Winter Sunrise Hat
Difficulty Intermediate
Skills
Provisional cast-on, knitting in the round, reading and working through a color chart, decreasing, sewing liner to inside of hat. Sizes To fit head circumference: 18-20"
Finished measurements
Circumference: 19.25" unstretched Height (bottom edge to the beginning of crown shaping): 6""
NOTE: For longer hats, add pattern repeat(s) before starting the crown shaping.
Gauge
26 stitches and 28 rounds $=4"$ in stockinette stitch on US 5 (3.75 mm) needles 30 stitches and 30 rounds $=4"$ in stranded stitch pattern on US 5 $(3.75\;\mathsf{m m})$ Ineedles
Yarn
Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport [ $200\%$ wool;184 yd $(168\;\mathsf{m})$ ; 50 g skein]; color: #225S Brick road (MC), 2 skeins; #308S Sunburst gold (CC), 1 skein.
a knitting pattern by Elinor Brown elinor@thebrownproject.com exercisebeforeknitting.com
Needles
US 5 ( $3.75\;\mathrm{mm})$ circular needle, 16" long 1 set of US 5 (3.75 mm) DPNs
Notions
Stitch markers Waste yarn Tapestry needle
Abbreviations
BO: Bind off CC: Contrast color CO: Cast on DPNs: double-pointed needles K: Knit K2tog: Knit 2 together MC: Main color P: Purl PM: Place marker SSK: Slip 2 stitches one at a time knitwise, return slipped stitches to the left needle, k2tog through the back loop With Us 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle, waste yarn and MC, CO 144 stitches using a provisional cast-on, pm, join in round. Work rounds 1-62 of the color chart. Break yarn, leaving an 8" tail Thread a tapestry needle with the yarn tail and draw it through the remaining stitches. Weave in ends.
With Us 5 (3.75 mm) circular needle and MC, pick up the 143 stitches from the provisional cast-on (there will be one less stitch than the original number cast on), pm, join in round. Remove waste yarn.
Purl one round, decreasing 23 stitches evenly. There will be 120 stitches. Work in stockinette stitch for $2-3"$ BO loosely.
Finishing
With a tapestry needle, sew the lining to the inside of the hat. More photos of the finished garment available here.
WinterSunriseChart
