Specifications
| Brand: | Cascade Yarns |
| Yarn Weight: | DK | Light Worsted |
| Designer: | Shannon Dunbabin |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Pages: | 3 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
| Finished Size: | Size: 21in x 30in |
| Techniques and Construction: | Bottom Up, Seamless, Stranded, Stripes, Worked In The Round |
| Needles Required: | 6.00mm (US 10) Single Point Needles |
| Pattern Code: | DK391 |
What you'll need
| Size: | 21in x 30in |
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Cascade Yarns Ultra Pima Paints - #9780 (Pastel Mix)
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Product Description
The 11 + 1 Hat is fun, funky, colorwork hat that was created with the number twelve in mind. It has charts that are 12 stitches across and the feather chart is also 12 rows tall. You repeat both charts 12 times! Knit with Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Sport makes a lightweight yet super warm hat!
Skill level: Intermediate
Finished measurements: Brim - 17" circumference unstretched, Length - 10" from cast on edge
Yarn: 220 Superwash Sport 100% Merino Wool 50 g (1.75 oz) / 137 yds (125 m) 2 skeins of color A #813 Blue Velvet, 1 skein of color B #802 Green Apple
Needles: US 4 and 6 16” circular knitting needles, US 6 DPN knitting needles
Gauge: 6 sts = 1" in Stockinette Stitch
Cascade Yarns 11 + 1 Hat
What Is Being Made
This is a knitted hat pattern designed for intermediate-level knitters. The hat is constructed using a seamless, bottom-up approach, meaning you begin at the brim and work upward toward the crown without requiring seaming. The finished garment features a classic hat silhouette suitable for everyday wear.
Construction Techniques
The hat employs several advanced knitting techniques that define its intermediate difficulty level:
- Worked in the Round: The hat is knitted circularly, which creates a seamless fabric and eliminates the need for finishing seams. This technique requires circular needles or double-pointed needles.
- Stranded Colorwork: Multiple colors are worked simultaneously across rows, with unused yarn carried along the inside of the fabric. This creates intricate color patterns while maintaining fabric integrity.
- Striped Patterning: Horizontal stripes are incorporated throughout the design, adding visual interest and allowing for creative color combinations.
- Bottom-Up Construction: Starting from the brim edge and working toward the top ensures proper fit and allows for easy length adjustments before binding off.
Stitches and Stitch Patterns
The hat utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined in strategic ways to create texture and shaping:
- Knit and Purl Stitches: The basic building blocks that form the fabric structure and create visual texture through stockinette and ribbed sections.
- Decreases: Techniques including knit two together (K2tog), slip-slip-knit (SSK), and knit three together (K3tog) are used to shape the crown and achieve proper fit.
- Yarn Overs (YO): These create deliberate holes in the fabric for decorative eyelet effects and lace-like patterning.
- Slip Stitches: Used in combination with other decreases to create centered decreases that maintain balanced shaping.
Materials and Tools
The hat requires yarn in a worsted or DK weight category, though specific yardage and fiber content depend on the complete pattern details. Knitters will need appropriately sized circular needles or a set of double-pointed needles for working in the round, along with a yarn needle for weaving in ends after binding off. The choice of yarn fiber affects the hat's drape, warmth, and care requirements, making yarn selection an important consideration for the finished garment.
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