Specifications
| Brand: | Cascade Yarns |
| Yarn Weight: | Bulky |
| Designer: | Tanis Gray |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Pages: | 3 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Finished Size: | Size: 22" |
| Needles Required: | 6.00mm (US 10) 16in Circular Needles, 6.00mm (US 10) Double Point Needles |
| Pattern Code: | C279 |
| Featured Products: | Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash Yarn - Superwash Merino Chunky |
What you'll need
Product Description
The Chunky Fair Isle Pom Pom Hat is a great use of color and texture. Knit using Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash makes a wonderfully warm hat.
Finished measurements: 22” Circumference
Yarn: Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash; 100% Superwash Merino Wool, 100g (3.5 oz), 128 yds (117 m), 2 hanks #872 A-Bitter Chocolate and #1961 B-Camel
Needles: US 10 - 16” circular knitting needles, US 10 DPN knitting needles
Gauge: 11.5 sts and 19 rows over 4” in Fair Isle pattern
Cascade Yarns C Chunky Fair Isle Pom Pom Hat
What Is Being Made
This is a knitted adult hat featuring a Fair Isle colorwork design with a decorative pom pom accent. The hat is designed to fit most adults with a finished circumference of 22 inches and offers a classic, textured look combining traditional Fair Isle patterning with chunky yarn construction.
Knitting Techniques Used
The hat employs several intermediate-level knitting techniques. Fair Isle colorwork is the primary decorative technique, worked over 13 rounds using a charted pattern with two colors held throughout. Corrugated ribbing creates the cuff, which involves alternating knit and purl stitches in two different colors for a textured, elastic edge. Circular knitting on both circular needles and double-pointed needles constructs the hat in the round, eliminating the need for seaming. Decreasing techniques, including k2tog (knit two together), shape the crown. The pattern concludes with a pom pom attachment, where a 2-inch pom pom made from both yarn colors is secured to the hat's top.
Stitches Used
- Knit stitch (k)
- Purl stitch (p)
- Knit two together decrease (k2tog)
- Stockinette stitch (knit rounds)
- Corrugated rib stitch (alternating knit and purl in two colors)
- Fair Isle pattern stitch (charted colorwork)
Materials and Gauge
This pattern uses Cascade Yarns 128 Superwash, a 100% Superwash Merino Wool yarn. Two hanks are required: one in color #872 (Bitter Chocolate) and one in #1961 (Camel). Each hank weighs 100 grams (3.5 ounces) and contains 128 yards (117 meters) of yarn. US 10 circular knitting needles (16-inch length) and US 10 double-pointed needles are used for construction. A tapestry needle finishes the project by weaving in ends and securing the pom pom. The working gauge is 11.5 stitches and 19 rows over 4 inches when worked in the Fair Isle pattern.
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