GAGE Top Down Tweed Hat
by Bonnie Dean Add to your knitter's toolbox with this quick tweed hat worked top down with a circular cast on, central double increases expanding into textured Rice Stitch, and a tubular bind off providing a finished edge to 1X1 ribbing. Rowan's Hemp Tweed makes a comfortable, all-season hat. Queensland Collection's new yarn Kathmandu Aran 100 pays homage to an old favorite and produces a substantial and luxurious merino, silk and cashmere subtle tweed lid.
CO 6 [7, 8] sts with circular CO technique (tutorial) as follows: make a loop leaving a 6"/15 cm tail. \*Place crochet hook through center of the loop and hook working yarn, pulling it through the center of the loop. With hook on top of loop, hook working yarn and perform a single crochet; rep from\* for a total of 6 [7, 8] times. Distribute C0 sts on dpns and place EOR marker. Work Gage Chart or equivalent written instructions, switching to larger circular needle when needed - 78 [91, 104] sts. For Medium size only, on last st of last Gage Chart rnd 24 increase to 92 sts with a Make 1 increase by inserting the left needle from front to back into the horizontal strand between the last st worked and the next st and purl it through the back loop - 78 [92, 104] sts. Work in Rice Stitch until length from central C0 is 6.5 [6.75, 7]"/ 16.5 [17, 18] cm.
Rice Stitch in the Round
Rnd 1: Purl. Rnd 2: \*P1, ktbl; rep from\* around. Rep Rnds 1 and 2. Ribbing: Switch to smaller circular needle. Rnds 1 and 2: \*P1, k1; rep from\* around. Cont in pat for 1.25 [1.25, 1.5]"/3 [3, 4] cm OR until fitted length is 0.5"/1 cm from desired finished length.
Tubular BO (tutorial):
Rnd 1: \*Sl 1 purlwise with yarn in front, k1; rep from\* around. Rnd 2: \*P1, sl 1 purlwise with yarn in back; rep from\* around. Rep Rnds 1 and 2. Break yarn, leaving a tail 4 to 5 times as long as finished hat circumference and thread onto yarn needle. For easier, traditional 2-needle Kitchener BO, place knit sts on one circular needle and hold to front and place purl sts on another and hold to back. Insert yarn needle knitwise through first knit st on front needle, remove st from needle and place st on other end of same circular needle. Next insert yarn needle purlwise through first purl st on back needle, remove st from needle and place st on other end of the same circular needle. \*lnsert needle into first st on the front needle as if to knit, pull the yarn through, dropping the st off the needle. Insert the needle into the next st on the front needle as if to purl, and pull the yarn through but leave the st on the needle. Insert the needle into the first st on the back needle as if to purl, pull the yarn through and dropping the st off the needle. Insert the needle into the next st on the back needle as if to knit, and pull the yarn through. Rep from\* until one st remains on each needle. Go through the sts one more time with needle, knitwise on the front st and purlwise on the back st, then through edge of hat coming out on wrong side, pulling yarn tight enough to make edge level. Weave in tail in ribbing invisibly. For slightly more complicated Kitchener BO on ONE NEEDLE for 1x1 ribbing in the round, see Reference. Finishing: Weave in ends. Block. Reference: YouTube.com. Suzanne Bryan "Tubular BO in the Round": https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=dNuWAmanimA.
The Gage Chart for the crown is worked in the round by reading all rounds from right to left. The Gage Chart multiple is worked 6 [7, 8] times on each round. For size Medium, after the last st of the last multiple on rnd 24 work a Make 1 increase (see paragraph one of Pattern Instructions, p. 2).
Gage Chart
Written Instructions for Top Down Gage Crown
Experience
Experiencei
Skills required: central double increase (tutorial), circular cast on (tutorial), knitting in the round, Make 1 increase (directions included), twisted stitches, tubular bind off with 2-needle Kitchener in the round (tutorial), working from a chart or equivalent written instructions
Gauqe
20 stitches/29 rows = 4"/10 cm in Rice Stitch with larger needle. unblocked To save time, take time to check gauge.
Sizes
S [M, L] fits 18 [20.5, 23.5]"/ 46 [52, 60] cm head circumference Finished Measurements 17 [19, 21]"/43 [48, 53] cm head circumference
Notions
Yarn needle Stitch markers - 1 for EOR; optional - 5 [6, 7] to separate Gage Chart multiples
Materials
Approximately 90 [104, 120 yds]/82 [96, 110] m of worsted weight yarn Shown in ROWAN Hemp Tweed (75%o wool, 25% hemp; 1.76 oz/50 g. 104 yds/95 m per skein) Color SH133 Denim - 1 [1, 2] skeins Shown in QUEENSLAND COLLECTION Kathmandu Aran 100(85% wool 10% silk, 5%o cashmere; 3.52 oz/100 g, 208 yds/190 m per skein) Color 09MustardYellow-1skein
Needles and Hook
US 7 (4.5 mm) 16"/40cm circular or size needed to obtain gauge US 7 (4.5 mm) dpns US 6 (4 cm) 16"/40 cm circular or one size smaller than gauge needle for ribbing and holding one set of sts for 2-needle Kitchener BO Crochet hook (4-5 mm) for circular C0
Tutorial links
Circular C0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjm83WGbeqw CDl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbmfzbTaNLs Tubular BO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoi9LtYRrVg
Credits
Technical editing: Sharon Levering Test knitting: Karen Knutson
Copyright and Usage Statement
This pattern was created and written by Bonnie Dean [Designer]. It is intended for personal use only [that is, you may use the finished items for yourself or for gifts]. The pattern is not to be distributed, for free or for money, in any format, without the permission of the Designer. Items created from this pattern are not to be sold or used for commercial gain without the permission of the Designer. If you are interested in working out an agreement to distribute this pattern or to sell products made from this pattern, please contact Bonnie Dean at chieflefthandknits@gmail.com or Ravelry ID bonniedean.
Bonnie Dean
Bonnie Dean became a TKGA Master Knitter in April, 2015. She lives in Billings, MT with her husband Edward. Their Boulder, CO son Gavin introduced Bonnie to the knowledge of Chief Left Hand, a Southern Arapaho Chief who lived in the mid-1800's near Boulder. She launched her company Chief Left Hand Knits in February, 2014, incorporating her love of hand knitting and her longstanding love of decorative and fine arts of Native American artists along with the beauty of the spaces around Boulder where Chief Left Hand wintered. Bonnie is enjoying applying her experience in fabric-based garment construction and design to a new medium. Her designs focus on modern embellishment, texture and cables.
