k2tog* to end
brim. rnd 2 : *k9, k2tog* to end
rnd 3 : *k8, k2tog* to end
rnd 4 : *k7, k2tog* to end
Main Body : rnd 5 : *k6, k2tog* to end
Switch to larger needles. rnd 6 : *k5, k2tog* to end
rnd 7 : *k4, k2tog* to end
Knit 1 round. rnd 8 : *k3, k2tog* to end
rnd 9 : *k2, k2tog* to end
Colourwork : rnd 10 : *k1, k2tog* to end
Catching floats : in DK/Worsted weight, I rnd 11 : *k2tog* around
recommend that you catch floats only if you
are skipping more than 5 or 6 stitches. You 8 st
may do it more often if you prefer but make
sure not to catch a float in the same place in Finishing :
two consecutive rows or it will distort the Pull the working yarn through the
right side of the colourwork. remaining stitches and pull to close the hole
at the top of the crown.
Colour dominance : MC is your background
colour while CC is on the foreground Weave in all ends and block gently.
forming the motifs. As a consequence and
to have consistent colour dominance, make
sure to hold CC to the left and to always
carry it under MC.
This works whether you knit colourwork
using continental, two-handed or throwing
methods. Just position CC on the leftest
point making sure you don't twist the yarn
or change their place.
Work rounds 1 to 39 of the colourwork
chart once (4 repeats in a round).
The hat is a bit slouchy as written. If you
want a closer fit, you can easily remove
some of the smaller motifs : for example
lines 5-6 and 34-35 or lines 7-11 and 29-33.
Cut CC.
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